this is an adventure

Nearly 4,800 rejected absentee ballots may be reconsidered in the U.S. Senate recount trial, after the presiding three-judge panel issued a ruling today defining boundaries for the proceeding.

Daschle wasn’t taken down by Republicans. No senators, to my knowledge, came out against his appointment. Major columnists didn’t have time to attack his ethics. Moreover, these revelations didn’t come from Republican oppo researchers. They came from Daschle’s own files and admissions.

Petraeus is determined to apply his method to Afghanistan: living among the people, bringing them security, establishing a legitimate government, and creating a viable economy. He calls this the Anaconda strategy.

One of the central questions we face as a nation is how, in future, we can live within our means. The next government will face the highest budget deficit in modern British history and the urgent task of delivering better value for taxpayers’ money. Information technology should be at the heart of this agenda.