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Boston terror threat probed Boston Herald — Permalink Federal and state authorities are investigating a nuclear terrorist threat against Boston after a man calling from Mexico told California police that he smuggled two Iraqis and four Chinese over the border, the Boston Herald has learned. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Dirty Bomb Terror Scare In Boston — Various reports indicate that various federal and state officials are investigating reports of a nuclear terrorist threat against Boston. Michelle Malkin: THE BOSTON CONNECTION — If you can't access the Drudge-linked report of the dirty bomb threat in Boston, go to The Counterterrorism Blog—one of my new daily reads. Smash: DIRTY BOMB THREAT IN BOSTON BOSTON HERALD VIA JEFF QUINTON: [snipped quote] Let's pray it's a false alarm... |
Charles Johnson: Dirty Bomb Threat in Boston? Boston terror threat probed. Jeff Quinton: 4:52 EST UPDATE: The Boston Herald has an article that's getting slammed and almost impossible to get to. |
Search underway for six who may pose terrorist threat to Boston By / Boston Globe — Permalink The FBI has triggered a massive manhunt for six people — four Chinese and two Iraqis — who may pose a terrorist threat to the city of Boston, law enforcement officials briefed on the threat said today. | |
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Joe Gandelman: UPDATE II: —The Boston Herald now reports that a massive manhunt is underway — which suggests this is being take... Evan Kohlmann: You can also see this story if you can't get into the Boston Herald site. KJL: TERROR SCARE in boston. |
Jeff Quinton: "''They tried to set up a meet with him but he didn't show up.''" 6:05 EST: The Boston Globe has some more information:... Hugh Hewitt: Here's the latest on the Boston terror threat. It is built on pretty thin stuff —one anonymous tip— but the reaction of the feds and Boston locals is as it should be. |
Four sought in possible Boston terror threat CNN — Permalink (CNN) — State, federal and local authorities were seeking four Chinese nationals wanted for questioning in connection with a possible terrorist threat to the Boston, Massachusetts, area Wednesday, but they said the source of the information was "unknown and uncorroborated." | |
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Scott Sala: UPDATE: NO DIRTY BOMB... These four individuals are being sought in connection with a possible plot to release a dirty bomb in Boston. Jeralyn Merritt: Terror Alert in Boston — The F.B.I. is searching for four Chinese nationals in Boston in connection with a possible terror threat. |
Jeff Quinton: 8:59: CNN reports that "None have appeared on government "watch lists," according to a joint statement." |
Bush Upsets Some Supporters WaPo — Permalink President Bush came under fire from some social conservatives yesterday for saying he will not aggressively lobby the Senate to pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage during his second term. | |
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Steve Soto: But aside from the possible damage there will be to Bush politically from this, and what it says about the GOP race in... Steven Taylor: Nevertheless, via WaPo: Bush Upsets Some Supporters [snipped quote] While I have noted my position on gay marriage... Kos @DailyKos: Right now, Bush is faltering a bit: [snipped quote] Note, "no more important issue" than gay marriage. |
Thomas Lang: Finally, "despite what the Washington Post says today," social conservative K-Lo isn't so upset at... Nathan Hallford: It appears that some conservatives are a little dismayed at the President, over remarks he made in an interview regarding a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. KJL: Not very, despite what the Washington Post says today. The president made his position known, but did not revisit it often. |
| Also: Taegan Goddard | |
Reflections of a straight shooter By / The Australian — Permalink ONE of the reasons so many people admire Richard Armitage, the outgoing Deputy Secretary of State, is his well-earned reputation for fierce honesty. He is George Orwell-like in his ability to face hard facts straight up, and deal with them. | |
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Tim Dunlop: Alas, it comes merely from retiring Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage: [snipped quote] Of course, if anybody... |
Kevin Drum: REGRETS, I'VE HAD A FEW...Via Tim Dunlop, who still thinks I shouldn't have said anything nice about Andrew Sullivan a... |
Senate Panel Gives Rice Confirmation Nod ABCNEWS — Permalink WASHINGTON Jan 19, 2005 — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Wednesday to confirm Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state after two days of hearings in which she faced strenuous Democratic assaults on the Bush administration's handling of Iraq. | |
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Captain Ed: Showing Their Class — Condoleezza Rice received her confirmation endorsement from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this afternoon on a vote of 16-2. Roger L. Simon: Neither Boxer - Barbara of the Senate or Sarah of The New York Times (part time anyway) - is capable of processing the world around them. Barbara O'Brien: Even as I posted it, a breaking news story popped up to inform me that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to confirm her as Secretary of State. |
Nathan Nance: But that didn't happen and Rice has been approved by the foreign relations committee. This is a guest post from Nathan Nance. Glenn Reynolds: Well, I don't know about most liberal, but the fact is that of the Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee, only John Kerry and Barbara Boxer voted against Condi Rice. |
Moscow Plans First Stalin Monument Since 1960s Reuters — Permalink Jan 19, 2005 — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow plans to erect a new statue of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, returning his once-ubiquitous image to its streets after an absence of four decades, a top city official said Wednesday. | |
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Jeff Quinton: Slings and Arrows linked with Dirty Business by the Dirty Water New Stalin Statues in Russia Reuters/ABC [snipped quote] Others blogging: PoliBlog Edward _: Apparently unsatisfied with how startled the world was with this Czar-like power grab, Russian President Vladimir... |
Eugene Volokh: Reuters reports: [snipped quote] I agree, of course, that Stalin's name shouldn't be erased from histories of World War... Pejman Yousefzadeh: AND IN OTHER NEWS, GERMANY WILL BE HONORING HITLER — Who in their right mind thinks that this is a good idea? |
Poll: Nation split on Bush as uniter or divider CNN — Permalink (CNN) — On the eve of President Bush's inauguration, a poll shows the nation is split over whether he has united or divided the nation, but a majority believe his inauguration festivities should be toned down because of the war. | |
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Chris Bowers: Black Thursday Thread — I complained a lot about the Gallup poll during the campaign, but the CNN headline on their... Tyler Cowen: Funny headlines — "Nation Split on Bush as Uniter or Divider." Here is the story. |
Josh Marshall: Editors of the — Onion infiltrate CNN polling unit: "Poll: Nation split on Bush as uniter or divider" [ed.note: Thanks to TPM reader BP for the tip. |
Inauguration: Lifestyles of the Rich and Heartless Center for American Progress — Permalink A look at this week's festivities by the numbers: $40 million: Cost of Bush inaugural ball festivities, not counting security costs. $2,000: Amount FDR spent on the inaugural in 1945…about $20,000 in today's dollars. | |
