A Wisconsin cat goes out to explore and ends up in.....France! Do you suppose that her taste in cheeses will become more subtle? … [Read more...] about True Wanderlust

Rumors are rampant and speculation runs wild. (See last night's round-up of the pre-indictment scene.) Today brought more of the same (if no indictments or anything else of much substance). I won't add much here to Joe's recent posts on Plamegate, but I've done another round-up of reaction over at The Reaction, should you care to read what the brighter lights of the … [Read more...] about ROVE may be FITZGERALD’s target (and how Democrats should respond)

And so it's over. I have the last installment of my Miers Withdrawal Watch over at The Reaction. And now it's time to turn to the question of who the next nominee will be... My prediction: McConnell, Sykes, or Callahan. Maybe. … [Read more...] about Miers Withdrawal Watch — Part 5

Even as we obsess over Miers and Plamegate (and I've blogged about little else lately), Darfur continues to suffer through genocide. But does anyone care? I've got some of the latest here. This is very, very serious. We should all be paying much closer attention to what's going on in Darfur. And we should all be demanding that something be done about it. … [Read more...] about Death and despair in Darfur

Yes, how petty our preoccupations seem. Here's a post on Zimbabwe's so-called "dust people". Live8 notwithstanding, hardly anyone pays attention to Africa, let alone to Darfur, let alone to Zimbabwe. Yet Mugabe is terrorizing his people in an effort to "cleanse" his country of undesirables. Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless. How many have … [Read more...] about The nightmare of Zimbabwe

Yes, Denny's got a blog. And I've got some reaction. … [Read more...] about Dennis Hastert: The Blogger of the House

Bull Moose says the score is Bill Kristol 1, George Bush 0 and gives us our Quote of the Day.The President caved into the conservative mob. He let down a lady..... In his moment of need, the President will move far rightward with his new nominee. We now know that the indictments are coming and he needs the conservative posse on his side. This is a profoundly weak President. … [Read more...] about Quote Of The Day: Bull Moose On The Harriet Miers Withdrawal

It was a natural mistake:FREDERICA, Del. - The apparent suicide of a woman found hanging from a tree went unreported for hours because passers-by thought the body was a Halloween decoration, authorities said. The body, suspended about 15 feet above the ground, could be easily seen from passing vehicles. State police spokesman Cpl. Jeff Oldham and neighbors said people … [Read more...] about “Harry, Every Year Those Halloween Decorations Get More Lifelike…”

The New York Times reports that when the expected indictments in Plamegate come down, Vice President Dick Cheney's right-hand man Lewis "Scooter" Libby will be charged and White House political guru Karl Rove will remain under the Special Prosecutor's investigatory microscope:WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 - Associates of I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, … [Read more...] about Libby Indictment Likely And Rove Could Come Later

Will this be the lyric? The Plame endgame and Karl Rove is the same... Informed speculation is increasing that the endgame in Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation into who outed the identity of a CIA operative will come as early as today — with indictments. And reports continue to suggest that White House political maven Karl Rove is the prosecutor's … [Read more...] about CIA Prosecutor Reportedly Has Rove In Target

...interim definitions have to take the place of the more complete treatise that one would prefer. … [Read more...] about Upon occasion…

...regarding sanctions on Syria? Iran's call to destroy Israel? I give my thoughts over at The Debate Link. The Debate Link: Where other people besides Harriet Miers and Patrick Fitzgerald exist. … [Read more...] about What Should The UN Do?

Tom Noe, the major Ohio Republican donor and coin dealer who lost $10-$12 million worth of the state's rare coin collection, today was indicted on money laundering charges potentially related to the 2004 presidential election. The Toledo Blade has the story. A federal grand jury has indicted Tom Noe, the former Maumee coin dealer suspected of laundering money into President … [Read more...] about Major Bush Donor Indicted

I don't have many deep thoughts about the Miers withdrawal, mostly because I didn't have strong feelings about the Miers nomination. I do think this exposes, perhaps more than anything, the weakness of the Bush administration on its right flank, also its vulnerability to cronyism charges. Both, of course, could become important in 2006. But, as to the merits of Miers herself, … [Read more...] about Yay or Nay?

While I try to assemble thoughts on the withdrawal of the Harriet Miers nomination to the US Supreme Court, instead of saying something incoherent in an attempt of an immediate reaction that is typical of blogworld I offer two observations that seem particularly apropos of the moment at my personal weblog, Random Fate. … [Read more...] about Two brief observations

There's a lot of important events in the world today. Let's not forget that genocide is one of them. Eric Reeves has a must-read article over at TNR. Don't forget. … [Read more...] about “Put a Happy Face on a Genocidal Regime”

MOVED TO THE TOP BY HOLLY IN CINCINNATI: Others will likely post here during the day on the Harriet Miers nomination withdrawal, but here's just a small part of the early reaction: --Red State's Mike Krempasky: Ok everyone - back to the barracks, let's get ready to get behind a nominee we can support. (note: unfortunately for Erick - I was late in getting back to him with … [Read more...] about More on Miers Withdrawal

Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination to the US Supreme Court. According to CNN.com: President Bush on Thursday accepted the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, according to a statement from the White House. In her letter to the president, Miers said she was "concerned that the confirmation process presents a burden for the White House and its staff and … [Read more...] about Harriet Miers withdraws

Listening to the radio - NPR says that Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination to SCOTUS. … [Read more...] about NPR: Miers has Withdrawn

As a complement to Joe's great post below on the pre-indictment period, see my round-up of reaction from across the blogosphere (more from the left and center, however, as the right remains quiet). … [Read more...] about Plamegate round-up — waiting for the indictments