State Senator Paul Stanley (R) of Tennessee, the pro-abstinence lawmaker who confessed to an affair with a 22 year old student after the student’s boyfriend rather ineptly tried to blackmail him, has announced he’s resigning from office.
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Colin Powell tells Larry King: “The problem I’m having with the [Republican] Party right now is that when [Rush Limbaugh] says something that I consider to be completely outrageous and I respond to it, I would like to see other members of the party do likewise, but they don’t.” That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.
We’re accustomed to the pattern of seeing outside political activists and gonzo pundits pushing elected officials to more outlandish or extreme positions. But on the birther front, we’re noticing something different. While members of Congress are dipping into the birther swamp, some of what we’d normally consider some of the most whacked-out pundits and media hounds (Ann Coulter and O’Reilly over just the last 24 hours) are trying to shut the story down.
We’re getting reports that there’s been a breakthrough on the Health Care front in the House — according to CNN, it involves concessions to the Blue Dogs on cost savings. We’ll have more details shortly.
Sen. Vitter (R-LA) attacks Sen. Voinovich (R-OH) for straying from conservative values.
Obama courts senior Chinese government official with gift of basketball.
Here’s our run-down of the deal the Dems just struck in the House (basically Waxman vs. Blue Dogs) on health care reform.
Rep. Roy Blunt (R), former member of the House leadership and probable Missouri Republican senate candidate calls birtherism a “legitimate question.”