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Kevin Raybould: The Value of the Innaguration — I am stealing this wholesale from CAP: [snipped quote] This is going to be a very... Tim Dunlop: Well, it's currently about 15F here in Washington D.C., with steady snow falling and I have been invited to an... |
Oliver @LiquidList: Please, just don't knock on the door. Someone please come save me from all this. |
Gonzales Says '02 Policy on Detainees Doesn't Bind C.I.A. By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -Officers of the Central Intelligence Agency and other nonmilitary personnel fall outside the bounds of a 2002 directive issued by President Bush that pledged the humane treatment of prisoners in American custody, Alberto R. Gonzales, the White House counsel, said in documents released on Tuesday. | |
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Andrew Sullivan: But we do know from Gonzales' documents released yesterday that the Bush administration wants to reserve the right to torture detainees for the CIA. Jeralyn Merritt: In related news, the latest documents disclosed by the White House show that Gonzales signed off on memos that said:... |
Lambert @Corrente: Bush torture policies: The latest from Gonzales — Lovely: [snipped quote] So, torture is against the law, except they... Jesse Taylor: Principles Only Extend As Far As You're Looking — Oh, by the way, Alberto "Light Stick" Gonzales, whose policies firmly... |
5 Car Bombs Rock Baghdad in Effort to Disrupt Elections By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Jan. 19 - Five car bomb blasts rocked Baghdad today as suicide bombers hit targets that included the Australian Embassy, the latest attacks in an intensified campaign of violence apparently meant to disrupt nationwide elections planned for Jan. 30. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: Showing that Iraqi politics are, indeed, taking off, Iyad Allawi today announced plans to put forward a... Gregory Djerejian: Tales from the Front — A friend in Baghdad writes in....after a bloody day of suicide bombings in the capital city: [snipped quote] I think I understand his emotion. |
David Allan Pell: The Blowing Stuff Up Pact — The violence isincreasing dramatically as elections approach in Iraq. |
New Doubts On Plan For Social Security WaPo — Permalink House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) predicted yesterday that partisan warfare over Social Security will quickly render President Bush's plan "a dead horse" and called on Congress to undertake a broader review of the problems of an aging nation. | |
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New Donkey: Fun With Longevity-Adjusted Benefits — His description of the president's social security proposal as a "dead horse"... Hugh Hewitt: The GOP's most powerful maverick —no, not John McCain— is breaking the china on social security reform and a tax overhaul. Avedon Carol: But what everyone's talking about this morning is a piece in the WaPo called New Doubts On Plan For Social Security that... |
Noam Scheiber: Ed interpreted yesterday's skeptical remarks about Social Security reform from Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas as potentially supporting this hypothesis. Steve Soto: House Ways and Means Committee chairman Bill Thomas signaled that Bush's privatization plan could already be "a dead... Max B. Sawicky: Two data points: Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA), the very bright, powerful, diabolical head of House Ways and Means, likens the Bush effort to a "dead horse." |
| Also: Atrios, Mark Schmitt, Kevin Drum, Matthew Yglesias, Tom Maguire, Rickheller @Centerfield, Kos @DailyKos, Josh Marshall | |
Senate Panel Gives Rice Confirmation Nod By / AP — Permalink 0118dv-rice-wrap The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Wednesday to confirm Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state after two days of hearings in which she faced strenuous Democratic assaults on the Bush administration's handling of Iraq. | |
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Steve Soto: Minority Leader Reid Attempts To Delay Condi's Confirmation Vote — Minority Leader Harry Reid announced this afternoon... Mitch Berg: No Class — From the AP: [snipped quote] Nice to see Kerry showed up, anyway. |
Scott Sala: First, he claimed massive voter disenfranchisement a few days ago, and now he just voted along with Barbara Boxer not to confirm Condoleeza Rice. |
Espionage by any other name By / Washington Times — Permalink This week in the New Yorker magazine Seymour Hersh wrote the following words: "The administration has been conducting secret reconnaissance missions inside Iran ... Much of the focus is on accumulation of intelligence and targeting information on Iranian... | |
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Charles Johnson: Espionage By Any Other Name — Tony Blankley is appalled at the lack of reaction to the Seymour Hersh piece on US intelligence operations in Iran: Espionage by any other name. Laura Rozen: Writing in the Washington Times, Tony Blankley calls for Seymour Hersh to be charged with espionage for his New Yorker article you might have heard about. |
Cliff May: Tony Blankley has a good column today — "Espionage by any other name" —exploring the laws that Sy and the NYer may have violated. |
RNC Chair Unveils 'Durable Majority' Plan By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - White House ally Ken Mehlman took over leadership of the Republican Party on Wednesday and outlined plans to find new voters among the ranks of churchgoers and social conservatives. | |
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The Farmer: Ken Mehlman rolls out exciting new marketing phrase — "Durable Majority" - Yeah, that's real catchy. I love it. |
Jeralyn Merritt: Republicans Disclose Future Strategy — Ken Mehlman assumed his position today as head of the Republican National Committee. |
Tsunami-hit Thais told: Buy six planes or face EU tariffs Scotsman — Permalink TSUNAMI-struck Thailand has been told by the European Commission that it must buy six A380 Airbus aircraft if it wants to escape the tariffs against its fishing industry. | |
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Dale Franks: So much so, in fact, that they're starting to bully countries into buying them. |
Andrew Stuttaford: AIRBUS MARKETING — From the Scotsman: "TSUNAMI-struck Thailand has been told by the European Commission that it must... |
Boxer Backed Clinton's Iraq War NewsMax.com — Permalink Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., accused Secretary of State-nominee Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday of using "falsehoods" about weapons of mass destruction to justify attacking Iraq. | |
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Ace: Not Very Surprising Update: Barbara Boxer had a very different opinion on Iraqi WMD's when Clinton was president. |
Jeff @BeautifulAtrocities: IS THAT ANY WAY TO TALK TO YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT? (She sang a different tune in the past, however) |
Missiles deployed for inauguration By / Washington Times — Permalink The military has deployed anti-aircraft missiles within range of the Capitol as part of security enhancements for tomorrow's presidential inauguration. The missile deployment comes even though the FBI and Homeland Security Department concluded in a recent... | |
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Jeff Goldstein: Washington Times: Missiles deployed for inauguration — From Bill Gertz: [snipped quote] Hmmm. |
Tim Dunlop: Dear Leader's big day out — Preparations are well underway for tomorrow's Inauguration Ceremony, as you can see from... |
Ailing Chief Justice in No Rush to Go By / Newsweek — Permalink Jan. 18 - Ever since Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist disclosed last fall that he was being treated for thyroid cancer, Washington has buzzed with rumors of his imminent retirement. Inaugural officials say Rehnquist is still expected to administer the oath of office to George W. Bush this Thursday. | |
