Romney Already Naming Possible VP Choices
March 30, 2007
Training both Rudy Giuliani and John McCain in the polls, Romney suggested he might choose Newt Gingrich or Jeb Bush as his vice-presidential running mate.

 

McCain Blocks Health Care Funding For 9/11 Emergency Responders
March 30, 2007

 

Clinton Expected To Set Fundraising Records
March 30, 2007

 

Paris Hilton Going To Jail?
March 30, 2007


Ex-Aide Says Gonzales Lied About Prosecutor Firings
March 29, 2007
Kyle Sampson, former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified that Gonzales’ statements denying any involvement in the firings of eight federal prosecutors were not accurate. 

Dobson On Fred Thompson:  I Don’t Think He’s A Christian
March 29, 2007

 

McCain Almost Quit GOP In 2001
March 29, 2007

 

Bush And Congress Battle Over Iraq War Timeline
March 29, 2007


Iran Shows Video Of Captured British Sailors
March 28, 2007

 

No Ambassadorship For Swift Boat Group Financier
March 28, 2007
Facing opposition from Senators and Vietnam veterans, the Bush administration has withdrawn the nomination of Sam Fox to be ambassador to Belgium. 

 

“Open Warfare” In Gonzales’ Justice Department
March 28, 2007

 

Comedian Wrecks Ferrari Worth $2 Million
March 28, 2007

 

Border Fence Builder Facing Jail Time For Using Illegal Laborers
March 28, 2007


Gonzales Walks Out On Press Conference
March 27, 2007
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales walked out of a press conference today when reports began asking him questions about the investigation into the firings of federal prosecutors.

 

Mormons Protesting Cheney Speech At BYU
March 27, 2007

 

Poll Shows Close Race For Dems in Iowa
March 27, 2007
A new University of Iowa Poll shows John Edwards maintaining his lead at 27% with Hillary Clinton at 25% and Barack Obama close behind at 23%.

 

White House Spokesman Faces New Cancer Battle
March 27, 2007
A growth removed from White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has tested positive for cancer.  Snow was treated for colon cancer in 2005.

Webb Staffer Arrested For Gun In Capitol
March 27, 2007
An aide to Virginia Senator James Webb was arrested yesterday for entering a Senate office building with a loaded handgun.

 

Principal Cancels High School Play About Iraq
March 27, 2007

 

Gonzales Aide Will Take The 5th
March 26, 2007
The lawyer for Monica Goodling announced that she will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings into the Justice Department firing of several federal prosecutors.  Goodling, an aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, was involved in the firings.

 

Official Report:  Drug Overdose Killed Anna Nicole Smith
March 26, 2007

 

Vilsack Endorses Clinton For President
March 26, 2007
Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, who abandoned his own presidential campaign a few weeks ago, has endorsed Hillary Clinton. 

 

New Home Sales Slump
March 26, 2007

 

Thompson Wins Straw Poll
March 26, 2007
Former Tennessee Senator and current Law & Order star Fred Thompson won a straw poll held after a GOP convention in Georgia. Current national front-runner Rudy Giuliani came in third, after Georgia’s Newt Gingrich.

 

McCain Misses Fundraising Goals
March 26, 2007


Hagel Calls Impeachment An Option
March 26, 2007


 

Questions About Personal Life Not Relevant Says Giuliani
March 25, 2007
Speaking outside a former brothel, the twice-divorced Rudy Giuliani claimed that his personal problems had no effect on his ability to lead.  This came one day after third wife Judith, told reporters that Giuliani was actually her third husband, not her second. 

Hostage Crisis As Iran Refuses To Release British Sailors
March 25, 2007
The Iranian government continues to hold 15 British sailors seized at gunpoint in a waterway that separates Iran from Iraq.

 

Generals Blamed In “Friendly Fire” Cover-Up
March 25, 2007
Pat Tillman played four seasons in the National Football League before turning down a multimillion-dollar contract and joining the Army Rangers after the Sept. 11, 2001. While fighting in Afghanistan, Tillman was accidentally killed by members of his own platoon.  Tillman’s commanders soon realized this was a “friendly-fire” incident, but the Army persisted in telling Tillman's family he was killed in a conventional ambush.  A Pentagon investigation into the incident will recommend that nine officers, including up to four generals, be held accountable.

 

47 Killed In Baghdad Bombings
March 25, 2007

 

Iranian Navy Seizes 15 British Soldiers
March 23, 2007
British officials are demanding the return of 15 soldiers seized by Iranian ships while operating in Iraqi waters.

