Daily Archives: August 25th, 2010 «

 

Ken Mehlman, former RNC chair and Bush campaign manager, comes out of the closet

Posted by: ST on August 25, 2010 at 8:16 pm » 14 Comments

Marc Ambinder has the exclusive story here, a story which – as expected – is being picked up all over the MSM via outlets like CBS and CNN. Supposedly, according to Twitter murmurings, this was an “open secret” in DC for years. Not surprisingly, in addition to “coming out,” Mehlman’s also on board with overturning [...]

 

538

Posted by: ST on August 25, 2010 at 6:28 pm » Comments Off

New Forecast Shows Democrats Losing 6 to 7 Senate Seats

 

NJ Online

Posted by: ST on August 25, 2010 at 6:27 pm » Comments Off

Gov. Christie blames Washington bureaucracy for state’s failed ‘Race to the Top’ application

 

Fox News

Posted by: ST on August 25, 2010 at 3:45 pm » Comments Off

Egg Kingpin Linked to Salmonella Scare Has History of Violations

 

NBC NY

Posted by: ST on August 25, 2010 at 2:00 pm » Comments Off

Bagels With a Slice of Tax

 

Video: Pork is bipartisan

Posted by: Phineas on August 25, 2010 at 12:35 pm » 5 Comments

The latest winner of Reason.TV‘s “Porker of the Month” Award is Congressman Hal Rogers (R-KY). Wonder why? Conservation or nepotism? Since 2007 Rogers has been promoting a bill which would provide federal grants to overseas wildlife protection for lions and cheetahs. Surprise! Rogers’ daughter is the grants administrator for the Namibia-based Cheetah Conservation Fund, and [...]

 

CNN

Posted by: ST on August 25, 2010 at 12:30 pm » Comments Off

Sherrod declines USDA job offer

 

Major Garrett to leave Fox News

Posted by: ST on August 25, 2010 at 12:18 pm » 6 Comments

Ben Smith has the official press release: FOX News’ Chief White House correspondent Major Garrett announced today that he will leave the network effective September 3rd to return to his roots in print journalism. White House correspondents Wendell Goler and Mike Emanuel will assume joint coverage of the beat. In making the announcement, Garrett said, [...]

 

WSJ

Posted by: ST on August 25, 2010 at 11:00 am » Comments Off

China Traffic Jam Could Last Weeks

 

Alaska Senate race goes down to the wire – Murkowski narrowly trails Miller

Posted by: ST on August 25, 2010 at 9:53 am » 7 Comments

Shocking development: A decorated Gulf War veteran was holding a narrow lead over Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Alaska Republican Senate primary, as ballots continued to be counted Wednesday in what could shape up to be a stunning political upset. Polls taken before primary day had shown Murkowski, a two-term senator from an Alaska political [...]