There’s been some tightening in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, where state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte was the expected to win. Jillian Rayfield takes a closer look at the latest developments in the race to succeed the retiring Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH).
Oh, man. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is a gift to Jon Stewart from the comedy gods. Watch.
There’s a growing number of Republicans for whom the burning of the Koran by that fringe church pastor in Florida is a bridge too far. Add Haley Barbour to that list.
Is Haley Barbour birther-curious? At this morning’s Monitor breakfast down in DC he just said of President Obama that “This is a president that we know less about than any other president in history.”
BP has issued its own internal report on the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Conclusion: everybody screwed up bad. Read the report.
In response to my post last night a number of readers have written to say that I’ve either written off the November election or claimed that the Dems are collapsing in advance of it. Neither is the case. My point was only that if you project out to November the current facts on the ground, the House is probably headed for Republican control and the Senate could flip too, though it’s much less likely. Could things change? Of course they could. I’ll get to that in a minute. Read More
We’re cataloguing a slew of generally anti-mosque folks who are today coming out against that nutso church’s plan to hold a Koran-burning festival on 9/11. So far today, Haley Barbour says it’s not a “good idea.” John Boehner says it’s “unwise.” And now honorary Republican Joe Lieberman says the church should “reconsider and drop their plans.” Read More
Scooter Libby breaks his self-imposed silence with an exclusive appearance on … Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor.