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First Barack Obama: "We should not wait until George Bush is out of office to start bringing this war to a close," said Obama. "I believe that Congress should not…

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It doesn't get any better this!

Re "progress" in Iraq "Moving us in 10 months to where we were 10 months ago is not progress. It is the very definition of status quo. "Not only is…

I liken this this.... To this: [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Elr5K2Vuo] Only the dad in this case is:

Tired of "Happy" Al Levin's wishy-washy inability to committ to running for Governor - some downstate wingnuts seek to force his hand. Bob Lawless of Ocean View has created an…

This Washington Post Story is getting a lot of play all over the place. Moderate Republicans Hold The Keys On Iraq Washington — Democratic leaders in Congress have decided to…

Terrorism Czar lately?   just sayin....

via bonddad's diary. Washington Mutual (WM) dropped 3% after CEO Kerry Killinger said at a Lehman Brothers conference in New York that the housing industry is headed for a "near…

Read Tommywonk on why the idea of a primary (any primary) wigs out the old farts.

I was going to blog on the Freebery/Gordon stuff but commenter Art Downs does an okay job. - Jason Delaware politics seems to be venality blended with apathy and inbreeding.…

I don't know why I sweat the politics thing so much. It looks like Republicans are mostly* going to die off as a species over the next twenty years. The…

Three new surveys released immediately prior to the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the progress reports of Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker show that the country's political environment…