 

New Defense Secretary Wanted Gitmo Closed
March 23, 2007
After replacing Don Rumsfeld, Defense Secretary Bob Gates argued that the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba should be closed.

 

Edwards Campaign Goes On Despite Recurrence Of Wife’s Cancer
March 22, 2007
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards announced his campaign would continue despite a recurrence of cancer in his wife.  “The campaign goes on, the campaign goes on strongly,” Edwards said today with his wife Elizabeth Edwards, at his side.

 

Gore Testifies Before Congress On Global Warming
March 22, 2007
According to the former Vice President, "We do not have time to play around with this.”

 

Democrat Barred From House Floor For Katrina Remark
March 22, 2007
Rep. Gene Taylor of Mississippi was temporarily banned from the floor of the House of Representatives after questioning a fellow House member's "decency" for seeking to restrict housing reconstruction funds for Hurricane Katrina and Rita victims.

 

Southern Baptist Leader Warns GOP Against Nominating Giuliani
March 22, 2007
A leader of the Southern Baptist Convention has warned that Rudy Giuliani will not get the votes of Southern Baptists if he is the GOP nominee in 2008.

 

McCain Abandons Immigration Reform
March 22, 2007
The Arizona Senator has bowed to increasing conservative criticism over his attempt to forge a bipartisan immigration reform bill. 

Blanco Drops Re-Election Bid
March 21, 2007
The Louisiana Governor, criticized along with President Bush for their handling of Hurricane Katrina, announced she would not seek a second term 

 

Bush Will Defy Subpoenas
March 21, 2007
Bush announced that he will challenge any efforts to subpoena White House aides in the investigation over the firing of eight federal prosecutors.

 

GOP Congresswoman: Walter Reed Story "Overblown"
March 21, 2007
Ohio Rep. Jean Schmidt wrote on her Web site that media reports about the terrible living conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for veterans wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan were "overblown."

 

Clinton and Obama Clash Over Iraq War
March 21, 2007


Senate approves Limits On Attorney General's Power
March 20, 2007
The Senate voted 94-2 to limit the power of Attorney General Gonzales to replace the federal prosecutors he recently fired.  Gonzales is under increasing criticism for his removal of eight federal prosecutors.

 

"Bong Hits 4 Jesus" Case Reaches Supreme Court
March 20, 2007
The nation's highest court will rule on whether the First Amendment protects the rights of an Alaska teenager to unveil a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner across the street from his high school. 

 

More Evidence Bush Administration Doctored Global Warming Data
March 20, 2007

 

The Assault On Reason
March 20, 2007
Al Gore has a new book described as "A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degration of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason."

 

Cuba Si!  Romney, No!
March 19, 2007
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney stumbled his way through a speech before Cuban-Americans in Miami. Romney mangled the names of Cuban American politicians and ended his speech with "Patria o muerte, venceremos!" - Fidel Castro's traditional slogan for ending speeches.

 

McCain Apologizes For "Tar Baby" Comment
March 18, 2007

 

Expectations Running High For Clinton's Fundraising Operation
March 18, 2007

 

Did Gonzales Lie Under Oath Before Congress?
March 18, 2007

 

Doubts After al Qaeda Leader Confesses To Almost Everything
March 18, 2007

 

DeLay Book To Rip GOP Leadership Since 1994
March 16, 2007
Disgraced former House majority leader Tom DeLay’s new book attacks many of his former allies, calling George Bush more compassionate than conservative and attacking former GOP leader Newt Gingrich as an ineffective Speaker of the House.  According to DeLay, the leadership picked to run the House of Representatives after the 1994 GOP election victory (Gingrich, Dick Armey as majority leader and  DeLay as majority whip) were "were not a cohesive team, and this hindered our ability to change the nation."

 

Warmest Winter On Record
March 16, 2007
The period December 2006 to February 2007 had the highest average temperatures since 1880, when recordkeeping began.

 

Rep. Kennedy Was Hooked On Pain-Killers
March 16, 2007
A month before driving his car into a Capitol Hill barricade, Rep. Patrick Kennedy realized he was hooked on oxycontin.

 

California Moves Presidential Primary To Feb. 8th
March 16, 2007
Creating a virtual national primary, California moved its 2008 presidential primary election from June to February. 

 

GOP Race Tight In New Hampshire
March 16, 2007
A new poll shows McCain leading with 29%, Giuliani right behind him at 28% and Romney a close third with 22%. 

