Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) allows that he’ll have to think over whether to run for the open Senate seat created by the retirement of Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI).
Sen. Coburn (R-OK) denies negotiating cash payout for Sen. Ensign’s mistress and her husband.
It really is the world’s most exclusive club.
Tennessee Republicans invite anti-Islam neo-fascist Dutch politician Geert Wilders to be guest of honor at anti-Islam barbeque in Franklin.
Here’s Stephen Colbert, in character, going through security at FEC headquarters in Washington this afternoon to submit his paperwork to launch Colbert PAC:
Ryan Reilly reports from the FEC.
Dr. Mahmoud Gibril met with the President’s National Security Advisor Tom Donillon at the White House today. Gibril is the President of the Libyan Transitional National Council’s Executive Bureau. Statement from the White House after the jump … Read More
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), who announced his candidacy for President today, just told Chris Matthews on Hardball that he, too, would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Watch.
From the WSJ …
A law enforcement official with knowledge of the case said Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, was taken into police custody after being removed from an airplane at Kennedy Airport.
According to the official, Mr. Strauss-Kahn allegedly forced a cleaning woman onto his bed and sodomized her at about noon Saturday inside his room at the Sofitel Hotel near Times Square.
Read more (sub.req.).
It should be noted that, Strauss-Kahn was (I trust the past tense is appropriate) also the frontrunner to be the Socialist Party’s candidate for president in the next election in France. So in addition to the alleged crime, this is a bombshell of staggering proportions not only in the world of global finance but French and European politics as well.
Late Update: The Times reports that the Manhattan DA’s office plans to bring formal charges against Strauss-Kahn early tomorrow morning. So it doesn’t sound like they have much doubt they have a strong case.
We’re getting lots of signs that next week is going to be Medicare Phase Out week in DC. Specifically, after taking some rough hits and public defections on his Medicare Phase Out proposal Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is queuing up an aggressive relaunch of his plan. Expect of course a strong counter from the Dems, who seem to feel they have traction on the issue. But here’s Newt Gingrich this morning on Meet the Press saying Ryan’s plan is “radical change from the right” and “too big a jump for the country.”