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NASA Declares It's Not the End of the World (Whew!)
No, the Church Is Not Threatening to Abandon the Poor over Gay Rights 
Britain Plans to Tighten Rules on Immigration
Greg Craig Out as White House Counsel, Replaced by Bob Bauer
Peter Galbraith -- Rich, Dedicated, Sleeping Easy
National Donor Sabbath: Organs not Alms
Do Leaked Cables Mean Obama Is Rethinking Afghanistan?- Tax Hikes on the Wealthy May Bankroll Health Care Reform
Levi 'Is Part of the Family,' Palin Tells Oprah
Michelle Obama 'in Awe' of Military Families
Losses at the Polls a Bitter Pill for Gays- Top Japanese Pol Calls Christianity 'Self-Righteous'
Reid Double Crosses Double Crossing Specter
By DaveYou can read up on the latest in the Specter saga at Matt Lewis' post here. First, Specter backstabs Republicans with the stimulus, then he backstabs them again by switching parties, only to find a knife stuck firmly in his own back. The fingerprints on that knife clearly belong to one Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader.POLITICO.com"Sen. Reid assured me that I would keep my committee assignments and that I would have the same seniority as if I had been elected as a Democrat in 1980," Specter said. "It was understood that the issue of subcommittee chairmanships would not be decided until after ...
Scare Force One Photos Censored
By DaveNew York PostThe $328,835 snapshots of an Air Force One backup plane buzzing lower Manhattan last week will not be shown to the public, the White House said yesterday....The sole purpose of the secret photo-op, which sent thousands of New Yorkers running for cover, was to take new publicity shots of the presidential jet over the city.So the administration freaks out New York, and we won't even get an updated stock photo of Air Force One around the Statue of Liberty! I guess we'll have to make do with the old stock photography. This is a sad day for America.The photos have not technically been ...
Bunning Cuts Loose on McConnell
By Davevia NRO, The Courier-Journal has the latest from Senator Bunning, likely the most vulnerable Republican in the senate."Do you know Arlen Specter will be 80, has had four bouts with cancer and he still wants to run for the U.S. Senate?" Bunning continued. "And I'm being criticized at 77 and healthy for wanting to run for the U.S. Senate by certain leadership people in my party. Give me a break."Asked if the leadership he was referring to was McConnell, Bunning answered: "Obviously. Do you want me to spell it out for you?"He said: "Do you realize that under our dynamic leadership of our leader, ...
PA Senate Update
By DaveCourtesy of Cilizza at the washingtonpost.com, three good paragraphs. First, in response to the polling reported by DK yesterday."This is a statement of the obvious fact that Pat Toomey is not yet well known by statewide general-election voters," Toomey communications director Nachama Soloveichik said about the Quinnipiac numbers. "Where he is well known, by general-election voters in the swing 15th District and by statewide Republicans, he is overwhelmingly popular."I think that's the right take on it, but unfortunately it's going to be hard selling that to keep another big name from coming ...
Is Palin Snubbing the New GOP Effort?
By Dave
The Plum LineSources in the office of GOP Rep Eric Cantor, who's leading the new effort, tell me that Palin and her staff still have yet to respond to their invitation that she join their effort, which is called the National Council for a New America.No less a GOP luminary than John McCain confirmed last week that the group had reached out to Palin. The new GOP effort was launched on Thursday, and had its first big event on Saturday. That means Palin has had four days to respond to the group's entreaties.A spokesperson for Palin hasn't responded to emails I sent last Thursday and today asking ...
Breaking: Obama Gets Positive Press Coverage
By DaveAP looks at a two studies that evaluated exactly how much the media is in the tank for Obama by comparing the press coverage with that of Bush and Clinton. Answer: big time. The tone of comments by reporters and sources on the three networks reflected positively on Obama in roughly the same proportions, 57 percent on ABC, 58 percent on CBS and 61 percent on NBC. Bush faced a two-thirds negative reaction, and Clinton 44 percent in the same period....Another independent think tank, the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, did a more extensive look at media outlets and ...
Tom Ridge Jumping in Senate Race?
By DaveUpdate on the Ridge vs. Toomey situation that Matt blogged about earlier. Roll Call via the scorecard POLITICO.comFormer Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge is considering running for the Republican Senate nomination in his home state, according to a senior Republican aide with knowledge of the situation. National and Keystone State Republicans have been publicly and privately urging Ridge to consider a Senate bid since Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) announced earlier this week that he was switching parties and would run for re-election as a Democrat in 2010.Well, this is more than annoying. It smells ...
Kasich is in for Ohio Gov
By DaveWeapons of Mass Discussion were on the con call today and had the updates.The Swamp has the storyDemocratic Gov. Ted Strickland presides over a state that the Democrats were able to corral for the election of President Barack Obama last year, a state which nevertheless has undergone extreme pressure in the recession now underway even before it was a recognized recession. How Ohio plays in 2010 will speak volumes about what Ohioans make of the Democratic strategy for economic recovery.And apparently Newt Gingrich was tipped off? This is what he said last night: I am confident that when you have ...
"Lie to Me" Beats Obama
By DaveTime Net Show 18-49 Rating/Share 18-34 Rating/Share Viewers (Millons) 8:00 FOX Lie to Me 2.4/7 2.1/7 7.88 CW America's Next Top Model 1.8/6 2.1/7 4.00 ABC President Obama Press Conference 1.6/5 1.4/5 6.12 CBS President Obama Press Conference 1.5/5 0.9/3 6.01 NBC President Obama Press Conference 1.6/5 1.1/4 6.68 ...
Latest 2010 Senate News - Bunning to Retire?
By DaveRoll CallKentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson (R) has formed an exploratory committee to run for Senate, a move that would appear to indicate that a retirement announcement from Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) is imminent.This is extremely good news for the Republican Senate Committee. Bunning has been acting rather, er, erratic lately and has attracted a strong competitor. He squeaked through last time, and 2010 would likely be the year where he pushed it too far. But Kentucky likes Republicans, returned Mitch McConnell to the senate easily and voted against Barack Obama. In other senate news, ...
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