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Taegan Goddard: Rehnquist Gains Strength — "For months, Washington has buzzed with rumors of William Rehnquist's retirement from the Supreme Court," Newsweek reports. |
Steve Dillard: Ailing Chief Justice in No Rush to Go: Newsweek has this report. |
Could It Be That Men and Women Are ... Different? By / Newhouse News — Permalink "Math is hard!" Barbie once said, and apparently Lawrence Summers agrees. He's the president of Harvard, and finds himself in hot water for remarks made at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference. He blamed the relatively low numbers of women in math and science on a lack of natural ability. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: And the marketing blitz begins. And James Lileks admits to cross-dressing. In the last paragraph of this column. |
Joanne Jacobs: Summers now says he was speaking hypothetically. James Lileks joins the fray: [quote] Women do not lack "natural ability."[end quote] |
Harvard Chief's Comments on Women Assailed By / WaPo — Permalink During nearly four years as president of Harvard University, Lawrence H. Summers has earned a reputation for blunt, sometimes brutal comments. After upsetting African Americans early in his tenure, he has provoked a new storm of controversy by suggesting that... | |
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Garance Franke-Ruta: Meanwhile, Cambridge neighbor MIT, whose professor Nancy Hopkins was sickened by Summers' remarks on women and walked... Max B. Sawicky: WHEN ECONOMISTS GO BAD, II Larry Summers channels Newt Gingrich. |
Juan Non-Volokh: As the Washington Post reports: "Summers laid out a series of possible explanations for the underrepresentation of women... |
Report Outlines Exit Polling Problems By / AP — Permalink NEW YORK - Two firms that conducted Election Day exit polls for major news organizations reported Wednesday that they found a number of problems with the way the polls were carried out last year, resulting in estimates that overstated John Kerry 's share of the vote. | |
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Captain Ed: Exit Polling Flawed, Skewed To Kerry — In a development that should embarrass Jesse Jackson and shame Barbara Boxer —... |
Taegan Goddard: The AP notes the report "suggested several steps to mitigate errors in future exit polling efforts, such as using fewer... |
Four More Years of Bush Makes the World Anxious By / Reuters — Permalink PARIS (Reuters) - The rest of the world will be watching with anxiety when President Bush is inaugurated Thursday for a second time, fearing the most powerful man on the planet may do more harm than good. | |
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Charles Johnson: It's at the point where you just have to laugh at the Reuters wire: Four More Years of Bush Makes the World Anxious. |
Michael Demmons: Reuters continues with a lie we're all sick of hearing: "Many world leaders, alienated by Bush's go-it-alone foreign... |
Caught Between Church and State By / NYT — Permalink SHORTLY after the 1925 Scopes "monkey trial," the usually astute historian Frederick Lewis Allen concluded that fundamentalism had been permanently discredited by the prosecution in Dayton, Tenn., of John T. Scopes, who had taught his biology students about Darwin's theory of evolution. | |
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Dale Franks: Evolution, creationism, and the empty minds of our children — I referenced the right-wing nonsense of creationism below... Chris Mooney: Read Susan Jacoby — She explains this morning that dressing up creationism in the garb of "science" isn't a new thing: ... |
Steve M.: In a New York Times op-ed, Susan Jacoby says she knows how American got into this evolution mess: At the beginning of... |
A citizens' revolution for clean elections, new media By / Seattle Times — Permalink Christine Gregoire has said that our recent election was "a model to the rest of the nation and the world." If what she meant is that the King County Elections Office is her model of how she plans to run the state of Washington, then we should all be worried. | |
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Greg Ransom: STEFAN SHARKANSKY — "A citizens' revolution for clean elections, new media": "The new participatory media have led the... Glenn Reynolds: STEFAN SHARKANSKY says there's an explosion of people power in politics and the media. But he wants more. |
The Big Trunk: Get this man a Pulitzer — The Seattle Times admits Stefan Sharkansky to the precincts of its editorial page for a... |
U.S. Intelligence Says Iraqis Will Press for Withdrawal By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 - The Iraqi government that emerges from elections on Jan. 30 will almost certainly ask the United States to set a specific timetable for withdrawing its troops, according to new American intelligence estimates described by senior administration officials. | |
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Susan Q. Stranahan: Tip of the Hat — Knight-Ridder Scores (Again) Readers of today's New York Times learned that new assessments by... |
James Joyner: The Future of U.S. Troops in Iraq — U.S. Intelligence Says Iraqis Will Press for Withdrawal [RSS] (NYT) "The Iraqi... |
Problems Found With '04 Exit Polls AP — Permalink NEW YORK — Two firms that conducted Election Day exit polls for major news organizations reported Wednesday that they found a number of problems with the way the polls were carried out last year, resulting in estimates that overstated John Kerry's share of the vote. | |
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Jeff Goldstein: Bushco. must have stolen the election From FOXNews: [snipped quote] Asked to comment on the firms' findings, former... |
TVNewser: The Exit Poll Report Is Out... "Two firms that conducted Election Day exit polls for major news organizations reported... |
Report suggests changes in exit poll methodology CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — Exit polls overstated John Kerry's share of the vote on November 2, both nationally and in many states, because more Kerry supporters participated in the survey than Bush voters, according to an internal review of the exit-polling process released Wednesday. | |
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Hindrocket: It argues, as stated here by CNN, that for some mysterious reason, Kerry voters were more willing to participate in the exit polling than Bush voters. |
Jesse Taylor: Revelations — Exit pollsters have declared that the reason a seemingly disproportionate number of Kerry voters... |
In Iraqi Vote, the Writing Isn't on the Wall By / WaPo — Permalink BAGHDAD — The campaign posters along Baghdad's Waziriya Street are filled with promise. "For a free and independent Iraq," pledges one. "For a peaceful Iraq," says another. The posters are plastered on a gray, story-high concrete barricade protecting an Iraqi appeals court from car bombings. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: The same people as the Washington Post which bad mouth's Iraqi enthusiasm for the balloting at month's end, labeling the mood in Iraq as "ambivalent." |
Cori Dauber: Given stories like this on the Post's web site, and like this on the front page, I wonder what the good people at the Washington Post prefer to call it? |
Support for War in Iraq Hits New Low By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — Support for the war in Iraq has continued to erode, but most Americans still are inclined to give the Bush administration some time to try to stabilize the country before it withdraws U.S. troops, the Los Angeles Times Poll has found. | |
