Daily Archives: January 30th, 2006 «

 

Dems to Dean: where’s the money?

Posted by: ST on January 30, 2006 at 6:50 pm » 31 Comments

Looks like the Doctor of Disology is in a bit of a pickle with other leaders in the Democratic party: Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are privately bristling over Howard Dean’s management of the Democratic National Committee and have made those sentiments clear after new fundraising numbers showed he has spent nearly all the committee’s [...]

 

Alito filibuster fails as Ted Kennedy has a meltdown

Posted by: ST on January 30, 2006 at 6:17 pm » 22 Comments

Via Fox News: WASHINGTON — More than a dozen Senate Democrats supported ending debate on Sam Alito Monday, setting up a final confirmation vote for the Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday morning. On a 72-25 vote, senators succeeded in passing the 60-vote threshold to prevent a filibuster and allow a simple majority vote Tuesday. At [...]

 

Chris Wallace interviews Howard Dean

Posted by: ST on January 30, 2006 at 11:00 am » 38 Comments

…. and gets the best of him. UNCoRRELATED has all the details. Here’s the full transcript of the show. Memo to self: Start watching Wallace’s show more often. (Hat tip: ST reader Fat Tone)

 

Check out the Political Teen’s new site

Posted by: ST on January 30, 2006 at 10:28 am » 2 Comments

Ian at the Political Teen has a new look, new blog title, and a new domain addy: “Expose the Left” – check it out and make sure to update your bookmarks. Looks great, Ian! (Hat tip: Euphoric Reality)

 

House Republican to introduce bill to slash PA funding

Posted by: ST on January 30, 2006 at 10:09 am » 9 Comments

Via the NYSun: WASHINGTON – Congress is moving quickly in the face of Hamas’s victory in the Palestinian elections to slash American funding for the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations and ensure that America moves to isolate the new regime. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican of Florida, will introduce House legislation this week to [...]

 

Rasmussen: Bush at 50% approval

Posted by: ST on January 30, 2006 at 9:55 am » 6 Comments

Continuing the upward trend, the President is now polling at a 50% approval rating, according to the latest Rasmussen poll. Glenn Reynolds speculates on the reasons for the trend: He’s been trending up there for several days. I’m not sure why, but it seems as if he does better whenever John Kerry and Ted Kennedy [...]

 

On politicizing the Patriot Act and the NSA ‘scandal’

Posted by: ST on January 30, 2006 at 9:33 am » 13 Comments

Debra Burlingame, sister of Charles F. “Chic” Burlingame III, the pilot of American Airlines flight 77, which was crashed into the Pentagon on 9-11, writes a must-read opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal on the politicization by the usual suspects of both the Patriot Act and the NSA ‘scandal’. She writes: Critics contend that [...]