The victorious Democrats served notice that the promised spirit of bipartisanship will have its limits. They say they will block the confirmation of John Bolton’s appointment as ambassador to the UN. The White House is still determined to get Mr Bolton confirmed. Other news at The Economist.
making the GOP our collective bitch
in case you’ve been locked in a closet or living under a rock, here’s the news:
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN MAJORITY CONTROL OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES!
and they’re poised to take majority control of the US senate also! could it get any better? oh wait! it can! rummy resigned…!
imagine me dancing a little jig!
Lie by Lie: The Mother Jones Iraq War Timeline (8/1/90 – 6/21/03)
In this timeline, [Mother Jones] assembled the history of the Iraq War to create a resource we hope will help resolve open questions of the Bush era. What did our leaders know and when did they know it? And, perhaps just as important, what red flags did we miss, and how could we have missed them? This is the second installment of the timeline, with a focus on how the war was lost in the first 100 days.
Politics This Week – 10/31/06 Economist
New Jersey’s highest court issued a mixed ruling on gay marriage. It decided that homosexual couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexual ones, but it avoided a conservative backlash (for now) by giving the state legislature time to ponder whether this constitutes “marriageâ€. Other news at the Economist.
American Progress Action Fund – 10/31/06 Progress Report
….While there is no reported intelligence for Iraqi insurgents trying to sway the current election, the CIA did conclude that Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda tried to manipulate the 2004 elections with the release of a videotaped message. But the intelligence indicated that terrorists were trying to help Bush win re-election — not aid his opponents. Media Matters, citing Ron Suskind’s One Percent Doctrine, notes that CIA analysts concluded that bin Laden’s message in the days before the Nov. 2004 contest “was clearly designed to assist the President’s reelection.” Read it all.