Ed Kilgore sees a silver lining in the dark cloud of today’s SCOTUS decision.
Roll Call: FBI raids Rep. Doolittle’s (R-CA) home in Northern Va. More soon.
Backstory on the Doolittle investigation here.
Sounds like former staffer Kevin Ring may have sold Doolittle down the river.
Update: More here.
Bush and Harry Reid square off…
Here’s some behind-the-scenes color from the White House meeting today between the President and Congressional Dem leaders about Iraq.
Lost his senate seat, but not his legal troubles: ex-Sen. Burns (R-MT) near $300k and counting in Abramoff-related legal bills.
David Broder channels liberal bloggers, finally sees the light about the mainstream media.
Today’s Must Read: where you can expect senators to focus their questioning of Alberto Gonzales.
The Gonzales hearing is about to start. We’ll be posting running updates at TPMmuckraker.
McClatchy starts looking at the big picture on ‘vote fraud’ and the US Attorney Purge story …
For six years, the Bush administration, aided by Justice Department political appointees, has pursued an aggressive legal effort to restrict voter turnout in key battleground states in ways that favor Republican political candidates.
The administration intensified its efforts last year as President Bush’s popularity and Republican support eroded heading into a midterm battle for control of Congress, which the Democrats won.