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James Joyner: In related news, the American public is simultaneously skeptical about the war but willing to continue fighting it:... |
Hugh Hewitt: The Los Angeles Times trumpets a new poll that purports to show that support for the war in Iraq has hit a new low. |
Catholic Church in Spain shifts policy on condoms AP — Permalink MADRID (AP) — In a substantial shift from traditional policy, the spokesman for the Catholic Church in Spain has said it supports the use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS. | |
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DeLong: And the Spanish Roman Catholic Church Actually Has Some Bishops... Via Pandagon: "USATODAY.com - Catholic Church in... |
Jesse Taylor: A Novel Idea! Well, we're never electing the Spanish Catholic Church president. |
California Executes Confessed Murderer By / LAT — Permalink SAN QUENTIN — Last-minute court appeals rejected and clemency vigorously denied by the governor, Donald Beardslee was executed early this morning, 24 years after he confessed to the slayings of two Bay Area women. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Donald Beardslee Execution: Warden Calls It 'A Shame' — Donald Beardslee was executed in California last night, following Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's denial of clemency. |
Orrin Judd: TERMINATION PAPERS: California Executes Confessed Murderer (Rone Tempest, January 19, 2005, LA Times) "Last-minute... |
Gov. Kinky -- the next leader of Texas? Reuters — Permalink DALLAS (Reuters) — Kinky Friedman, the best-selling author, country singer and friend of the stray dog, next week will officially toss his ten-gallon hat into the ring for the 2006 Texas governor's race, his campaign said Tuesday. | |
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Orrin Judd: COULD HOLD THE DEMOCRAT UNDER 35% (via Bryan Francoeur): <a href=http://www.cnn.com/2 005/ALLPOLITICS/01/18/gov . kinky.reut/index.html Gov. Kinky — the next leader of Texas? |
Taegan Goddard: Governor Kinky? Kinky Friedman (D), [snipped quote] Reuters reports. |
Optimism has fallen, divisions increased By / USA Today — Permalink WASHINGTON — President Bush takes the oath of office for a second time on Thursday with ambitious plans to foster democracy in Iraq and to overhaul Social Security, rewrite the tax code and limit medical-malpractice lawsuits at home. | |
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Howard Kurtz: Another middling poll, this one from USA Today, says Bush "will be leading a nation that is less optimistic about the future than it was when he was inaugurated for his first term. |
Taegan Goddard: Optimism Falls, Division Rises — As President Bush takes the oath of office for a second time on Thursday, "he will be... |
Kennedy vs. Cuomo in New York? WaPo — Permalink Two of the most famous last names in U.S. politics may be on a collision course in New York. If the collision happens, the normally obscure race for state attorney general will instantly transform into a campaign headliner — with a soap opera subtext. | |
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Captain Ed: Addendum: The Washington Post has more on Dean's attempt to rehabilitate himself towards the center (second item) |
Noam Scheiber: ROBERT KENNEDY, JR. CUTS TO THE CHASE: Robert Kennedy, Jr. made an important clarification yesterday about his... |
Army affirms its ban on women in combat By / Washington Times — Permalink Army Secretary Francis Harvey has told Congress that the service will keep the Pentagon's ban against female soldiers in ground combat, including no assignments to units that routinely embed with war fighters. | |
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James Joyner: Army Affirms Ban on Women in Combat — Army affirms its ban on women in combat (Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times, p. 1) [snipped quote] There's the rub, of course. |
KJL: NO WOMEN IN GROUND COMBAT, ARMY AFFIRMS — Elaine Donnelly isn't fully convinced. If Elaine's not happy, no American should be. |
Bush Tells Troops 'Much More Will Be Asked of You' By / Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush told U.S. troops on Tuesday that "much more will be asked of you" in Iraq and elsewhere as three days of ceremonies marking his inauguration got off to a somber beginning. | |
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Steve M.: Steve Holland of Reuters spotted the key quote in Bush's speech: Among the 7,000 people in the audience were troops... |
KJL: I think his talk to troops at the MCI Center last night was a decent indicator. We're at an important moment in history and we've got a lot more to do yet. |
Dean Gaining Early Momentum in DNC Race By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Howard Dean 's hard-charging race to head the Democratic National Committee is gaining early momentum that recalls the streaking start of his 2004 presidential campaign. | |
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Captain Ed: The AP reports on the ascendancy of Howard Dean for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee with a... |
Orrin Judd: Dean Gaining Early Momentum in DNC Race (WILL LESTER, January 19, 2005, Associated Press) [snipped quote] Imagine how happy this must make Karl Rove? |
Media's coverage has distorted world's view of Iraqi reality By / World Tribune.com — Permalink Editors' Note: LTC Tim Ryan is Commander, Task Force 2-12 Cavalry, First Cavalry Division in Iraq. He led troops into battle in Fallujah late last year and is now involved in security operations for the upcoming elections. He wrote the following during "down time" after the Fallujah operation. | |
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Atrios: Sorta Weird — The wingnutosphere is all excited about this column written by "LTC Tim Ryan, Commander, Task Force 2-12 Cavalry, First Cavalry Division in Iraq." Joseph Alexander Norland: The second example concerns an article published today in the World Tribune. Following are selected quotations from the latter article, written by LTC Tim Ryan. Clayton Cramer: A few excerpts: [quote] I am tired of reading distorted and grossly exaggerated stories from major news organizations about the "failures" in the war in Iraq.[end quote] |
Blackfive: Looks like LTC Ryan's essay has made it into the (sort of) main stream... World Tribune - Media's coverage has distorted... Mitch Berg: He writes perhaps the most passionate, emotional evisceration of the media's blinkered coverage of Iraq that I've yet read. |
Charges imminent in election day tire slashing JSOnline — Permalink What is sure to go down as the most exhaustive and publicized investigation of tire slashings in Milwaukee history will soon end with felony charges - possibly by the end of the week. | |
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Steve Bainbridge: "(Link)" As Michelle Malkin observed: "For some reason, not a peep about these crimes has been heard from the count-every-vote-enfranch ise-the-disenfranchised hounds. Orrin Judd: CABANA BOY'S RIGHT ABOUT VOTE SUPPRESSION: Charges imminent in election day tire slashing (Cary Spivak & Dan Bice, Jan... |
Michelle Malkin: From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: [snipped quote] For some reason, not a peep about these crimes has been heard from the count-every-vote-enfranch ise-the-disenfranchised hounds. |
Transcript of remarks between Boxer and Rice San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink Following is a transcript of Sen. Barbara Boxer's remarks and Condoleezza Rice's response at Rice's confirmation hearing as provided by Federal News Service. SEN. BOXER: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. | |
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McQ: Speaking at the Rice confirmation hearing, Boxer said: "Well, you should read what we voted on when we voted to support the war, which I did not, but most of my colleagues did. Tbogg: Today Barbara Boxer, who should give mensch lessons to Joe Lieberman, smacked Rice around like a whiffleball and all... |
Captain Ed: If so, yesterday certainly provided opportunities for winces galore as the senator from California kept providing... Lorie Byrd: Here is a link (found in the Crush Kerry article) to the transcript of the Boxer - Rice exchange. |
Rice Stands Firm in Senate Questioning By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State nominee Condoleezza Rice gave no ground in Senate confirmation questioning Tuesday, insisting the United States was fully prepared for the Iraq war and its aftermath and refusing to give a timetable for U.S. troops to come home. | |
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Acidman: This farcical dog and pony show over the confirmation of Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State is a disgraceful display... Steve Bainbridge: Sorry Condi — Dear Dr. Rice: On behalf of myself and my fellow Californians, I'd like to apologize for the reprehensible conduct of our Senator Barbara Boxer. |
Spoons: REMEMBER — It's especially galling, I think, for Senators like Boxer and Biden and Dodd to gratuitously pick fights with a nominee that everyone knows will be confirmed anyway. |
What's sex got to do with science? Don't ask! By / Townhall.com — Permalink Doing remarkably little to combat the stereotype that women are emotionally frail and constitutionally incapable of dealing with stress, Professor Nancy Hopkins of MIT told the Boston Globe that she had to leave a lecture delivered by Harvard president Larry Summers because if she didn't she would have "either blacked out or thrown up." | |
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Betsy Newmark: Bosh! I see that Jonah Goldberg makes almost the same point in his column today. "Now, I don't mean to be sexist when mocking Ms. Hopkins. |
Scott Sala: Hardvard Story Bias Update — Jonah Goldberg jumps on the case of Harvard President Larry Summers and the alleged... |
The truth about the cop-killing marine By / Townhall.com — Permalink If you watched the evening news a week ago, you may recall the sensational story of a distraught Marine who died in a murderous shootout with police. Anti-war writers and Latino activists have turned the cop-killer, Lance Cpl. Andres Raya, into a martyr. | |
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Scott Sala: Marine Suicide-Murder Distortion — Michelle Malkin writes at Townhall about the story last week of a Marine who... |
Betsy Newmark: Michelle Malkin gives the rest of the story about the Marine who was killed by police. He wasn't some soldier driven crazy by his service in Iraq. |
Singer Curses at Inaugural Youth Concert ABCNEWS — Permalink WASHINGTON Jan 18, 2005 — You might say the Janet Jackson moment of President Bush's inaugural festivities came Tuesday at a youth concert with hundreds of preteen Hilary Duff fans in the audience. | |
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Steve M.: Brett Scallions followed with a quick apology of "excuse my language." ... —ABC News/AP Merciful heavens! Michelle Malkin: F*** THE KIDS — Yes, I've just read the story about the f-bomb dropped at the Inaugural Youth Concert. |
Jeff Goldstein: For Those About To Rock — Taking notice of the f-bomb dropped by Fuel lead singer Brett Scallion at Tuesday's Inaugural... |
Attorney meets the 'jury pool from hell' AP — Permalink MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) — Defense attorney Leslie Ballin called it the "jury pool from hell." The group of prospective jurors was summoned to listen to a case of Tennessee trailer park violence. | |
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William @SouthernAppeal: Jury Pool from Hell — Check out this CNN piece on an unusually bad pool of jurors in Tennessee. Steve Bainbridge: How to get excused from jury duty — Next time I get called for jury duty, I'm going to try some of these excuses to... |
RCox: Quote of the Day from CNN: "I should have known something was up," he said. "She had all her teeth." |
Singer Curses at Inaugural Youth Concert By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - You might say the Janet Jackson moment of President Bush's inaugural festivities came Tuesday at a youth concert with hundreds of preteen Hilary Duff fans in the audience. | |
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Tbogg: So Jenna and NotJenna sacrifice months of hard partying to campaign for their dad, and this is the thanks they get: You... Tom @Corrente: The Janet Jackson Moment at W's Inaugural — [snipped quote] Heh. What will we tell the children? |
KJL: SPICY SCALLIONS — Phew. At least the president didn't hear it! |
CBS Plans to Change Evening News Format NYT — Permalink LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18 - The CBS chairman, Leslie Moonves, said on Tuesday he is planning to introduce significant, potentially revolutionary changes to the format of "The CBS Evening News" when Dan Rather departs as anchor in March. | |
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Jeff Jarvis: CBS: Changing the book, not just the cover : Les Moonves, head of CBS, described the changes he plans to bring to CBS News as an effort [snipped quote] My emphasis. Tom Maguire: Well, according to CBS chairman Leslie Moonves, they would prefer not to: [snipped quote] It must be like herding cats over there. TVNewser: > NYT: "When we were looking at redoing 'The Early Show' a few years ago, we said, 'Listen, you get two people sitting... |
Richard Reeb: CBS Just Doesn't (Won't) Get It — CBS chairman Leslie Moonves (does his last name have the same number of syllables as... Glenn Reynolds: RATHERGATE: The first time as farce, the second time as really absurd farce: [snipped quote] Tom Maguire observes: "It must be like herding cats over there." |
Pro-American Iraqi Blog Provokes Intrigue and Vitriol By / NYT — Permalink When I telephoned a man named Ali Fadhil in Baghdad last week, I wondered who might answer. A C.I.A. operative? An American posing as an Iraqi? Someone paid by the Defense Department to support the war? Or simply an Iraqi with some mixed feelings about the American presence in Iraq? | |
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Armed Liberal: I've calmed down enough after reading Sarah Boxer's New York Times sliming of the Iraq The Model/Liberal Iraqi bloggers... Howard Kurtz: This prompted a New York Times piece yesterday—"Pro-Amer ican Iraqi Blog Provokes Intrigue and Vitriol"—that gave an awful lot of space to unverified allegations. Sebastian Holsclaw: I was having a good day until Powerlineblog directed my attention to this NYT article on IraqTheModel. |
Thomas Lang: More on the media in response to Sarah Boxer's New York Times Arts column on three Iraqi brothers' pro-war blog. Arthur Chrenkoff: The New York Times smears Iraqi bloggers — The mainstream media has disgraced itself again - this time in the form of... Patterico: More Blogger Reaction to Sarah Boxer — Ali and Marc Danziger react to the poorly researched Sarah Boxer article on Iraq the Model. |
| Also: Barbara O'Brien, Jeff Jarvis, Deacon, Ted Barlow, Joe Gandelman, Ed Cone, Tom Maguire, Vanderleun, Venkat @BeggingToDiffer, Jane Galt, Lorie Byrd, Pejman Yousefzadeh | |
Social Security Reforms: Necessary or Not? WSJ — Permalink As President Bush prepares to unveil his plan to reform Social Security, the Internet is buzzing with support and criticism. Some economists say reforms are needed, and fast, while others are of the opinion that changes won't be necessary any time soon, if at all. | |
