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Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You (About Al Franken)
Al Franken says he’s running in 2008 against Senator Norm Coleman. Back in February 2005 Franken told the Forward that he was considering a run. Check out Jennifer Siegel’s recent reports (here and here) to see how the comedian-pundit has been laying the groundwork for his campaign and how he’s doing.
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Dodd: ‘I Made A Mistake’
Asked about his 2002 Iraq vote on Hardball yesterday, Sen. Chris Dodd took a different tack than “If I had known then what I know now” Hillary. “I made a mistake,” Dodd told host Christ Matthews. “I know you’re not supposed to say that in politics.” Asked about the situation in Iraq, Dodd said he…
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Rahm Emanuel: ‘I’m Too Thin to Get Squeezed’
Lynn Sweet has a post up about Rahm’s continued discomfort over questions about who he will support – Clinton or Obama.
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From Rahm to John
The Edwards campaign announces state directors for Iowa and New Hampshire … In Iowa, it’s Jennifer O’Malley, who previously served as the Northeast regional political director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee under Rep. Rahm Emanuel.
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Israeli Rightist Warns That Bush’s Iraq Policy Could Hurt Effort To Combat Iran
Efraim “Effi” Eitam, a leader of Israel’s right-wing Orthodox Zionist camp, is criticizing President Bush’s Iraq policy, saying it could end up undermining efforts to confront Iran. Eitam, who sits on the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and is the leader of the Renewed National Religious Zionist party, spent three days last week in…
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Where’s Giffords on Trade Agreements?
As the House Ways and Means Committee was getting geared up for Wednesday’s hearing with U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab, labor and environmental groups were busy on Tuesday getting out their message on the perils associated with fast track and the administration’s recent trade agreements. On a Tuesday morning conference call organized by Public Citizen,…
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Toaff: Why I Pulled My Book on the Blood Libel
Gabriel Sanders is reporting that Ariel Toaff has pulled his book on the blood libel and pledged any proceeds to the Anti-Defamation League. Here is the embattled professor’s statement…. February 13, 2007 PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENT By PROF. ARIEL TOAFF In light of the false and distorted interpretation given to my recently published book around the world,…
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Mr. Pipes Might Not Be Going to Brandeis
First Daniel Pipes was chased off the stage by (his words) “what appear to be goons of an Islamist persuasion.” Now the hawkish Middle East scholar has an oped in the Brandeis University Justice alleging that his invitation to speak on campus is being put on hold by a university of a Jewish persuasion…. “But…
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Mr. Pipes Going to Ackerman’s Committee
Last month I had a post wondering out loud about what it would mean to have Rep. Gary Ackerman — a staunch supporter of Israel who also has backed U.S. support for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas — chairing the House’s Middle East subcommittee. Well, tomorrow Ackerman is hold his first hearing — on the…
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Another Centrist Dem Cozies Up to Coal
Jonathan Miller – boychick candidate for governor of Kentucky – made nice with his state’s coal lobby at a press conference yesterday. Miller called for new methods to remediate the mountaintop removal associated with mining – that is, put the mountains back afterwards – rather than a halt to the practice, which involves releasing tons…
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The ‘Wiesel’ Candidate
Hillary Clinton is out with a statement condemning the attack against Elie Wiesel…. “The shameful attack on Elie Wiesel is a violent reminder that we must continue to speak out against Holocaust denial and against hate crimes that seek to silence free speech. Elie survived the Holocaust and has spent a lifetime urging us never…
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