SATURDAY

When explaining his position on Iraqi reconciliation, John McCain told an audience last year, “One of the things I would do if I were President would be to sit the Shiites and the Sunnis down and say, ‘Stop the bullshit.’”
As Brendan Nyhan noted, McCain’s approach to the debate over surveillance laws is awfully similar, though less vulgar.
    Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican presidential hopeful, weighed in on the debate. When Mr. McCain learned that the House had voted down a 21-day extension and that the powers were likely to lapse at midnight Friday, he said: “That’s too bad. That’s very unfortunate. It’s symptomatic of the gridlock of partisanship here in the Congress.”
    To break the gridlock, Mr. McCain said, “people that are patriotic Americans need to sit down together and work this out.”
Oh, is that all. Why didn’t anyone else think of that?
Remember, when McCain went after Barack Obama earlier this week, he told reporters, “I respect him and the campaign that he has run, but there’s going to come a time when we have to get into specifics.”
The irony is rich.
ED NOTE: don't think for a hot minute that this will stop Bush just because it's now against the law,uh,uh

www.crooksandliars.com/2008/02/16/mr-vague-generalities-strikes-again/

Rell's Right Called Wrong

Democrats Want New Rules To Fill U.S. Senate Vacancies
It's a great political parlor game: Who would Gov. M. Jodi Rell name to the U.S. Senate if Joseph Lieberman or Christopher Dodd gave up his seat to join a new administration?
ED NOTE: usually,the replacement would have to be from the same party ...BUT..Liberman is an "Independent" !

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Guns dispute threatens Senate vote
from MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines
An election-year dispute over whether to allow loaded guns in national parks is holding up a vote on a massive bill affecting public lands from coast to coast.

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23194939/

Polls give Clinton campaign cause for hope in primaries -

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DNC has no firm strategy to end standoff -
Boston Globe -

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Unofficial Tallies in City Understated Obama Vote
from NYT > Home Page by SAM ROBERTS
Unofficial results from the New York Democratic primary reported that not a single vote was cast for Senator Barack Obama in about 80 election districts.

www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/nyregion/16vote.html?ex=1360904400&en=6114699040e9bc82&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Wisconsin vote seen as crucial to Clinton camp
from The Irish Times' Top Stories
US: For the first time in modern history, the small mid-western state of Wisconsin will play a pivotal role in US presidential elections when it goes to the polls next Tuesday in the latest phase of the battle for the Democratic nomination between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

www.ireland.com/newspaper/world/2008/0216/1203093372749.html

‘Present’ Perfect - 8 hr ago
Senator Barack Obama was not ducking his responsibility in the Illinois Senate when he voted “present” on many issues.

www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/opinion/16mikva.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss


Clinton: No On Illegal Immigrants ... -

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Obama, Clinton court Toronto supervotes -

www.thestar.com/article/304203