More Congressional war critics praising surge’s progress (MORE: HILLARY: SURGE IS “WORKING” – BUT IT’S TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE)
Praise from none other than Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and John Warner (R-VA), noted critics of the Iraq war:
Dem Congressman charged with assault and battery at Dulles
But you wouldn’t have known it was California Dem Congressman Bob Filner in some of the early reporting on the story, which Mark Finkelstein discusses here.
Novak: Hillary supporters think Mark Warner would be better VP pick than Obama
Robert Novak writes in todays Chicago Sun-Times:
Another Democrat joins the “traitor” ranks
Bad news for defeatist Democrats like House Majority Whip James Clyburn:
Far left Democrats to newly-elected Blue Dog Democrats
Paraphrasing the Nutroots (via Eye on 08): “We’re very happy that you were elected, which helped put us back in the majority in Congress, but if you don’t change your moderate to conservative positions, we’ll target you for defeat.”
Pork reigns supreme
Captain Ed has the details on the latest report regarding Democrats, earmarks, and pork spending – this time on hospitals in towns and cities that would benefit their re-election campaigns: