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Edwards Staffer Seeks Playstation 3 for Edwards at Walmart -- Where Edwards never Shops! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 John Edwards
, a vocal critic of Walmart
, has admitted that one of his "volunteer" staffers tried to get preferential treatment in obtaining a Sony Playstation 3 at Walmart by using Edwards' name. Edwards denies knowing that the staffer was trying to get the Playstation 3.Edwards (dubbed "Breck Girl" for his hair by Rush Limbaugh) has bashed Walmart's labor practices repeatedly, and has claimed he never shops at Walmart. Yesterday, Walmart issued a statement exposing the attempt by Edwards' staff to get him a Playstation 3 ahead of the long line of people waiting for the limited supply of units.Another gaffe by the 2004 Kerry-Edwards team. If they keep on, there will be no one left standing to run against Hillary in 2008 for the Democrat Nomination for President!
Rudy Giuliani - Thinking about a 2008 Run for President 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Here are some telling comments made by Rudy Giuliani
in an interview with Hugh Hewitt before the election was over. Hewitt was quizzing him about a potential run for President
in 2008. Take a look: HH: Rudy Giuliani
, the obvious truth is that the campaign for the White House begins tomorrow. After the smoke has cleared, and we either celebrate, or we mourn, or we do something in between, the Democrats are immediately going to go on their game, and I assume, Mrs. Clinton will be leading the way. Is that a good analysis? Do we have to assume everything from that? We're just right immediately into the presidential campaign? RG: I hope not, but I mean, we have to assume...it sounds like everybody wants to do that. I think the American people deserve a little time off, and a little time for reflection and thought. And I'm certainly going to do that. I'm going to spend the next couple of months taking a look at can you put the people together to raise the incredible amount of money you h
Hillary Clinton Says, "Health Care is Coming Back" 1970-01-01 00:59:59 New York Senator HillaryClinton
laid out a broad list of legislative objectives for the new Congress, and said that "Health
Care is coming back." She indicated now that the election of 2006 is over, she would "have time to think" about running for President in 2008.As you see from the quotes below, Clinton continues to remake herself as a "centrist", as opposed to a radical left-winger. She is clearly positioning herself as more moderate than the Democrat Party as a whole prior to the 2008 election. She also said Democrats would focus on improving the quality and affordability of health care _ a touchy matter for the former first lady, who in 1993 led her husband's calamitous attempt to overhaul the nation's health care system. The failure of that effort helped Republicans win control of both the Senate and House the following year. "Health care is coming back," Clinton warned, adding, "It may be a bad dream for some." "We are ready to roll up our sleeves and work with our Republi Read more:Hillary Clinton
, Health Care
Pelosi Drops Support of Hastings for Intelligence Committee Chair 1970-01-01 00:59:59 It appears Nancy Pelosi
has dropped her support for former impeached Federal Judge Alcee Hastings
as the next chair of the House Intelligence Committee
. She has been under pressure to do so for the last several weeks. Pelosi appears to want to stiff fellow Californian Jane Harmon, who is in line for the chairmanship, because she is a long-time political rival. It is unclear who she will appoint instead of Hastings.WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida, impeached as a federal judge in 1989 on corruption charges, dropped his bid under pressure on Tuesday to chair a congressional panel designed to help protect America's security, a party aide said.Hastings took the action after being told by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, in line to head the U.S. House of Representatives when the new Congress convenes in January, that she would not give him the coveted job, the aide said.As House speaker, Pelosi decides who in her party serves on the committee that helps oversee federal e Read more:Drops
, Support
, Chair
Judge Finds U. S. Currency Discriminates Against the Blind 1970-01-01 00:59:59 A U. S. District Judge
has found that U. S. Currency
discriminates against the blind because they cannot tell bills apart. The judge ordered the Treasury Department to begin working on ways to rectify the problem. The government discriminates against blind people by printing money that all looks and feels the same, a federal judge said Tuesday in a ruling that could change the face of American currency. U.S. District Judge James Robertson ordered the Treasury Department to come up with ways for the blind to tell bills apart. He said he wouldn't tell officials how to fix the problem, but he ordered them to begin working on it. The American Council of the Blind
has proposed several options, including printing bills of differing sizes, adding embossed dots or foil to the paper or using raised ink. "Of the more than 180 countries that issue paper currency, only the United States prints bills that are identical in size and color in all their denominations," Robertson wrote. "M
John Kerry in Political "Freefall" 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Massachusetts Senator John Kerry
appears to be in a political "freefall" according to numbers from a new Quinnipiac Poll. According to the Quinnipiac Poll, Kerry ranked dead last, #20 out of 20, in a preference poll of possible 2008 Presidential Contenders.The Quinnipiac University popularity rankings - based on interviews with 1,600 voters - come as Kerry struggles to recover from his "botched" attempt at humor when he made a reference to soldiers serving in Iraq. Kerry ranked 20th out of 20 politicians, lagging far behind a slew of Democrats expected to seek the party's 2008 nomination. Tops among Democrats was Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois), followed by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a former Connecticut Democrat turned independent; Kerry's former running mate, ex-North Carolina Sen. John Edwards; New York Sen. Hillary Clinton; and former Vice President Al Gore. Kerry received a dismal average score of 39.6 out of a possible 100 in the poll. "I think his goose is cooked," Read more:John Kerry
McCain Set to Begin Preliminary White House Run 1970-01-01 00:59:59 ABC News is reporting that sources have told them that Arizona Senator John McCain
is ready to set in motion a "preliminary" WhiteHouse
run. He is expected to form a campaign committee as early as next week. No formal announcement of his candidacy is expected until after the holidays. Read more:Preliminary
, White House
Giuliani Leads 2008 Presidential Contenders in New Poll 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Here is the Quinnipiac Poll rankings of twenty possible Presidential
contenders for 2008. The survey asks voters to rate the warmth of their feelings for leaders on a scale of 0 - 100. The first number indicates the mean average score for the candidate out of 100, and the number in parenthesis is the percentage of respondents who indicated they did not know enough about the candidate to rate them: 1) Rudolph Giuliani
- 64.2. (9) 2) Sen. Barack Obama 58.8 (41) 3) Sen. John McCain 57.7 (12) 4) Condoleezza Rice - 56.1 (7) 5) Bill Clinton - 55.8 (1) 6) Sen. Joseph Lieberman - 52.7 (16) 7) NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg - 51.1 (44) 8) John Edwards - 49.9 (20) 9) Sen. Hillary Clinton - 49 (1) 10) N.M. Gov. Bill Richardson - 47.7 (65) 11) Sen. Joseph Biden 47 (52) 12) Nancy Pelosi 46.9 (34) 13) Gov. Mitt Romney - 45.9 (64) 14) Former VP Al Gore - 44.9 (3) 15) President George Bush - 43.8 (1) 16) Sen. Evan Bayh - 43.3 (75) 17) Newt Gingrich - 42 (15) 18) Sen. Bill Frist - 4 Read more:Leads
Who Represents the People: Media or Elected Officials? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Listen to Republican Gov. Mitt Romney of MA set a reporter straight about who represents the people:Now we know that the media has a vital role to play. But I fear they often forget that governors, senators, presidents serve because they are elected by the people. Read more:Elected
McCain May be a GOP Winner from Midterm 2006 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Here is an article detailing how AZ Senator John MacCain may be a real winner from this year's midterm. He campaigned for many Republicans, earning him a lot of capital and favors for 2008 if he runs for the GOP nomination. His more centrist, "reach across the aisle" approach will now make him even more of a key player in the Senate over the next two years. I'd say Rudy Guiliani was also a winner last night as he now presents Republicans with someone who could do well in "blue" states and appeal to independents and democrats. It will be interesting how things develop with a Democratic congress. Read more:McCain
, Midterm
A Sobering Asessment of Iraq and the Rising Power of Iran 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Arnaud de Borchgrave of the Washington Times has written a sobering assessment of our situation in Iraq
. He particularly lays out the reality of how our struggles in Iraq have actually made Iran more powerful. Some of the key statements in the article are as follows:The Iraq war, civil or not, is costing $226 million a day -- or $8 billion a month, $76 billion a year. It's hard to figure out what to call it when Iraqis are killing Iraqis by the score every day and when the U.S. has been fighting and dying there longer than its involvement in World War II. Iraq also has a civil war within a civil war -- insurgency interspersed by sectarian warfare against a Shia-led government.The costly effort in blood and treasure to foster democracy in Iraq is clearly beyond our reach. Henry Kissinger, chief mandarin of geopoliticians, who negotiated the 1973 agreements that ended the Vietnam War, says Iraq is unwinnable. If by victory, he explained, we mean a viable democratic Iraqi state, able t Read more:Rising
