A new poll finds that roughly half of Republicans favor universal health care and gays in the military. That and other political news of the day in today’s Election Central Morning Roundup.
We’ll probably have more on this at Election Central later today. But this is a very telling little nugget from the ARG poll about how the senate looks in 2008 and particularly the striking and on-going transformation of New Hampshire politics.
According to the just-released ARG poll, Jeanne Shaheen — who I don’t think is even an announced candidate yet — is beating Sen. Sununu by 57% to 29%. Tellingly, Shaheen is pulling 30% of the self-identified Republican vote.
That would be a rematch of what I can personally testify was a heart-breaking race back in 2002 in which Sununu pulled it out in the end.
I mean, a sitting senator polling 29% against a named candidate. That’s real bad.
OK, now it gets ugly. In response to a congressional subpoena for White House documents and testimony related to the U.S. attorney firings, the administration is invoking executive privilege. We’ll have more soon.
Update: Here’s the White House’s letter invoking executive privilege.
Conyers responds to White House stonewall, says they’ll press on “to enforce the rule of law set forth in these subpoenas.”
Update: Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) adds: “It’s tough to get lectured on the Constitution from the same Administration that said the Vice President is his own branch of government.”
Two new polls find that GOP Senator John Sununu of New Hampshire is extremely vulnerable to a Dem challenge in 2008.
And here’s Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on the administration’s “Nixonian stonewalling”: “in America no one is above law.”
House Republicans denounce Democratic “stonewalling” of U.S. attorney investigation. Yeah, you read that right.
Michael Bérubé has the inside story of a Giuliani family road trip. Highlight: Judith Nathan attacked by ferrets.
Hillary’s second-quarter fundraising total is in: Around $27 million.