home (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
I am able to catch up on some recent verbals: D1 Minnesota has signed two players 6-3 MH Tori Dixon of Burnsville 6-2 OH Ashley Wittman of Shakopee Denver has signed four players S/RS Colleen King of Steamboat Springs, CO 6-0 OH Brea Muhle of Columbus Lakeview, NE RH Kate Oakes of Evergreen, CO 6-1 OH Cassie Ronda of Corona del Sol, AZ North Dakota has signed three players S Nikki Husfeldt of Andover...
Talking Politics (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
In the week or so since I posted at length about the meager outlook for women Republicans in elected office, I have some updates that seem to show the problem only worsening. First of all, as you probably know, DeDe Scozzafava was chased out of the race and, one assumes, out of the party altogether. Meanwhile, the GOP added two male governors, meaning that they now have 3 women out of 24 governors,...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
There was one Republican question mark left concerning the New Mexico gubernatorial race, and it was a fairly big one: former Rep. Heather Wilson , who gave up her seat for an unsuccessful Senate run. Yesterday, she announced that she won't run, saying that she enjoys her private sector work, and: "The Governor of New Mexico has no significant national security role - an issue area that continues...
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The 2010 midterms are just around the corner (sort of). Here's what's happening: Democracy Corps has Gov. Jon Corzine (D) leading his re-election race 43-38 over Republican Chris Christie; but a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll shows Christie moving into a 42-41 lead ; another Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll shows a dead heat between Democrat Bill Owens and Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in New...
Democracy for New Mexico (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Former GOP NM-01 Congresswoman Heather Wilson stated in an email received by Steve Terrell of the New Mexican and Wilson supporters that she won't be running for office in 2010: To every thing there is a season. I will probably...
Byzigenous Buddhapalian (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Here is part of what he said: Most significantly, I hosted a Health Care Town Hall meeting on Aug. 22nd. A thousand constituents attended the meeting and many more watched online. This forum, along with one-on-one conversations with voters across the district, highlighted that the single most important topic on people’s minds is health care. You can watch the forum online by clicking here. I...
The Brad Blog (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
I have come to see very little difference between CIA chief Leon Panetta's reported attempts to intercede in a Dept. of Justice investigation into Bush/Cheney Era war crimes and illegal torture by members of the CIA, and the reported attempts of folks like former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) and former Congresswoman Heather Wilson (R-NM) to [...]
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
Disagreement in stories told by Karl Rove and former Rep. Heather Wilson.
Walled-In Pond (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Cartoon by "Mr. Fish." Used Without Permission . More information came out yesterday. NM's US Atty during the period, and one of the six (?) fired for insufficient partisanship in office, David Iglesias, is at the epicenter of the new revelations. He was singled out by "Leather" Heather Wilson for not helping her enough in her (eventually, narrowly victorious) campaign, and she...
US Official Tabloid Gossip (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
RThe U.S. House Judiciary Committee today released transcripts of its interviews with Karl Rove and Harriet Miers and other documents related to the firings of several U.S. attorneys, including New Mexico’s David Iglesias, in 2006. It’s been known for some time that Rove was involved in the chain of events that preceded Iglesias’ firing. But I’m told that the transcripts, which...
Chris's Commons (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee released over 5,400 pages of emails from the Bush White House and the Republican National Committee regarding the controversial firing of U.S. Attorneys. You can read the White House emails here and you can read the RNC emails here . and what did the emails reveal? From Bloomberg : Karl Rove and other aides to former President George W. Bush played a bigger...
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
After having dodged legal and political processes all along, Karl Rove has finally been implicated (sort of) directly in the firing of David Iglesias, the former U.S. attorney of New Mexico. The House Judiciary Committee released over 5000 pages of White House and RNC correspondence, along with transcripts of testimonies by both Rove and Harriet Miers that happened behind closed doors. Documents show...
Three Wise Men (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
You know how right-wingers are always going on and on about crazy things they think that liberals are up to (" death panels ", etc.) whereas liberals are always going on and on about things that conservatives are actually up to? And how liberals are almost always actually right? Well on that note (h/t DougJ ): The dismissal of New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias in December 2006 followed...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
Yeah, we were right about the U.S. Attorney firings . (See above video, which is ten months old.) Even Karl Rove and Harriet Miers admit it now: The dismissal of New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias in December 2006 followed extensive communication among lawyers and political aides in the White House who hashed over complaints about his work on public corruption cases against Democrats , according...
NDN Blog - NDN Blog (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
The House Judiciary Committee just concluded a 2.5 year investigation into the firings of federal prosecutors under Bush, and the results are pretty damning. Most importantly, the report ties Karl Rove and Harriet Miers directly to the firings: The dismissal of New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias in December 2006 followed extensive communication among lawyers and political aides in the White...
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