Schumer Declares "Reaganism" Dead 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Ben Smith writes in the New York Daily News that Democrat Senator Charles Schumer
of New York has declared the Reagan philosophy dead:Chuck swung by the Daily News for an editorial board meeting this morning, which you'll be able to read more about in tomorrow's News. A couple of tidbits from his broader discussion (forthcoming in book form) of how he sees the shifting terrain and the Democrats' edge struck me: "We're in better shape than [Republicans] are, because they don't realize that Reaganomics is dead, that the Reagan philosophy is dead," he said. "We realize that New Deal democracy, which is still our paradigm, which is sort of appeal to each group ... that doesn't work any more." He had said a bit earlier, "The old Reagan theory which dominated -- which is, 'Government is bad, it's out of touch, chop off its hands as soon as it moves.' -- is over." Not sure the conservative love affair with Chuck is going to last. I think Chuckie Schumer is getting a little ahead
Senator Bill Frist Decides NOT to Run for President in '08 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Sen. Bill Frist
of Tennessee announced yesterday that he will not run for President
in 2008. Frist's chances of success faded as the Republican Senate was unable to pass key legislation, and as Republicans took it on the chin in the 2006 Midterm. He does not rule out an eventual run for the White House at a later time. I believe Frist to be a good man, and obviously very intelligent, but his personality and speaking skills are rather dull and uninspiring to say the least. That will probably not change with time. Read more:Senator
Joint Chiefs of Staff Oppose Iraq Pullout 1970-01-01 00:59:59 All six members of the JointChiefs
of Staff
oppose any pullout of U.S. Forces from Iraq
at this time. It will be interesting to see how the Iraq Study Group's report recommendations are received by the Military Chiefs.
What Obama Needs to Do to Run in '08 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Lynn Sweet has written a very insightful column on what Sen. Barak Obama
needs to do to run for President in '08. By the way, she believes that he will.Bottom line: I think Sen. Barack Obama, who is seriously considering a run for president, is going to jump into the 2008 race. I predict the freshman Illinois Democrat will announce near the end of this year or the beginning of 2007, sometime after he returns from a holiday break in his native Hawaii. Here's what's on Obama's to-do list: • • Build a national political organization, probably based in Chicago. Obama's inner circle will grow and diversify. He will need to develop a cohesive and efficient staff. Chief potential rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has a deep bench of battle-tested loyalists. Clinton, a veteran of her husband's 1992 and 1996 presidential contests has vast experience running national campaigns. The core Obama players -- all experienced in national political strategy -- are Chicago media Read more:Needs
Iraq Study Group to Recommend Combat Troop Pullout from Iraq by Early 2008 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Reports indicate the IraqStudyGroup
will recommend to the President that all U.S. Combat Units be pulled out of Iraq by early 2008, leaving behind training units and advisors.The call to pull out combat brigades by early 2008 would be more a conditional goal than a firm timetable, predicated on the assumption that circumstances on the ground would permit it, according to the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the commission's report will not be released until next week. But panel members concluded that it is vital to set a target to put pressure on Iraqi leaders to do more to assume responsibility for the security of their country. Read more:Troop
, Early
George Will on the New Senator from Virginia -- Jim Webb 1970-01-01 00:59:59 George Will has written an excellent column on the new Senator
from Virginia
- Jim Webb. Webb went out of his way to snub and be rude to President Bush at a gathering for new members of Congress. Will does a great job of expressing the truth about the new senator Virginians can be proud they elected. Read more:George
, George Will
Pelosi Promotes Cindy Sheehan for Ambassador to Ireland 1970-01-01 00:59:59 NOTE: It has been pointed out to me that this story was posted as satire, and is not something that actually happened. After checking again myself, that is correct. I missed the fact it was posted as satire, and for that I apologize. But the fact that Pelosi
has proposed some other ridiculous things of late (i.e. Murtha and Hastings for key positions) made it easy for me to believe this satirical story.You just can't make this stuff up. Nancy Pelosi is actually promoting anti-war loon CindySheehan
