Archive for January, 2008
Cowboys, Albany Bulb
Hulk Hogan Endorses Barack Obama
Norm Coleman Enjoying George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address
George W. Bush’s Last State of the Union Address
We're also standing against the forces of extremism embodied by the regime in Tehran. Iran's rulers oppress a good and talented people. And wherever freedom advances in the Middle East, it seems the Iranian regime is there to oppose it. Iran is funding and training militia groups in Iraq, supporting Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, and [...]
Florida Primary
Digby:
Now I realize that there are no delegates being awarded and maybe there won't be at the convention either. There are people talking about holding a new caucus later in the process so they do a mulligan in the state. And I also know that many people think Clinton is running some sort of scam [...]
No Amnesty Yet for Wiretap Criminals
Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com, January 28, 2008:
The vote on the Motion for Cloture on the 30-day extension [of the Protect America Act] (i.e., to proceed to a vote on it) just failed -- 48-45 (again, 60 votes are needed). All Democrats (including Clinton and Obama) voted in favor of the Motion, but no Republicans did [...]
Michael Tomasky on High-Information Democrats
Michael Tomasky at The Guardian, 1/27/2008:
They're not an official category of voters whose tally is measured in exit polls, like whites or blacks, women or men, old or young. And since they're not an official category, we may never really have the evidence.
But I have a feeling I know which group really handed Hillary Clinton [...]
Barack Obama’s Victory Speech in South Carolina
Red Dandelion
New York Times on FISA: Help from the House?
New York Times editorial, "The FISA Follies, Redux," 1/26/08
The Senate (reportedly still under Democratic control) seems determined to help President Bush violate Americans’ civil liberties and undermine the constitutional separation of powers. Majority Leader Harry Reid is supporting White House-backed legislation that would expand the administration’s ability to spy on Americans without court supervision and [...]