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PGL: Social Security Debate: Arnold Kling v. Max Sawicky with One Exception — Econoblog features this interesting dialogue between Arnold Kling and Max Sawicky. Jeff Jarvis: The Wall Street Journal does that effectively today by having bloggers of red and blue stripes argue Social Security. Tom Maguire: Put This On My "Not To Do" List — Somewhere near the top of my "Not To Do" list should be "Debate Max Sawicky on Social Security reform". |
Arnold P. California: Jane, You Ignorant Slut — A semi-wonky-but-useful point/counterpoint about Social Security, via Atrios, between liberal... Barry L. Ritholtz: Its on the WSJ online (which should be available to the public) The subject: Social Security Reforms: Necessary or Not? Atrios: Owned — Poor Arnold Kling. Max demolishes him. |
| Also: Greg Ransom, Max B. Sawicky, Tyler Cowen, Glenn Reynolds | |
Confirmation Hearing of Condoleeza Rice NYT — Permalink The following is the transcript of the hearing on the nomination of Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State as recorded by FDCH e-Media, Inc. U.S. SENATOR RICHARD G. LUGAR (R-IN, CHAIRMAN U.S. SENATOR CHARLES HAGEL | |
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Gregory Djerejian: Some snippets: "OBAMA: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, members of the committee, Dr. Rice. Captain Ed: Here's what she said about tsunami relief: "We're spending billions to fight AIDS and tuberculosis and malaria and other... Robert Tagorda: Before Senator Boxer criticized the Iraq War, she lectured the nominee (emphasis added): Transcript: Confirmation... |
Matthew Yglesias: Take a look at what Joe Biden had to say at yesterday's confirmation hearings for Condoleezza Rice: "I've gone to the training facility for police in Jordan. Tim Dunlop: I've extracted the intoductory section of her remarks from the transcript, but I've put them under the fold because they take up a bit of space. Joseph Alexander Norland: The citation is from the complete transcript given by The New Jayson Blair Times, and I am presenting the text with an... |
| Also: Kevin Drum | |
Rice, Democrats duel over Iraq strategy MSNBC — Permalink WASHINGTON - Testifying before senators at her confirmation hearing, Secretary of State nominee Condoleezza Rice was grilled Tuesday by Democrats, Sen. John Kerry among them, about Iraq both before and after the war to depose Saddam Hussein. | |
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Avedon Carol: The best news was Boxer versus Rice, with Rice acting offended at having her integrity impugned, and Boxer pointing out that she was only reading Rice's own public words. Steve Soto: He used the information he obtained to challenge what Rice was saying about the number of trained Iraqi forces we have... Jayson @PoliPundit: Mugging For the Cameras — This report mentioned something about a "Senator Kerry" grilling the soon-to-be confirmed Secretary of State, Dr. Condi Rice. |
Joe Gandelman: There's Something About Condi — She came, she saw — and she got clobbered by Democrats. Frederick Maryland: After seeing her president — more than a year and a half earlier — appear in front of a large banner trumpeting:... David Allan Pell: Been There, Didn't Do That — I don't want to be a kill-joy here, but isn't just a little too late to start getting tough on Condoleezza Rice? |
| Also: Taegan Goddard | |
CBS May Use Multi-Anchor Format By / AP — Permalink LOS ANGELES - CBS will probably replace Dan Rather on the evening news with a multi-anchor, perhaps multi-city format that changes the "antiquated" way of reporting the day's top stories, CBS chief Leslie Moonves said Tuesday. | |
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Thomas Lang: Go to comments — January 19, 2005 Blog Report CBS, the Chicago Cubs and the Ethics of Reporting Captain Ed doesn't... Captain Ed: CBS: The Chicago Cubs Of Network News — CBS chief Les Moonves told reporters today that he's leaning towards using a... KJL: HOW PERFECT THAT WOULD BE — Jon Stewart replaces Dan Rather?! |
Joe Gandelman: CBS Could Replace Dan Rather With A Team — Stooges_3CBS is probably going to replace Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News... Dale Franks: This would be Great — So, who is going to replace Dan Rather at CBS News? Les Mooves is being cagey about that. |
Boxer, Rice Exchange Pointed Words LAT — Permalink SEN. BOXER: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Dr. Rice, for agreeing to stay as long as it takes, because some of us do have a lot of questions. And I think you're going to enjoy your time here. | |
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Joe Gandelman: When you read the full text of the Boxer-Rice exchange you realize: Rice will not get a free ride during Bush's second term. Susan Madrak: GOD BLESS BARBARA BOXER — Here's the transcript of Barbara Boxer bitch-slapping Condi at today's nomination hearing. Barbara O'Brien: To which I say, yes. Here's a transcript. [snipped quote] Condi said that with a straight face, too. Remarkable. |
Robert Tagorda: Update: The Los Angeles Times provides an excerpt of the exchange. Venkat @BeggingToDiffer: BOXER / RICE — Kudos to Senator Barbara Boxer who took the Rice confirmation hearing as an opportunity to blast [LAT subscription req.] the Bush administration's WMD tapdance. Skippy: i have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles thanks to the latimes, who brings us a transcript of today's confirmation hearing. |
Kerry alleges voters were 'suppressed' By / Boston Globe — Permalink In his first high-profile address since conceding the presidential election, Senator John F. Kerry used Boston's annual Martin Luther King Jr. memorial breakfast yesterday to decry what he called the suppression of thousands of would-be voters last November. | |
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Steve Bainbridge: Vote Suppression — On the one hand, we have John Kerry repeating largely unspecified and unproven allegations of vote... Hugh Hewitt: Will even one reporter ask Senator Kerry for specifics on the "suppression" of voters he referred to yesterday? |
Dale Franks: Peeved. Perturbed. Upset. Not only did he lose, but the election was clearly tilted against Democratic Party voters. Orrin Judd: I JUST KNOW THERE MUST HAVE BEEN MORE VOTES FOR ME: Kerry alleges voters were 'suppressed' (Scott S. Greenberger,... |
Rice, Boxer spar in confirmation hearing CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee showered Condoleezza Rice with praise during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday, but she still had to field some tough questions on the situation in Iraq and the Bush administration's international policy. | |
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Charles Johnson: Dems Show Their Irrelevance at Rice Hearing — Barbara Boxer provided the perfect illustration today of how thickheaded... Charles Bird: In her cross examination of Condoleeza Rice earlier today, it makes you wonder if she ever read the resolution... |
Jeff Goldstein: Because $800? —that can buy a lot of really good s**t, man." * PGL: Check this out: [snipped quote] Incidentally, Boxer did not impugn Dr. Rice's credibility as Rice has none. |
MEMRI TV Project Special Report - Commander of Saddam Hussein's 'Army of Muhammad' Confesses: We Received Money and Arms from Syria and Iran MEMRI — Permalink The following are excerpts from the televised confessions of Muayed Al-Nasseri, who commandedSaddam Hussein's "Army of Muhammad" throughout 2004. The confessions were aired by an Iraqi TV channel that operates from the UAE, Al-Fayhaa TV, and were monitored and translated by the MEMRI TV Project. | |
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McQ: The set up: [snipped quote] The description: 'The Army of Muhammad was Founded by Saddam Hussein After the Fall of the Regime' Interrogator: "What is your name?" Charles Johnson: "We Received Money and Arms from Syria and Iran" — In a confession shown on Iraqi TV, the leader of Saddam Hussein's... |