 

Clinton Sidesteps Question On General’s Comments On Gays
March 16, 2007
Senator Clinton avoided directly answering a question on whether she agreed with General Pace’s characterization of homosexuals as immoral.  “I’m going to leave that for others to decide” said the Democratic presidential hopeful.



Dems Afraid Of Colbert
March 15, 2007
Illinois  Rep. Rahm Emanuel has warned fellow Democrats to avoid appearing on The Colbert Report, the Comedy Central parody of FOX’s Bill O’Reilly. 

 

GOP Senator:  Bush Should Fire Gonzales
March 15, 2007
Senator John Sununu (R-New Hampshire) said in an interview “I think the attorney general should be fired.”  Sununu is up for re-election next year.

 

Joile Adopts Another Child
March 15, 2007
Angelina Jolie’s international kid collection continued to grow as she adopted another child, this time from Vietnam.  Her new son, Pax Thien Jolie, joins Maddox from Cambodia, sister Zahara from Ethiopia, and Shiloh, Jolie’s biological daughter with actor Brad Pitt that was born in Namibia.

 

Gitmo Detainee Confesses To Planning 9-11 Attacks
March 15, 2007
The military has released the transcript from a military commission hearing in which Khalid Sheikh Mohammed says “I was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A-Z."  The hearing took place in the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

 

Senate Agrees To Begin Debate On Iraq Pullout
March 14, 2007 

“Mistakes Were Made” In Prosecutor Purge By Gonzales
March 14, 2007 

 

Senate Defeats GOP Filibuster On Iraq Resolution
March 14, 2007

 

New Hampshire Poll Shows Clinton Leading Obama By Seven Points
March 14, 2007


69% Oppose Pardon For Scooter Libby
March 13, 2007
The vast majority of American’s oppose the idea of President Bush pardoning Scooter Libby, who was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in the investigation over the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame.

 

Gonzales’ Chief Of Staff Resigns As Investigation Of Prosecutor Purge Begins
March 13, 2007
As Congress begins its inquiry into Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ firing of eight federal prosecutors, Gonzales’ chief of staff abruptly resigned.

 

US Military Chief Under Fire For Comments On Gays
March 13, 2007
Calls for an apology after chairman of the military Joint Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Pace called homosexuals “immoral.”

Army Surgeon General Fired Over Walter Reed Scandal
March 13, 2007
The top Army medical officer was ousted as a result of the continuing scandal over the military treatment of wounded veterans at the Walter Reed Hospital.

 

Rove Role In U.S. Prosecutor Purge Scrutinized
March 13, 2007
Presidential advisor Karl Role appears to have played a role in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ firing of eight federal prosecutors. 

Hagel Delays Decision On Bid For GOP Nomination
March 12, 2007
The Nebraska senator and frequent war critic will wait until fall to decide whether to seek the presidency.

 

Complaints About Attorney General From Both Parties
March 12, 2007
Senators Specter and Schumer had harsh words for the performance of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, with Schumer calling for Gonzales’ resignation.

 

Romney Uses Birthday To Highlight McCain’s Age
March 12, 2007
As Romney turns 60, attention focused on McCain, who would be 72 when he took office if elected.

 

Ron Paul To Officially Announce GOP Candidacy
March 12, 2007
Currently serving as a GOP member of Congress, Paul was the 1988 Libertarian nominee for President.

 

Halliburton Moving To Dubai
March 12, 2007

Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company is moving its headquarters to Dubai.
Halliburton is currently under investigation by the SEC and Justice Department in the U.S. for improper business conduct in Iraq, Kuwait and Nigeria

Nevada Dems Nix Fox Debate
March 10, 2007


Vietnam Vets That Attacked Kerry Now Going After McCain
March 8, 2007

 

Gingrich Was Cheating During Clinton Impeachment
March 8, 2007

 

Congress Investigating Firing Of U.S. Attorneys
March 8, 2007

 

“Law & Order” Star Considering White House Bid
March 8, 2007


Giuliani’s Marriages Trouble Evangelicals
March 8, 200

 

Hagel To Reveal Presidential Plans
March 8, 2007

 

Clinton Calls For GI ‘Bill Of Rights’
March 8, 2007

 

Former Navy Sailor Charged With Helping Al Qaeda
March 8, 2007

 

Obama Pays 17 Year Old Parking Tickets
March 8, 2007


Nearly 70 Percent Pessimistic On War Outcome
March 7, 2007

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