I'm sure we'll hear more from CNN soon.' [...]
CNN:
Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman told CNN Tuesday that he has not ruled out running as a Republican in 2012.
Lieberman told CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash Tuesday that the move remained a legitimate, if unlikely, option. “I don’t know what I’ll run as,” he said. “I like being [...]
Tuesday city councilwoman Mary Norwood made the official request to the Fulton County, Georgia election department.
The official vote totals from the December 1 runoff place former state senator Kasim Reed ahead of Norwood by 715 votes out of 84,383 votes cast.
The recount is scheduled to be held Wednesday, [...]
Reports CNN: "Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 112 people were killed in central Baghdad and more than 400 were wounded early Tuesday when suicide bombers exploded their cars in a series of five terrorist attacks, Iraqi authorities said."
CNN says Baucus admits he nominated girlfriend of U.S. Attorney: "Sen. Max Baucus’ office confirmed Saturday the Montana Democrat was in a relationship with a woman he also recommended for U.S. Attorney."The Arkansas coordinator for Mike Huckabee’s political action committee resigned Tuesday, citing the former Arkansas governor’s decision nine years ago to grant clemency to Maurice Clemmons, the man suspected of murdering four police officers in Washington state.
Jason Tolbert, who runs a conservative blog, served as Arkansas state coordinator [...]
But amid news the president has decided to beef up U.S. forces in Afghanistan by at least 30,000 within the next six months, the RNC deployed conservative foreign policy expert Dan Senor to offer accolades of the plan.
“I have been critical of the process over the last 90-some [...]
Josh Marshall remembers:
In any case, please don’t tell me I’m the only one who remembers Dobbs and Space.com. In case you don’t, this isn’t the first time Dobbs left CNN. He left in 1999 to found and run internet start-up Space.com. Alas, like so many boom era ventures, Space.com [...]
Lou Dobbs is probably running for President:
A radio interviewer on WTOP joked Monday about the “crazy” idea that the former CNN host could mount a White House bid in 2012 - but Dobbs wasn’t laughing. “What’s so crazy about that?” he responded in the interview broadcast on the Washington, [...]
The Senate voted 60-39 Saturday night to proceed with a floor debate on Majority Leader Harry Reid’s $848 billion health care bill.
“Like most Americans, I want to see responsible health care reform, but paying for it by sending an unfunded mandate to states, taking money [...]
Via CNN (who misspells Chip’s name about eighteen times):
Former Huckabee presidential campaign manager Chip Saltzman, whose candidate won the Iowa caucuses in 2008, defended the role of the traditional early states.
“I think it’s very important and crucial to have Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina early on in the [...]
This resignation amounts to taking one for the team. Though I don't think his absence will be long lived. It's more about the message that it sends. On a job where your boss is essentially telling you not to do your job. Unlike Lou Dobbs most' [...] CNN was so sick of Lou Dobbs, it gave him an $8 million severance package to leave, The Post has learned.
“They wanted him out,” according to a source.
Dobbs, who a source said had a year and a half to go on his $12 million contract, shocked [...]
CNN:
A Republican congressman with a reputation for frustrating members of his own party is now saying he’s exasperated with the “hard right” element of the GOP.
South Carolina Rep. Bob Inglis, who is facing a primary challenge from four Republicans, told the Greenville News on Thursday that the Reagan [...]
Via Trace Sharp: Lou Dobbs has left CNN "to pursue other opportunities," apparently unaware that standing on street corners yelling about big government and foreigners is kind of a crowded field.