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross: Iranian and Syrian Support for the Iraqi Insurgency — MEMRI's latest special report translates the televised... Charles Bird: Muayed Al-Nasseri is Our Enemy (and Iraq's) There's not much more to add to this stunning interview captured by memri.org. |
Poll shows Moore with lead for GOP gubernatorial nomination AP — Permalink MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A new poll shows Roy Moore with a lead over Gov. Bob Riley in the race for the 2006 Republican gubernatorial nomination, a potential boost for the former chief justice should he decide to run for the office. | |
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Steve M.: I told you yesterday that Roy Moore, the Ten Commandments judge, is the gubernatorial candidate preferred by Alabama Republicans going into the next election. Kevin T. Keith: Impeached former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore (the Ten Commandments freak) commands 72% support in early polls for the 2006 gubernatorial race in that state. Taegan Goddard: In Alabama, Poll Finds Moore Leading Riley — A Mobile Register poll shows ousted state Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore... |
Avedon Carol: Ex-Judge Roy Moore leading race for GOP nomination. Chris Bowers: Now, guess which one conservatives in Alabama prefer? |
Cheney Exercising Muscle on Domestic Policies By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 - Vice President Dick Cheney is playing a potentially pivotal role in shaping the Bush administration's ambitious domestic agenda, supporting larger personal investment accounts for Social Security than many other Republicans and helping... | |
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Noam Scheiber: To wit, today's New York Times profile of Dick Cheney, which explains his vote against the 1986 Tax Reform Act as... Josh Marshall: Let's not miss the big news in today's article in the Times about Dick Cheney. Steve Soto: Let me add some commentary to each of these versions, as well as on a NYT piece today that reports the growing influence of Dick Cheney now in domestic policy as well. |
Ezra Klein: Dick In Short — Things I learned from the New York Times' profile of Dick Cheney: • Dick Cheney is running this Administration's domestic policy. Sam Rosenfeld: One is forced to wade through the requisite Bumillerian puffery in Elisabeth Bumiller and Richard Stevenson's piece on Dick Cheney's influence over domestic policy. Orrin Judd: 'TWAS TO COMFORT POOR ECONOCONS...: Cheney Exercising Muscle on Domestic Policies (RICHARD W. STEVENSON and ELISABETH... |
Reed said to see Georgia as path to White House By / Washington Times — Permalink Word that Ralph Reed plans to seek the lieutenant governorship of Georgia signals what friends say is the former Christian Coalition executive director's ultimate ambition — 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. | |
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Steve M.: His clinic has been bombed and he was shot several years ago by Shelly Shannon, who remains in jail for this crime... Taegan Goddard: Reed to Run for Office in Georgia — Ralph Reed "plans to seek the lieutenant governorship of Georgia," the Washington Times reports. Betsy Newmark: Another guy I don't think would win election is Ralph Reed, but apparently he's going to run for Georgia lieutenant... |
Kevin T. Keith: Former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed, meanwhile, plans to run for lieutenant governor of Georgia as the first step... James Joyner: Ralph Reed Eyeing Georgia Governorship, White House — Reed said to see Georgia as path to White House (Washington... Orrin Judd: HE'D HAVE TO BE BETTER THAN THE LAST PRESIDENT THEY GAVE US: Reed said to see Georgia as path to White House (Ralph Z... |
| Also: Nathan Hallford | |
White House Standoff Snarls Traffic WaPo — Permalink A police standoff near the White House sparked by threats made by the driver of a van who authorities said was upset about a family matter snarled downtown traffic for blocks this evening. | |
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James Joyner: Van Driver Creates 4-Hour Standoff Near White House — Driver's Surrender Ends Standoff Near White House (WaPo, Jan. 19,... |
KJL: UNNERVING INCIDENT near the White House |
That Magic Moment By / NYT — Permalink A charming man courts a woman, telling her that he's a wealthy independent businessman. Just after the wedding, however, she learns that he has been cooking the books, several employees have accused him of sexual harassment and his company is about to file for bankruptcy. | |
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Tom Maguire: The NY Times Magazine has a long article on Social Security by Roger Lowenstein which both Kevin Drum and Paul Krugman endorse, so we know there will be trouble. The Poor Man: Paul Krugman Doesn't Get It — He writes: [snipped quote] This is meant as a metaphor for the situation surrounding Bush's remarks last week, but it doesn't hold up. |
Steve Antler: Last thing a fish would discover is... On cue, Paul makes the very point I talked about yesterday: But there's another... Jon Henke: Paul Krugman [01/18/05] "Bush loyalists begin frothing at the mouth when anyone points out that the White House... |
Justice Dept. Strikes Oil-for-Food Plea Deal Fox News — Permalink WASHINGTON — An Iraqi-born American citizen will strike a plea deal with the Justice Department as part of the federal investigation into the U.N. Oil-for-Food (search) scandal, officials at Justice told FOX News. | |
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Bigwig: "Breaking..." As They Say In Overly Excitable Newsrooms — Oil-for-Food figure and Hraka obsession Samir Vincent has decided to cop a plea. Scott Sala: The US Justice Department struck a deal with a potential witness in the Oil-For-Food scandal. |
Roger L. Simon: Kofiklatura Up Against Wall - Part II — No, I had no advance knowledge of today's announcement that Iraqi-American... Glenn Reynolds: UNSCAM UPDATE: [snipped quote] I wonder what kind of help he'll be giving investigators? |
Last reprieve for Beardslee? By / San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the U.S. Supreme Court refused this afternoon to block the execution of Donald Beardslee, who is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at a minute past midnight for murdering two young Peninsula women in 1981. | |
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Mike Pechar: Consequently, shortly after midnight, at 0029 PST, the three-time convicted murderer was executed by lethal injection. |
Jeanne D'Arc: The one who will probably be executed tonight. |
Howard Dean: He Still Has The Power By / WaPo — Permalink ST. LOUIS — Howard Dean keeps fidgeting onstage. He is spending his Saturday in Salon D of a crummy airport Hilton, joined by six other candidates for chairman of the Democratic National Committee. They are competing for the love of a few dozen DNC members in the audience. | |
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Susan Q. Stranahan: Go to comments — January 18, 2005 Tip of the Hat Finding Substance in Loose Ends As Republicans begin a triumphal... Betsy Newmark: Howard Dean is rested, slimmed-down, and wants the job. Why is not quite clear to me, but he says he wants to reform the Democratic Party. Orrin Judd: ZEN AND THE ART OF PERMANEN T MINORITY MAINTENANCE: Howard Dean: He Still Has The Power: Bid for DNC Chair Recharges... |
Taegan Goddard: Meanwhile, the Washington Post examines Dean's latest campaign, noting that "running for DNC chairman mirrors the... Steven Taylor: When One Wishes Newspapers Came with Video — Via WaPo: washingtonpost.com: Howard Dean: He Still Has The Power... Mathew Gross: Still Has the Power — Check out Mark Leibovich's piece on Howard Dean in today's Washington Post: "Dean keeps grimacing. |
