1,400 Texts in Detroit Mayor Murder Case Ordered Released

March 4, 2009

DETROIT (AP) – A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of approximately 1,400 text messages sent or received by Detroit’s disgraced former mayor and his ex-lover on their city pagers. The text messages are public records and are not subject to attorney-client and other privileges as claimed by attorneys for former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and […]

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Thomas Friedman's Five Worst Predictions

March 4, 2009

In this morning’s New York Times, columnist Thomas Friedman makes a grave prediction regarding Obama and the ongoing financial crisis: “I fear that his whole first term could be eaten by Citigroup, A.I.G., Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and the whole housing/subprime credit bubble we inflated these past 20 years.” Friedman is a three-time Pulitzer […]

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Hertzberg: Krauthammer's Politics, Then And Now

March 4, 2009

At least one reader of my last post, in thanking me for drawing her attention to Charles Krauthammer’s characterization of Obama’s joint-session speech (“the boldest social democratic manifesto ever issued by a U.S. president”), assumes that Charles is as fervent a supporter of the President as she is. Alas, this is not exactly the case, […]

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Ex-Senator Trainwreck?

March 4, 2009

They call him Dr. No, Senator Trainwreck, The One Man Gridlock Machine. But Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn may be about to add one more title to his enumerated pseudonyms: Former Senator.

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Key Details of Admin Housing Plan Emerge

March 4, 2009

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Wednesday unveiled key guidelines for its housing market rescue plan that should enable loan servicers to immediately start modifying eligible mortgages. “Two weeks ago, the president laid out a clear path forward to helping up to 9 million families restructure or refinance their mortgages to a payment that is affordable […]

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Sir Ted: Kennedy to be Knighted by Queen

March 4, 2009

Ted Kennedy, one of the leading members of the family dynasty that dominated American politics in the final decades of the last century, is to receive an honorary knighthood. Gordon Brown will announce the award today when he becomes the fifth British Prime Minister to give a speech to both Houses of Congress.

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Feingold: POTUS War Plans Faulty, Too Expensive

March 4, 2009

Sen. Russ Feingold warned on Tuesday that Barack Obama’s plans for Iraq and Afghanistan were too vague, too costly, and could — in the direst of scenarios — result in the weakening of U.S. national security. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Feingold went to great lengths to praise the president for making dramatic […]

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The Democrats Rush Job: A Strategic Coup?

March 4, 2009

Top Democrats believe they have struck political gold by depicting Rush Limbaugh as the new face of the Republican Party, a full-scale effort first hatched by some of the most familiar names in politics and now being guided in part from inside the White House.

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697K Jobs Lost in February in US Private Sector

March 4, 2009

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. private sector job losses accelerated in February, according to a report by ADP Employer Services that suggests hefty employment declines are on the way in the government’s payrolls report due on Friday. ADP said on Wednesday that private employers cut 697,000 jobs in February versus a revised 614,000 jobs lost […]

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Sen. Bayh: No on Budget

March 4, 2009

This week, the United States Senate will vote on a spending package to fund the federal government for the remainder of this fiscal year. The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 is a sprawling, $410 billion compilation of nine spending measures that lacks the slightest hint of austerity from the federal government or the recipients of […]

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