Author: BooMan

Reyes: Give Us More Troops

Our new progressive Chairman of Intelligence: In a surprise twist in the debate over Iraq, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he wants to see an increase of 20,000 to 30,000...

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Kos Calls 2008 for Obama

Wow. Kos is calling the 2008 Democratic nomination for Obama. He was so cautious about predicting the midterms that I am surprised that he is going out on a limb so early for Obama. His first mistake is to call the Iowa caucuses...

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Bush Authorized Genital Abuse

After 9/11 the Bush administration decided to ‘take the gloves off’ and authorized the CIA to get medieval on suspected terrorists. Here’s Mark Danner: As you know, very shortly after 9/11, the then-White House...

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Edwards Taps Bonior

Hotline reports: Later today, John Edwards’ One America Cmte will announce that ex-Rep. David Bonior (D-MI) has come aboard as a senior adviser for policy and politics. But Bonior’s role on a presidential effort will...

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Gates Hearing Thread

Barring some unpredictable event, Robert Gates will be confirmed as our new Sec. of Defense. His hearing is on C-SPAN2 right-now, if you are interested. I actually support his confirmation. I could go into all the reasons why,...

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