We’re putting together some of the most compelling video emerging from Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the quake. Watch.
Boston-based Democratic consultant James Boyce tells TPM that the Massachusetts Senate race is a harbinger of November for Democrats: “The fact that we’re even discussing the possibility of a relatively unknown state senator filling Ted Kennedy’s seat shows me they are underestimating the problems they are facing in 2010.”
A frustrated Jon Stewart laments his interview with John Yoo: “He got me.”
The “National Tea Party Convention” just lost one of its big sponsors amid concerns about the financing mechanism for the event.
The notion of Harold Ford, a couple year or so resident of New York, running for Senate against a sitting Democratic senator, albeit an appointed one, is a pretty outlandish one. But often, when someone comes up with something so outlandish and improbable, you figure they know something that maybe you don’t. So does Harold Ford have some angle that makes his possible senate candidacy not seem so ridiculous? Does the alleged support of Michael Bloomberg and his team of funders and associates make the difference? Read More
We don’t know if it came into play specifically in the Abdulmutallab case. But many wondered why the debrief from the father didn’t generate more concern within the intel community. One issue we came across in our reporting is the fairly serious problem of so-called ‘poison pen’ reports — in most cases family members make false terrorism reports either to settle scores, prevent relatives from traveling or something else. Justin Elliott reports.
Haiti’s prime minister is now saying that he expects there to be “hundreds of thousands” of people killed in the earthquake. We’ve got running updates on the latest developments in the aftermath of the historic temblor in the Haiti Quake Wire.
From TPM Reader RD …
I’m a MA resident, registered voter and in fact vote in every election. And I have to say I’m really uninspired.
I think Coakley could well lose, and if she does, blame it on an “Obama Effect” — but not the ones that journalists will latch onto.
Harold Ford has a very unfortunate interview with the New York Times — highlights, not shooting children and visiting all five boroughs … by helicopter.
Hiring private security guards for US Embassies … on Craigslist.