Conservative smear artist James O’Keefe is back with an “investigation” targeting teachers unions. This time around, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is personally vouching for O’Keefe’s video mash-up.
Jack Abramoff associate Kevin Ring convicted on 5 counts and acquitted on 3 others in second trial on corruption charges. The first trial ended with a hung jury.
A new CBS poll says virtually no one thinks the deficit or the national debt are the top problems facing the country.
While House freshman have arrived for orientation, seven House races remain undecided two weeks after Election Day. Here’s the latest on where they stand.
Fierce (OK, not really) editorial dispute at TPM this morning over whether our readers give a hoot about Prince William’s engagement to Kate Middleton. I say yes. Others convinced I’m wrong. Think we all agree it’s not important but the issue is whether it’s interesting. We’ll be putting up a Prince William slideshow later. The clicks — or lack thereof — can settle the argument.
The bitter Murkowski-Palin feud continues, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski telling Katie Couric: “I just do not think that she has those leadership qualities, that intellectual curiosity that allows for building good and great policies. … “She would not be my choice for president.”
Rachel Maddow rips John McCain apart for now deciding that we probably shouldn’t repeal DADT even if the military’s internal study — which he earlier said should settle the matter — determines there’s no harm to repealing the policy.
The counting of write-in ballots in the Alaska Senate race continues, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) has now pulled ahead of GOP nominee Joe Miller.
Keith Olbermann responds to Ted Koppel’s broadbrush op-ed painting MSNBC and Fox News as two sides of the same coin. Watch.