for the post of Ambassador
to Ireland
. "In eight hundred years under the British, the Irish learned to respect a rebel," the California congresswoman said. "Cindy is just that: a tireless crusader for justice. Plus, she's a strong Irish woman, just like Maureen O'Hara in The Quiet Man." "Nancy's very kind," said Sheehan, who visited Ireland early this year to urge the government to close its airports to U.S. military aircraft. "But she may have a point. I've always felt a very deep k Read more:Cindy Sheehan
Iraq Study Group to Issue Report Next Week 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The IraqStudyGroup
, headed by former Secretary of State James Baker III and former congressman Lee Hamilton, will issue their report to the President next week, according to reports.The group will reportedly call for a gradual pullout of U.S. Forces from Iraq, but not set any timetables for the withdrawal.The report recommends that Mr. Bush make it clear that he intends to start the withdrawal relatively soon, and people familiar with the debate over the final language said the implicit message was that the process should begin sometime next year. The report leaves unstated whether the 15 combat brigades that are the bulk of American fighting forces in Iraq would be brought home, or simply pulled back to bases in Iraq or in neighboring countries. (A brigade typically consists of 3,000 to 5,000 troops.) From those bases, they would still be responsible for protecting a substantial number of American troops who would remain in Iraq, including 70,000 or more American trainers, logistic
Biden Talks Tough on Mexico 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Delaware Senator Joe Biden
was in South Carolina yesterday, and was talking tough about Mexico
. Biden appears to be organizing for a run for President in 2008 -- hence a Delaware Senator speaking in South Carolina, site of the first southern primary in 2008.Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's incoming chairman, wants to get tough with Mexico, calling it an "erstwhile democracy" with a "corrupt system" responsible for the illegal aliens and drug problems in the U.S. Mr. Biden, Delaware Democrat, was in Columbia, S.C., on Monday in his first postelection trip to the first-in-the-South presidential primary state as he continues to line up support for his presidential bid, the Associated Press reports. During a question-and-answer session before more than 230 Columbia Rotary Club members, Mr. Biden was asked about immigration problems. Mr. Biden, who favors tightening the U.S.-Mexico border with fences, said immigration is driven by money in low-wage Read more:Tough
General Wesley Clark Considering Presidential Run 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Retired GeneralWesleyClark
is considering a run for the Democrat Nomination for President in 2008. Clark ran unsuccessfully in 2004, getting into the race only four months before the primaries began. If he runs, he will start sooner this time:Wesley Clark said yesterday he wants to avoid waiting too late to make a decision on whether to run for president -- a mistake he made in his failed 2004 bid. "I think it was clear that I got in too late last time," the retired general and former NATO commander told the Associated Press. Mr. Clark announced his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in September 2003, just four months before the first votes were cast. The Arkansas native dropped out of the race the following February, with his only victory in 14 caucuses and primaries coming in Oklahoma. Mr. Clark is considering running again, but he said the late start was one of the mistakes he learned from in his last attempt. "[There was] an inability to create a staff in a Read more:Presidential
Pelosi Mulling Options for House Intelligence Committee Chair 1970-01-01 00:59:59 In-coming Speaker Nancy Pelosi
has decided against both Alcee Hastings and Jane Harmon as the next chair of the House
Intelligence Committee
. Hastings was dropped due to pressure over his past, having been impeached and removed from office as a Federal Judge in 1989. Harmon is being passed over because of her longstanding rivalry with Pelosi (both from CA) and because she is too conservative on intelligence and defense matters for the left-wing, cut and run, liberals in the Democrat Party -- Pelosi included. Sources are indicating that there are three names in particular being considered for the appointment right now:Instead of picking Harman or Hastings, Pelosi will look for a compromise candidate, probably Rep. Silvestre Reyes (Tex.), but possibly Rep. Norman D. Dicks (Wash.), a hawkish member of the Appropriations defense subcommittee, or Rep. Sanford Bishop (Ga.), a conservative African American with experience on the intelligence committee. Read more:Chair
, Options
Two Houston Men Accused of Aiding the Taliban 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Two men in Houston
, Texas, have been arrested and charged with aiding the Taliban
