Daily Archives: September 28th, 2006 «

 

Senator Pat Leahy: We’ll become just like the Taliban, Saddam’s Iraq if detainee bill passes (SENATE VOTE: Yeas 65, Nays 34)

Posted by: ST on September 28, 2006 at 3:50 pm » 27 Comments

This, I suppose, is Leahy’s way of trying to look tough on terror. Greg Tinti has the video and transcript. Sound familiar? Here’s the latest on the Senate debate on the bill. The Republicans in the Senate displayed some backbone on this one, rejecting the moderate Republican Arlen Specter’s amendment to the bill, which, according [...]

 

Thursday open thread

Posted by: ST on September 28, 2006 at 1:15 pm » 6 Comments

Isn’t it beautiful? Caption: A swan smoothens its plumage in a pond in the southern Russian city of Stavropol September 28, 2006. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko (RUSSIA)

 

Did Webb use the “n” word, too?

Posted by: ST on September 28, 2006 at 1:00 pm » 5 Comments

Yesterday, I blogged about Larry Sabato clarifying his remarks on whether or not he’d actually heard Senator George Allen use the “n” word. In that post, I also referenced an article nothing his opponent Jim Webb’s shiftiness over answering a question about whether or not he’d used the word. Well, the intrigue over that continues [...]

 

Senate and House race polls

Posted by: ST on September 28, 2006 at 11:49 am » 3 Comments

Real Clear Politics has the latest. Bookmark that page (and this one, too) and check them frequently between now and November. RCP’s got the wrong link up for the CT Senate race between Lieberman and Lamont, but the latest poll is showing the Senator ahead of Lamont by 10 points. In other election-related news, the [...]

 

Inscriptions on Arizona 9-11 Memorial to be reviewed

Posted by: ST on September 28, 2006 at 10:05 am » 8 Comments

A bit of good news this morning: The commission that approved the location for the 9/11 Memorial at the State Capitol will look at controversial statements on the sculpture to see if they should be removed. Tom Smith, a former Republican lawmaker and chairman of the Legislative Governmental Mall Commission, said the group never reviewed [...]