The influential New Hampshire Union Leader challenges Fred Thompson to declare already, and show up for a September 5 debate. That and other political news of the day in today’s Happy Hour Roundup.
It has been a difficult summer for Republican politicians staying within the law in their use of public bathrooms. In today’s episode of TPMtv we take a look at the misunderstood/mistaken/mixed-up cases of State Representative Bob Allen (R) of Florida and Idaho Senator Larry Craig (R).
But even the President of the United States
Sometimes must have
To stand naked.
— Bob Dylan
The Hillary campaign will divest themselves of money from convicted fraud Norman Hsu â but there are no plans yet from the Obama camp to do the same. That and other political news of the day in today’s Election Central Morning Roundup.
TPM Reader RK:
Carlson beat up a man? A fully grown man? Please. Tucker Carlson could be beaten into submission with nothing more than a heavy thought.
Is this outside their area of expertise?
Rep. Jon Porter (R-NV) just got back from Iraq and he says that Petraeus, Crocker and the chieftains of the Iraqi government told him not only that there would be genocide if the US left but that gas prices would go to $8 or $9 a gallon.
The Nevada Republican, who returned Tuesday from his fourth trip to Iraq, met with U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Iraqi Deputy President Tariq al-Hashimi and Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh.
“To a person, they said there would be genocide, gas prices in the U.S. would rise to eight or nine dollars a gallon, al-Qaida would continue its expansion, and Iran would take over that portion of the world if we leave,” Porter said Wednesday in a phone interview from Las Vegas.
Is it Petraeus or Crocker who’s got the oil price analysis portfolio?
Someone remind me.
Sen. Larry Craig is not getting much love at home in Idaho either. The GOP governor and longtime Craig ally reiterated that Craig is a friend but is declining to say one way or the other whether Craig should resign.
Almost as soon as Sen. Larry Craig issued a statement Monday afternoon saying he should not have pleaded guilty in the Minneapolis airport restroom case (his press flack told Roll Call it was all a âhe said/he said misunderstandingâ), speculation began swirling that Craig may face legal consequences for disavowing his guilty plea. That was only compounded by his public appearance the next day, in which he announced that he had finally retained legal counsel to review the case. The LA Times has a good overview of the possible consequences for Craig of trying to reopen his case–none of them good.