Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:15 AM ET, March 9, 2007

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Washington Post:
Senate Republicans Deliver Sharp Criticism of Gonzales  —  Senators Say Attorney General Fired Prosecutors Without Explanation  —  Senior Senate Republicans today delivered scathing criticism of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales for his handling of the firing of eight U.S. attorneys …
RELATED:
Michael Barone / US News:
Lawmaker's Intervention in Law Enforcement Crosses Line  —  The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.  —  When a U.S. senator (to wit …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Barone Post  —  A reader alerts me that it might have been a hacker's work.  It's not listed on his blog's full posts.  I'm checking into it.  In the meantime, I've taken it down.  I'll keep you posted, as it were.  —  [Update: it was a hoax inserted into his blog by a hacker.
Steve Tetreault / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: Ensign voices ire at agency
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and MyDD
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:   GOP Sen: "I Can't Even Tell You How Upset I Am"
Democrats.senate.gov:
SENATE DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCE JOINT RESOLUTION TO TRANSITION THE MISSION IN IRAQ  —  Washington, DC — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today joined Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin, Democratic Conference Vice Chairman Charles Schumer, Democratic Conference Secretary Patty Murray …
RELATED:
Agence France Presse:   Bush would veto withdrawal plan: White House
Ben Evans / Associated Press:
Gingrich had affair during Clinton probe  —  WASHINGTON - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich acknowledged he was having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, he acknowledged in an interview with a conservative Christian group.
RELATED:
Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Mitt Romney Still Unknown to Many Republicans  —  Giuliani, Obama, and McCain have most favorable images  —  PRINCETON, NJ — One critical measure at this stage of the election campaign is the traditional trial heat that indicates who Democrats and Republicans want to be their party's nominee for president.
Rob Bluey / Bluey Blog:
Mitt Romney's Big Hire
The Blotter:
Exclusive: Report Says FBI Violated Patriot Act Guidelines  —  Brian Ross and Vic Walter Report:  —  The FBI repeatedly failed to follow the strict guidelines of the Patriot Act when its agents took advantage of a new provision allowing the FBI to obtain phone and financial records without a court order …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Macsmind
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Frequent Errors In FBI's Secret Records Requests  —  A Justice Department investigation has found pervasive errors in the FBI's use of its power to secretly demand telephone, e-mail and financial records in national security cases, officials with access to the report said yesterday.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jim Hoagland / Washington Post:
'What Has Happened to Dick Cheney?'  —  Is the vice president losing his influence, or perhaps his mind?  That question, even if it is phrased more delicately, is creeping through foreign ministries and presidential offices abroad and has become a factor in the Bush administration's relations with the world.
Discussion: Power Line, Decision '08 and Wonkette
RELATED:
John Hinderaker / News Bloggers Blog:
Wishful Thinking at the Post
Discussion: Firedoglake
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Rove: Prosecutor Purge Is "Normal and Ordinary"  —  The Arkansas Times' blog has video of Karl Rove speaking today on the topic of the prosecutor purge.  I've typed up a transcript of the remarks, but I'll leave it to readers in comments to point out the many distortions (and some plain lies) in Rove's comments.
RELATED:
ArkansasTimes:
Rove speaks in Little Rock (UPDATED W/VIDEO)
Discussion: Think Progress
Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
Net worth of U.S. households skyrockets  —  WASHINGTON - The net worth of U.S. households climbed to a record high in the final quarter of last year, boosted mostly by gains on stocks, the Federal Reserve reported Thursday.  —  Net worth — the difference between households' total assets …
Discussion: Say Anything, The Impolitic and Wizbang
CBS News:
John Edwards To Skip Nevada Debate  —  Liberal Activists Protest Fox News' Role In Presidential Candidate Forum  —  (CBS/AP) Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards won't participate in a debate co-hosted by Fox News and the Nevada Democratic Party, his campaign said …
Steve / The News Blog:
Update on Gilly—Not out of the Woods Yet  —  Still here  —  Jen here.  I just got off the phone with Gilly's Mom.  Last night, her message was that "they brought him down from surgery, but he's still under sedation."  I called her this morning to get more details, and here they are:
Discussion: Nitpicker
David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Fox Makes Friends And Foes  —  WASHINGTON — Joe Lieberman was beaming.  "Sam Fox represents what America is all about," he said, "and that's why he will be, when confirmed, an extraordinary ambassador."  —  The scene was last week's Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 2:15 AM ET, March 9, 2007.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
James Pethokoukis / US News:
How Democrats Plan to 'Rearrange' Your Taxes
Jason Shepard / ISTHMUS:
Prof pays price for causing offense
Discussion: Althouse
Economist:
China's next revolution
Jane Sutton / Reuters:
Cubans sneak ashore during U.S. security drill
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web  —  Today's Video on WSJ.com: Inside …
Discussion: Associated Press
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
It's Not Just Walter Reed
Frederick Clarkson / Talk To Action:
Ann Coulter Says She Can "Understand" Domestic Terrorism
Cenk Uygur / News Bloggers Blog:
Giuliani's Family Values — Oops
 Earlier Items: 
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Historians Fight Bush on Access to Papers
Tim Funk / Charlotte Observer:
Muslims boycott Charlotte talk show
Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
FLASH: Here We Go Again — Pulitzer Finalists Leaked!
Discussion: Don Surber and Wonkette
David Abel / Boston Globe:
Obama paid late parking tickets
Daniel Casse / contentions:
Rudy and Realignment  —  Anyone who doubts that the Reagan coalition …
Debra Burlingame / Opinion Journal:
Gitmo's Guerrilla Lawyers