. FEDERAL CHARGES • Kobie Diallo Williams, also known as Abdul Kabeer or Abdul Kabir: Pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to aid the Taliban, which includes dealings with an illegal immigrant in possession of a firearm, contributing goods and services to benefit a global terrorist group, training with firearms in preparation to participate in a terrorist organization and agreeing to travel to the Middle East to fight against U.S. and coalition forces. He faces up to five years in prison. • Adnan Babar Mirza: Charged with conspiracy to aid the Taliban by the illegal possession of a firearm and by weapons and paramilitary training to help a global terrorist organization. He also faces three counts of illegal possession of a firearm. If convicted on all four counts, he faces up to 35 years in prison. The threat within our own nation is very real. Also, those here illegally,
The "Bold" Tom Vilsack - Dem. Candidate for President 1970-01-01 00:59:59 We told you the other day about Governor Tom Vilsack
of Iowa officially announcing his candidacy for the Democratic Nomination for President
in 2008. He says he wants to be bring "bold leadership" to America. You can listen to his "bold" message for yourself below as he spoke to a group in New Hampshire. I don't think Hillary or even Obama have anything to worry about.Vilsack is a goner before he even begins. Think about it -- as Governor of Iowa, if he wins the Iowa caucuses his win will be discounted by the media and others "because he is the governor - he should win." If he loses or does not win by a wide margin, the media will say, "If he can't win in Iowa - his own state - where can he win?" Vilsack may be getting in just to position himself for a possible VP selection by the eventual winner. But I think even that is very doubtful. Read more:Candidate
, Tom Vilsack
McCain Win in New Hampshire Devastating to Romney 2008-01-09 07:25:00 Robert Novak has a column out this morning in which he says last night's loss in New Hampshire
for Mitt Romney
was devastating:Romney's loss here was devastating. He planned to boost his modest nationalratings with wins in Iowa and New Hampshire
, where he led in spending,organization and polls.At the beginning of December, Romney enjoyedtwice as much New Hampshire support as McCain
. The senator's local supportersattribute his comeback to the endorsement here of independent Democratic Sen.Joseph Lieberman. But what propelled McCain's victory was Romney's loss in Iowato former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. The onetime Baptist preacher relied onIowa evangelicals, an asset lacking in New Hampshire.The next two weeks are filled with promise for McCain and peril for Romney. Michigan, where Romney
A Big Night for Mike Huckabee in New Hampshire 2008-01-08 23:00:00 John Ellis has written an amazing piece for Real Clear Politics in which he argues that Mike Huckabee
was a huge winner tonight in New Hampshire
:Iowa was grand for former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, but New Hampshire
was a bonanza. He cast his bread upon the waters there and though he finished a distant third, it was returned manifold. The one thing that Huckabee cannot afford, at this stage of the race, is head-to-head defeat. He needs at least two "strong" candidates in the field while he puts together the pieces of his Republican proletariat coalition. What New Hampshire delivered last night was a revitalized Sen. John McCain, which makes Michigan a three-way race, which makes Gov. Huckabee's campaign there viable. If ever there was an electorate that is ripe for Gov. Huckabe Read more:Night
Mike Huckabee Message to Supporters from New Hampshire 2008-01-08 22:45:00 Here is what Mike Huckabee
wrote to supporters tonight after coming in third in New Hampshire
:I just finished speaking to our supporters in new Hampshire before heading off to South Carolina. We are running a strong third place finish as I write, our rivals had a long history in New Hampshire
, deeper organizations and millions of dollars of advertising in the state. Just weeks ago we were polling 5th and 6th in the state. Tonight we finished strong and came in third. A special thanks to the people of New Hampshire! Thank you to the volunteers on the ground and our dedicated campaign staff that made this happen.Our ideas are resonating: our strong support for life and marriage, securing our borders, preventative health care, energy independence and massive tax reform all helped propel us he Read more:Supporters
, Mike Huckabee
, Message
Mike Huckabee to Finish Third in New Hampshire 2008-01-08 17:14:00 Mike Huckabee
is going to finish a very respectable third in New Hampshire
, it appears, ahead of Rudy Giuliani. Huckabee has 11% of the vote with 80% of the precincts reporting, which would give him at least one delegate. This is a strong performance for Mike, as he heads to Michigan and South Carolina. Read more:New Hampshire
, Mike Huckabee
, Finish
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