From MSNBC, pictures of the VT dead, and notes from their lives. Helps put the whole thing in perspective.
Today’s Must Read: the Justice Department’s 90 second review process for U.S. attorneys. Now that’s efficiency!
A lot of TPM Readers are big fans of the Colbert Report. So many of you probably saw Sen. Kerry’s (D-MA) appearance on the show on Monday. It so happens we got to do a walkaround with him before he went on the show. On his way over to the studio, I talked to the senator about Iraq and his new book, This Moment on Earth. And then we got to video some backstage footage of Kerry and Colbert cracking some jokes just before the show.
This is part one of our afternoon with Kerry and Colbert. We’ll bring you part two tomorrow when I ask Sen. Kerry what the Democrats’ end-game is in their stand-off with the president over the Iraq funding bill.
The Presidential candidates are all starting to weigh in on today’s Supreme Court decision on late-term abortion.
We’ve got statements from Edwards, Obama, McCain, and (best of all) Rudy right here at Election Central. And more coming.
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Harriet Miers signs on again with old law firm, Locke Liddell & Sapp. She’ll be based in DC.
Get the run-down on Sen. Coleman’s (R-MN) evolving story on US Attorney Rachel Paulose.
WaPo‘s John Solomon pushes the White House line on Rove, Miers testimony.
Ed Kilgore sees a silver lining in the dark cloud of today’s SCOTUS decision.