"Limbaugh Effect" Is Fairly Insignificant - Most Crossover Voters Not Looking To Create "Chaos And Tumult"
by Kathy Frankovic
What happens when primary voters “cross over” to vote in the other party’s primary? Do they wish that party good, or ill, when they choose a candidate?Before the March 4th primaries in Texas and Ohio, Rush Limbaugh urged Republicans to cross over to keep the Democratic Party full of what he called ”chaos and tumult.” Is there any evidence that Republicans did that? |
War-weary Pa. voters wonder about exit
by Kimberly Hefling
For Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, vital to getting the edge in military service-oriented but war-weary Pennsylvania is figuring out how to pull U.S. forces out of Iraq without dragging the flag in the process.Trailing in delegates, Clinton has staked her candidacy on a strong showing in Pennsylvania's April 22 primary. Obama has eroded Clinton's lead in several state polls and an upset could irrevocably damage her candidacy. |
Naked woman in Cheney's sunglasses?
by Michael Sheridan
Who's that naked woman in Vice President Dick Cheney's sunglasses?That's the question people all over the Internet have been asking for the last few days. But don't be so quick to believe everything you read - or see.Upon first inspection, the image - taken during a fishing trip in Idaho - appears rather harmless. Cheney delivers one of his classic grins with a pair of shades over his peepers. But it's not the happy grin that's raising eyebrows on blogs across the web, but the odd reflection in the dark sunglasses. |
Misfired artillery crashes into girl's bed
by The Associated Press
A piece of artillery that was apparently misfired by the military crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home miles away Friday and injured a young girl's cat, which had to be euthanized, officials said.No people were injured when the two-pound piece hit the Jefferson Township home about two-and-a- half miles from the Picatinny Arsenal and landed in the girl's bed, said Peter Rowland, arsenal spokesman. She wasn't home, but her cat was sleeping on the bed. |
Schwarzenegger says no to California marriage amendment - Gov. Schwarzenegger Says He'll Fight Efforts to Amend State Constitution to Ban Gay Marriage
by Allison Hoffman
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he would fight an initiative to amend the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriage if it qualifies for the November ballot.Schwarzenegger has vetoed bills that would allow gay marriage but said he opposes the sort of amendments that are being proposed by two competing groups. Such amendments are already on the books in 26 states, but the governor said it would be a "waste of time" to pursue one in California. |
U.S. Catholics seek bold papal action on sex abuse
by Daniel Trotta
U.S. Catholics angered and demoralized by the priest sex abuse scandal say one man can help revitalize the Church with bold action: Pope Benedict.The pope's trip to Washington and New York next week marks the first U.S. visit by a pontiff since a wave of sex abuse scandals began in 2002, provoking lawsuits that have forced dioceses to pay more than $2 billion in settlements. |
Why Gov. Bill Richardson didn't endorse Clinton - The New Mexico governor says he was dismayed by pressure from the Clinton camp, and impressed by Obama's optimism. Besides, 'you don't transfer loyalty to a dynasty.'
by Mark Z. Barabak
Before he endorsed Barack Obama, before he drew the wrath of the Clintons and was likened to Judas, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson nearly endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.But Richardson hesitated, and as the Democratic campaign turned ugly, he grew angry. |
Flights back to normal after grounded jets get green light
by Terry Wallace
American Airlines on Saturday received clearance from federal aviation officials to return all but three of the remaining 300 grounded jets to service, an airline spokesman said.But it won't be until Sunday morning before the MD-80s can be positioned throughout the American system to fly a full day's schedule, spokesman Charley Wilson said. |
Bush Aware of Advisers’ Interrogation Talks - President Says He Knew His Senior Advisers Discussed Tough Interrogation Methods
by Jan Crawford Greenburg, Howard L. Rosenberg, and Ariane de Vogue
President Bush says he knew his top national security advisers discussed and approved specific details about how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to an exclusive interview with ABC News Friday. |
Semantics Can’t Mask Bush’s Chicanery
by Robert Fisk
After his latest shenanigans, I’ve come to the conclusion that George Bush is the first US president to march backwards. First we had weapons of mass destruction. Then, when they proved to be a myth, Bush told us we had stopped Saddam’s “programmes” for weapons of mass destruction (which happened to be another lie). |
War Without End
by Helen Thomas
Surprise, surprise. Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, wants to put a halt to any more troop withdrawals for the foreseeable future.The highly politicized Petraeus seemed to be dutifully following his White House marching orders when he testified before congressional committees earlier this week. |
The Other Global Crisis: Rush to Biofuels is Driving Up Price of Food
by Paul Vallely
The world’s most powerful finance ministers and central bankers are meeting in Washington tomorrow; but as they preoccupy themselves with the global credit crunch, another crisis, far more grave, is facing the world’s poorest people.A dramatic rise in the worldwide cost of food is provoking riots throughout the Third World where millions more of the world’s most vulnerable people are facing starvation as food shortages grow and cereal prices soar. It threatens to become the biggest crisis of the 21st century. |
Seven Ridiculously Practical Recommendations For Curbing America's Addiction To War
by David Michael Green
Seeing John McCain and David Petraeus talking about the Iraq debacle this week is a frightening reminder of how easily we Americans are able to slip into war. And how frequently we do. And how hard it is to get out once we're in. Assuming, of course, we even want to get out. |
The Race Card, The Media, and President McCain
by Jon Faulkner
The pundits hold forth as if they’re thoroughly acquainted with everything Americans think, feel, see and hear. This or that is what Americans want, they say. They gather together in serious little groups and discuss the chances of each candidate and whether or not they’re running a nice campaign, and will they bring taxes down or lower them more, or who said what to who and was it dirty politics, and didn’t he/she promise there would be none of that, and so on ad nauseam. While listening to such drivel memories of junior high school creep into the conscience, uninvited. “Who do you project as the winner, Mortimer Toejam?” |
Ben Stein: Front Man for Creationism's Manufactroversy
by Valerie Tarico
Biblical creationism, repositioned as creation science and most recently intelligent design has lost the contest of ideas on all counts: the rules, the criteria and the judging. It doesn't follow the scientific method; it doesn't allow us to explain, predict, and control better; and the jury of relevant experts (aka biologists) keeps returning the same verdict. |
What exactly was behind Obama's purge of delegates in California?
by Michael Kwiatkowski
Stop me if you've heard this one. Yesterday MyDD reported that the Obama campaign had wiped over nine hundred delegates in California from its list of chosen representatives for the national convention in August. Ostensibly, this was done to ensure only Obama loyalists would represent the senator from Illinois at the Democratic National Convention. No big deal, right? After all, Hillary Clinton's campaign did a similar purge. |
I Predict Hillary Will Withdraw and Her Stature Will Soar
by Brent Budowsky
Ignore everything you hear on cable talk shows. This is what will happen, and why.First, sometime between the days after the Pennsylvania primary and the days after North Carolina and Indiana, Hillary Clinton will drop out of the presidential campaign, endorse Obama, and watch her stature among Democrats and independents soar. |
Losing Our Will
by Bob Herbert
I wonder what the answers would be if each American asked himself or herself the question: “How is the war in Iraq helping me?”While the U.S. government continues to pour precious human treasure and vast financial resources into this ugly war without end, it is all but ignoring deeply entrenched problems that are weakening the country here at home. |
Can Youth Swing Pennsylvania?
by Cora Currier
Pennsylvania is one of the oldest states in the union, with the 3rd highest number of voters over 65. But it's also got almost 700,000 college students, something the Obama campaign is well aware of. If he can capture the same sort of massive turnout that helped propel his victory in Iowa, he could close Clinton's gap. |
