Bush sinks to record low in Fox News poll.
Late Update: The Fox poll also asked what may be the most insanely jingoistic question ever in a Fox survey — and the answer was even more startling.
In case you missed it, the esteemed Dean Baker of The American Prospect’s Beat the Press joined the Coffee House today.
His first contribution: Deflating the Housing Bubble.
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) on the White House’s stonewalling: let’s take what we can get, and then take another run at the wall if we don’t like it.
Fielding throws a change-up, makes deal with Waxman for security officials’ testimony.
Lieberman says surge has enemy “on the run.” That and other political news of the day in today’s Election Central Happy Hour Roundup.
That should go over well. (from the AP …)
Hed: Bush cites Israel as model for Iraq
President Bush held up Israel as a model for defining success in Iraq, saying Thursday the U.S. goal there is not to eliminate attacks but to enable a democracy that can function despite violence.
With his Iraq policy under increasing criticism from the public and lawmakers in both parties, Bush went to the U.S. Naval War College to declare progress and plead for patience. At the same time, his top national security went to Capitol Hill to hear out Republican critics.
We’ll have succeded in Iraq when it’s like Israel.
Where do they come up with these guys? Which speech writer wrote that? Sometimes stupidity rises to the level of a high crime.
Former Gov. Siegelman (D-AL) sentenced to seven years and four months.
Here’s our run-down on the case from this morning and Karl Rove’s alleged involvement in spurring the prosecution …
Here’s our earlier coverage of the case at TPMmuckraker.com.
John Edwards uses last night’s debate to rebut Times article alleging he started poverty nonprofit to advance his political career. That and other items in our Election Central Debate Roundup.
Today’s Must Read: Bush is a lame duck president with nothing left to lose — which makes him a formidable stonewaller.
The new Dem Congress — does the public like it or hate it?
A new poll takes a stab at answering that question in a bit of detail.