Sunday Talk: Temperatures Rising Edition
Sunday Lineup Meet the Press: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE).Face the Nation: SoS Condi Rice; Rep. John Murtha (D-PA); Politico's Roger Simon.This Week: SoS Condi Rice; Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI); Sen. Sam...
View ArticleUS Attorney Daily Update (w/o poll): April 30, 2007
Your daily drivetime update on the US Attorney Purge...Today, presented to you by yours truly, as a temporary fill-in. The great chronicler cfaller96 is unable to post updates until his return on...
View ArticleUS Attorney Daily Update: May 1, 2007
Your daily drivetime update on the US Attorney Purge...Whatever cfaller96 is doing now, I’ll bet he wishes he were doing this instead...This diary doesn’t meet the standards of the series, but it is...
View ArticleAZ-01 Renzi Revival of Old Scandals
The Arizona Republic is reporting today that documents released by regulators on Tuesday may help revive an old scandal from his past.Rep. Rick Renzi paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes...
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Rick Renzi (AZ-01): Drip, Drip, Drip
There's good news and there's bad news for Rick Renzi, the embattled Congressman from northern and eastern Arizona, one of the nation's largest Congressional districts. But really, mostly bad....
View ArticleRenzi – Bush DoJ tried to rig election against me!
Hopefully this moron isn’t going to resign. He’s claiming that his election problems were caused by the Bush Administration and the DoJ – that the DoJ was engaged in electioneering against him. From...
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Overnight News Digest: The Gladiator Graveyard
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest.First order of business is a big Overnight News Digest thank you to skymutt and ek hornbeck for compiling the Monday and Tuesday editions. You both did super...
View ArticleAt Least 11 Members of Congress Now Under Investigation
While Congress has been busy dealing with issues such as the Iraq War, the U.S. attorney firings controversy, and the federal minimum wage this year, some members have had their attention diverted by...
View ArticleAh, for the days when GOP crooks were MEN.
What is it with Republican crooks and their need to hide behind the skirts of their women?Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) is calling on the Justice Department either to drop its...
View ArticleMeet Your Candidates: Ellen Simon
I have great respect for anyone who tosses their hat in the ring and runs for office. From local election to the national stage, it's a hard tough and not very pleasant road complete with too many...
View ArticleCode of Ethics for Government Service
This Code of Ethics is posted on the wall of my office's coffee mess. I see this on almost a daily basis when I go to get my morning cup of joe.I wonder if the President and VP have ever been exposed...
View ArticleAZ-01 Rick Renzi's New Democratic Challenger
A new challenger has entered the congressional race for the seat currently occupied by Rick Renzi. With all due respect to Ellen Simon, who I thought was a good candidate, this one may be even...
View ArticleWestern Round-Up - House GOP Incumbents Attract Dem Challengers
Cross-posted at An Enduring Democratic Majority.The Democratic wave that swept out of the Atlantic across New England and the Midwest in the 2006 midterms ran out of steam as it lapped up against the...
View ArticleWildlife Group Adds 5 GOPers to Endangered Species List
Fresh off their victorious campaign ousting conservative lawmaker Rep. Richard Pombo (CA-11) in the 2006 midterms, the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund has placed targets on the back of five more...
View ArticleIs Nobody Running in AZ-01?
Rick Renzi, the Republican incumbent in AZ-01 managed to keep his seat in 2006 following a vicious campaign against his Democratic challenger, Ellen Simon. Renzi, as you know, was a key player in the...
View ArticleCongressional Scandal Scorecard (Updated)
Quite a few corrupt members of Congress were swept out of office in last fall's election. And four Republican House members in trouble actually resigned ahead of time: Mark Foley (FL-17), Tom...
View ArticleAZ-01: Renzi To Retire
This is no surprise to anyone. My only disappointment is that he is not going to resign and give us an open seat shot. However, he's gone.
View ArticleAZ-01: Corrupt Renzi (R) calling it quits
He apparently wants to spend more time with his defense attorneys.Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) said Thursday in a statement obtained by Roll Call that he will not seek re-election in 2008, ending months...
View ArticleWhen the GOP is left praying for 3 of its members to resign!
Congressional politics is defying all electoral norms these days. Usually, parties fear retirements more than anything and do as much as they can to get their representatives and senators to run again....
View ArticleAppeal of and for Howard Shanker
The primary for Congressional District 1 is still months away, but this Sunday, September 30, is a key date in the race. That's why I'm writing now to make an urgent last minute appeal for you to make...
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