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**Rudy Giuliani, according to FEC filings, is worth as much as $70 million.
**Note that when news broke this summer that Giuliani had resigned from the blue ribbon Iraq Study Group, it was because he was too busy collecting six-figure checks for his guest speaking gigs, the ones that sprouted up in the wake of the 9-11 attacks and the ones that earned him nearly $11 million in 2006; $1.7 million in just one month.
boy king
Burner -- The netroots is flexing its muscle in an on-line fundraiser for Darcy Burner. In just a few days, her Actblue total has gone from a few thousand dollars to $96k, with thousands of contributors. I got in early with the largest contribution I've ever made to a political campaign (by far) based on her willingness to say that Dems need to show a little spine.
Gone-zales. Will Chertoff be his replacement?
I've been opposed to a Hilary Clinton candidacy for a long time. I don't think she's very electable, and even if elected, I don't think her foreign policy will differ much from the neocons (although her domestic policy and judicial nominations would be a lot better, so of course I'd vote for her if she's the Democratic nominee. But then again, I'd vote for a yellow dog if it was the Democratic nominee so this isn't saying too much.)
Anyway, I've been meeting some people lately who are slightly more to the right politically than I am used to meeting. And I'm struck by how much they *hate* her. I mean, I knew this, but I'm still struck by actually seeing the emotion. They really loathe her. And it's making me come around a bit on Hilary's campaign. It might not be very mature of me, but these people will - how to put it politely? - crap their pants if she gets elected president. And it's harder and harder for me not to hope just a little bit for that spectacle.
Plus she's going to be the nominee so I've got to find something good in there. Clinton vs. Romney; you heard it here 1,453,876th
extreme wingnuttia
Just returned from a beach trip with Burnadette and JimL. NPR is reporting that Rove has resigned. Seems a lot has happened these past 4 days..
just flipped on meet the press to see markos (daily kos) moulitsas on.
Protecting us from Terror! So much effectivity, you can smell it.
We've come a long way since the 1964 presidential election in which nuclear weapons were code for "bat shit crazy".
I've posted a bunch of stuff from Bruce Schneier over the years. He's the most widely known computer security expert, who has broadened his field greatly after 9/11 and now writes extensively on real world security. I think his technical background serves him very well, and I really am hoping there is some place for him in some under secretary role in a Dem administration. Or short of that I hope they read him at least. If I was president I'd put him in charge of Homeland Security (if for some reason I couldn't abolish that department - or at least rename it!)
Anyway, here's a post of his about the California voting Machine audit results. Follow up post is here. It's a little technical, but not too bad. Long story short: all the machines are easily hackable. We knew this already, but it still is nice to have some actual details. Posted for future reference if nothing else.