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Dick Cheney, who in 2005 told us that the insurgency was "in the last throes, if you will," was asked last week about polls showing that two-thirds of Americans don't think the fight in Iraq is worth it. Cheney's response: "So?"

(And Act 2, where Lieberman corrects McCain)

The 71-year-old McCain's recent misstatement that al-Qaeda terrorists were being aided by the Iranian regime -- quickly corrected by Sen. Joseph Lieberman in a whispered aside -- might have been simply a senior moment. Or it might have reflected an intention to do something precipitous about Iran's growing stature in the region. Either way, scary.
- jimlouis 3-25-2008 3:16 pm [link] [1 comment]

via atrios

The reaction of some of Mr. Clinton’s allies suggests that might have been a wise decision. “An act of betrayal,” said James Carville, an adviser to Mrs. Clinton and a friend of Mr. Clinton.

“Mr. Richardson’s endorsement came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver, so I think the timing is appropriate, if ironic,” Mr. Carville said, referring to Holy Week.

- dave 3-22-2008 6:29 pm [link] [add a comment]

saw samantha power on colbert tonight. she seemed smart and thoughtful. too bad she got caught up in the medias gotcha games.

- dave 3-18-2008 8:22 am [link] [4 comments]

jay rosen on beyond press self-neutering.

- dave 3-14-2008 6:57 pm [link] [add a comment]

This just in, again.
- jimlouis 3-14-2008 4:34 pm [link] [1 comment]

Dershowitz on Spitzer at WSJ -- free today

Shorter: The government has ridiculously intrusive laws that are selectively enforced, but they should only be applied to real criminals, not people like us.

- mark 3-14-2008 2:56 am [link] [add a comment]

Admiral Fallon to resign. Bad bad news as far as I can tell. Maybe the next war is back on.
- jim 3-12-2008 1:16 am [link] [2 comments]

upsurge of anti-semitism in the media today.

- dave 3-11-2008 2:28 am [link] [21 comments]

Tucker is gone.

- jim 3-10-2008 6:31 pm [link] [2 comments]

your liberal blogosphere. i love how they are sitting in the dark with the symmetry of macs, beers and glasses. the middle guy is bucking the beard trend though.

- dave 3-09-2008 8:10 pm [link] [add a comment]