Breaking the Code By / NYT — Permalink One afternoon late last month, I paid a visit to the offices of Americans for Tax Reform, the conservative lobbying outfit headed by Grover Norquist. Though Norquist ranks among the Republican Party's leading operators, neither he nor his organization is quite yet a household name. | |
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Mark Schmitt: Consider two excellent articles that appeared in the last few days: Jonathan Chait's "Tax Fraud" in the New Republic and... Kevin Drum: Nick Confessore interviews Grover Norquist in the New York Times Magazine this week and Norquist explains it all:... |
Matthew Yglesias: Once you're done with the Prospect's voluminous and unparalleled coverage of the Social Security issue, you won't want... |
O'Reilly: King "would be appalled" by "attacks on Christmas" Media Matters for America — Permalink In a "Talking Points Memo" devoted to "[h]ow Martin Luther King would view things today," FOX News host Bill O'Reilly declared that King "would be appalled by the secular culture" and by "the attacks on Christmas, the demonizing of Christianity." | |
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Steve M.: HO! HO! MERRY FUGGIN CHRISTMAS!!! O, get thee behind me, Satan ... what will Bill O'Reilly say? Atrios: MLK Would Be Appalled By Attacks On Christmas — Perhaps the "funniest" O'Reilly yet. |
Max B. Sawicky: (Sergeant O says he was in "firefights in Latin America" as a journalist.) There is also this. |
Bush Rewarded by Black Pastors' Faith LAT — Permalink MILWAUKEE — Bishop Sedgwick Daniels, one of this city's most prominent black pastors, supported Democrats in past presidential elections, backing Bill Clinton and Al Gore. After Bush's contested 2000 victory, Daniels felt the pull of a most powerful worldly force: a call from the White House. | |
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Susan Q. Stranahan: Whoever wins that thankless task — as well as the party strategists who still don't seem to have a clue — would be... Oliver @LiquidList: Politics: Values — The LA Times looks at the movement of black pastors from Democratic to Republican in last November's Presidential election. |
Robert Tagorda: But, as the Los Angeles Times reports, it also had the effect of broadening African-American support: Bush Rewarded by... Orrin Judd: GET THE SHEPHERDS AND THE FLOCKS WILL FOLLOW: Bush Rewarded by Black Pastors' Faith: His stands, backed by funding of ministries, redefined the GOP's image with some clergy. |
Political Divisions Persist After Election WaPo — Permalink President Bush will begin his second term in office without a clear mandate to lead the nation, with strong disapproval of his policies in Iraq and with the public both hopeful and dubious about his leadership on the issues that will dominate his agenda, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. | |
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Ruy Teixeira: The Washington Post story on the WP/ABC poll led with the following: "President Bush will begin his second term in... Cori Dauber: New Post Poll — The Post has a new poll out, and, as you might imagine, their interest is in the numbers that speak to... Orrin Judd: DEMOCRATIC LEADERS OUT OF TOUCH: Political Divisions Persist After Election: Nation Unsure, Hopeful About Bush, Poll... |
Jeanne D'Arc: Riding with the bad boys — The most disturbing thing about Seymour Hersh's latest New Yorker piece, about plans for a... Ramesh Ponnuru: SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE POLLS — The Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that "by 54 percent to 41 percent, the public... Zoe Kentucky: Less Popular than Nixon — On this cusp of his 2nd term inauguration festivities President Bush's approval rating is a post-election bounce-free 52%. |
| Also: Jeralyn Merritt, Skippy, Taegan Goddard | |
Exposing CBS By / Washington Times — Permalink It's time to drive a stake into this continuing saga less it become the new grassy knoll for the left-wing pundits and blogosphere. I accept the challenge. While the public debate has exposed these creative forgeries by focusing on the peculiarities of type fonts and signatures, the fatal flaw is in the inconceivability of the documents themselves. | |
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Kevin Aylward: CBS Panel Overlooked Evidence That Discredited Memo — Former Texas Air National Guard member William Campenni makes a... Betsy Newmark: William Campenni, who served in the Texas Air National Gang when Bush was there has a simple, but striking point to show why at least one of the memos was a fake. |
Will Collier: As the author, William Campenni, notes elsewhere in his piece, those facts, all by themselves, shatter... Hindrocket: A new one was added today by William Campenni in the Washington Times: [snipped quote] Mr. Campenni was a pilot in the Texas Air National Guard in the early 1970s. |
Hatch to plead guilty to tax evasion AP — Permalink PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Richard Hatch, who became a millionaire when he won the first-ever "Survivor" reality show, has agreed to plead guilty to two counts of tax evasion for failing to report income, including the $1.01 million he won on the show. | |
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Tim Cavanaugh: I would have expected Hatch, a man of many devices, to have worked out some clever scheme wherein he didn't report... |
Cookie Jill: "- ap/yahoo" |
UNSOCIAL INSECURITY New Yorker — Permalink The Administration's campaign to do something about, or to, Social Security will get its prime-time launch next month in the State of the Union extravaganza, but President Bush is already busy softening up the battlefield. | |
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Ogged @Unfogged: Values — And god bless Hendrik Hertzberg; here, on social security privitization. The values behind Social Security privatization are not terrible. |
Frederick Maryland: In this article, Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker kindly shares Bush's cool, lucid reply: [snipped quote] This brings... |
Unsolved Mysteries Broadcasting & Cable — Permalink Last week, the tortured saga of the bogus documents came to a close. Or at least the major issues were settled of how CBS News came to rely on—and then adamantly defend—dubious records of President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard in the early 1970s. | |
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Captain Ed: He asks five questions of CBS that their panel report creates rather than answers: "Last week, the tortured saga of the bogus documents came to a close. |
TVNewser: "Unsolved Mysteries" Of The CBS Report — Broadcasting & Cable explores several questions in the wake of the CBS report: Who really wrote the documents? |
Critics attack "lavish" Bush at time of war By / Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush is drawing heat over a $40 million (21.5 million pound) splurge on inaugural balls, concerts and candlelight dinners while the country is in a sombre mood because of the Iraq war and Asian tsunami. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: SOUR GRAPES (CONT'D) Is there anyone who really thinks that if John Kerry were elected President, and there was a $40... |
Dan Gillmor: Letting Them Eat Cake, and Bullets — The spectacle of George W. Bush and his friends celebrating (Reuters) his election... |
Is There Really A Crisis? Time — Permalink Free-market crusader Stephen Moore learned over the years that the quickest way to bring an abrupt end to a conversation was to mention two words: Social Security. | |
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Brian Montopoli: Time is also wondering if there really is a Social Security crisis — and deciding there's not. |
Matthew Yglesias: Time's coverage is by no means perfect, but it has many good moments. How, for example, should you cover presidential lies? |