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Americans shouldn't let President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney slip away quietly after January 20th and avoid further scrutiny of their actions while in office, Daniel De Groot contends. While New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) has been described as having ... READ MORE

The Corner
President-elect Barack Obama is acting like he's already president by planning to deliver a major policy speech in support of his stimulus plan and to travel to the Hill to meet with congressional leaders about the proposal, Kathryn Jean Lopez declares. Democrat ... READ MORE

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President-elect Barack Obama has returned to Washington, D.C. has brought with him some surprising plans to cut taxes as part of his economic stimulus package, Joe Sudbay writes. One reason appears for the planned cuts to be that he wants to collect ... READ MORE

Hot Air
Washington, D.C.'s economy might not see as big of an inauguration boom as once expected, Ed Morrissey suggests, noting that turnout expectations have lowered since initial projections. And things are getting ugly between President-elect Barack Obama's transition team and New Mexico Gov. ... READ MORE

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President-elect Barack Obama's plans for an aggressive stimulus package may face tough opposition from congressional Republicans who don't want to authorize the funds, Charles Lemos writes. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) is a fine pick to run the Democratic National Committee (DNC) ... READ MORE

Townhall.com
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine's (D) reported new job as Democratic National Committee chairman could help Democrats in his state, Matt Lewis says, wondering if Terry McAuliffe, adviser to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), could become the state's next governor. Jonathan Garthwaite, meanwhile, reminds readers to ... READ MORE

TalkLeft
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) may be having trouble letting go of his job in the U.S. Senate, Jeralyn muses after Salazar said he wants to make recommendations for district court appointees and a new U.S. attorney in his home state before he ... READ MORE

RedState
Americans have the Democratic controlled Congress to thank for the soaring national debt, Dan Spencer writes, pointing out that is has risen $2.5 trillion since Democrats took control in 2007. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is caught up in a pay-to-play controversy ... READ MORE

Drudge Report
Drudge's banner headline this morning reads "On Second Thought..." and links to a story about New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) withdrawing his name from the running for Commerce secretary amid an investigation of his political donors being awarded a state contract. ... READ MORE

The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post this morning leads with news that President-elect Barack Obama has returned to Washington, D.C. and has a busy schedule this week, one that includes meeting with members of Congress about a stimulus package and with former presidents about his ... READ MORE

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May 18, 2008

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@ 7:01 pm by Chris Good

The resignation of another lobbyist from John McCain’s campaign has liberals celebrating the presumptive GOP nominee’s vulnerability on the topic, while conservatives view House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) recent admission of progress in Iraq as proof that she miscalculated the surge.

Former Rep. Thomas Loeffler’s (R-Texas) resignation from the McCain campaign shows how hypocritical the Arizona Republican is on lobbying, Matthew Yglesias writes. McCain’s campaign is swimming with controversial lobbyists, Firedoglake’s Cliff Schecter proclaims, and The Stump’s Noam Scheiber calls a new MoveOn.org ad about McCain adviser Charlie Black’s ties to dictators “devastating” to the campaign.

But conservatives are more interested in how funny McCain was on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, where RedState’s Moe Lane enjoyed watching him mock the ongoing Democratic primary during one skit.

Pelosi has made a politically dangerous move in congratulating Iraqi progress, Power Line’s Paul Mirengoff warns. Now that the surge has provided room for political reconciliation, Pelosi’s prior statements on the increased number of troops appear wrong, Mirengoff says. An acknowledgment that the strategy is working means checkmate for the GOP on Iraq, Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey celebrates.

And Rep. Leonard Boswell’s (D-Iowa) primary opponent has made a shrewd move in challenging Boswell to support Barack Obama instead of Hillary Clinton, Open Left’s desmoineddem says. The district voted for Obama in the primary, and the Illinois senator’s upcoming visit could swing voters toward challenger Ed Fallon, desmoinesdem thinks.

FROM THE BLOGS:
Food for Thought - James L., Swing State Project
Mission Accomplished, Postdated - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo
'McCain Has Been Very Eloquent' - Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Corner
What a WHINER!!! - Carol Platt Liebau, Townhall.com
Barack Obama's Running Mate - DHinMI, Daily Kos
Down the Memory Hole - Kevin Drum, Political Animal
Has Bush Learned Lessons of Annapolis? - Jeff Emanuel, RedState
Pelosi Gets Cold Shoulder - Michael Goldfard, The Weekly Standard
McCain and the Lobbyists, Part 1 - Marc Ambinder
John the Con Backstabs Wind Power - Phoenix Woman, Firedoglake

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Kennedy Awaiting Test Results at Boston Hospital - AP
Rival Camps Plan Inevitable Merger - Washington Post
McCain Pokes Fun at Himself on SNL - The Hill
U.S. Tries to Put Spotlight on Cuban Prisoners - AFP

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  1. I was a refugee in 1957 from a communist country, After 5 years of living in France, I finally received a permission to emigrate to the US. After becoming a citizen in 1967 I got to read our newspapers and listen to TV news. I was flabbergasted by the far-left slant in all major news outlets. So much so that, among friends, I rechristened the New York Times to the New York Pravda; the Washington Post to the Washington Izvyestya; the Los Angeles Times to the LA Rude Pravo; the Boston Herald to the Boston Borba; etc. The NBC, ABC, and CBS were all and still are indistinguishable from the TV "NEWS" from the old Soviet Block countries. To discover the far-left, marxist, bias in most major news outlets in the US today is nothing but the very old news indeed.
    Marc Jeric, Las Vegas

    Comment by Marc Jeric — May 19, 2008 @ 6:19 pm

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