Back in 2002, when a reporter asked Texas Governor Rick Perry how his faith informed his politics, he replied, “I don’t think it does, particularly.” Additionally, he seemed to treat the act of praying as a fairly private matter.
How things change. On Saturday the possible Republican presidential candidate will host a much-ballyhooed, gigantic prayer event. Read about it here.
The good news – the U.S. economy added a better than expected 117k jobs in July.
The bad news – it’s not nearly enough to signal a real recovery.
Call it “The Million Dollar Mystery”: a short-lived firm donates that amount of money to a pro-Romney Super PAC and is then dissolved soon after. Now watchdog groups are howling. Welcome, once again, to a post-Citizens United world.
New Mexico Mayor: “The day I signed [those contracts] I had way too much to drink.”
The latest edition in Mike Huckabee’s kids educational cartoon series is out. This episode is about 9/11 and how Bush killed bin Laden.
Deal done.
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) in a statement just now, announcing agreement to end the current impasse that’s left thousands of FAA employees furloughed:
“I am pleased to announce that we have been able to broker a bipartisan compromise between the House and the Senate to put 74,000 transportation and construction workers back to work. This agreement does not resolve the important differences that still remain.
Our story soon…
Nancy Pelosi says she’s got a secret plan to prevent future legislative hostage crises.
Pelosi says no lines in the sand on the debt committee, declining to join Republicans in ruling out key policy options.
Scott Bloch, the former Bush-era US Special Counsel, has had his one month jail sentence overturned.