Remember those Espionage Act charges brought against two high level AIPAC staffers a few years ago? The charges were eventually dropped. But the case led to a defamation suit against AIPAC. And the suit has now devolved into a searching scrutiny about in-office internet porn use at AIPAC.
Mark Tapscott passes on then now-discredited ‘Obama ambushed us in Baltimore’ lie on MSNBC today. Alas, not rebutted by the host. Video under the fold. Read More
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) headlines bomb Iran event at National Press Club today. Our reporter gets in a good question. Watch the video.
House Democrats are caucusing now to elect their leaders for the new Congress. Word from the meeting, via our Brian Beutler, is that Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), who is pushing for a delay in electing new leaders until December, has succeeded in getting a vote on such a delay. The caucus is now voting on DeFazio’s proposal.
Late Update: DeFazio’s delay proposal failed 129-68.
As I noted earlier, it’s just a matter of time before the Alaska Senate race is called for Lisa Murkowski. But she may not wait for that to happen. She’s flying home to Alaska today and may declare victory as soon as this evening.
For the record, Heath Shuler’s campaign to unseat Nancy Pelosi as top Democrat in the House garnered 43 votes to Pelosi’s 150.
Two term Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC), as anything other than a protest candidate against Nancy Pelosi, was a preposterous candidate to lead the smaller, more liberal House Democratic caucus. And it’s not my understanding that he did anything to canvass for votes. So it’s a bad sign for Nancy Pelosi that 43 members of the caucus voted for the guy. That’s almost a quarter of the caucus. If a serious challenger had opposed her, it would have been a tough race.
Top social conservative says we’re making the Congressional Medal of Honor into a wussy award by not focusing enough on the body count the winner racks up, in this case Sal Giunta, the first non-posthumous winner in almost four decades.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s historic write-in campaign has allowed her to retain her Senate seat in Alaska. The AP is now calling the race, more than two weeks after the election and after days of write-in ballot counting.