The AP has the key take from Attorney General Gonzales’s remarks this morning on the US Attorney Purge: McNulty did it. Gonzales says he signed off and supports the decision but “you have to remember, at the end of the day, the recommendations reflected the views of the deputy attorney general. He signed off on the names.”
Obama to support Feingold amendment cutting off funding for war.
In today’s episode of TPMtv we get back to the key issue in the US Attorney Purge, Republican efforts to suppress African-American and Latino voter turnout …
Late update: For a summary of today’s episode, click here.
Ahhh, great moments in real-time cable news. MSNBC cites White House praise of Falwell. Only it’s from whitehouse.org, well-known anti-Bush White House spoof site. D’oh …
DOJ officials propose new reason for firing Nevada US Atttorney Daniel Bogden: lax vote fraud enforcement. Only no one in the state seems to remember any allegations of vote fraud in the state for years.
Dems press Gonzales on firing of Kansas City US Attorney and his replacement by voter suppression kingpin Schlozman.
Ahhh, research, research, research.
From earlier today, here’s MSNBC talking head Contessa Brewer citing anti-Bush spoof site Whitehouse.org as a source for administration praise of Jerry Falwell, who died today at 73 …
One of CBS’ own high-profile news consultants tells the network that he wants to see retired General John Batiste put back on the air.
President Bush finally finds someone to take the ‘war czar’ job: Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute.