Is John McCain’s Campaign Over?

Bob Cusask, The Hill. is reporting what could be John McCain’s political obituary, “Democrats say McCain nearly abandoned GOP:’

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was close to leaving the Republican Party in 2001, weeks before then-Sen. Jim Jeffords (Vt.)

Peter Byrne, MetroActive, reports that Dianne Feinstien has resigned from the MILCON subcommitee:

SEN. Dianne Feinstein has resigned from the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee. As previously and extensively reviewed in these pages, Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member

I mean if we are going to have Mommy Dearest tell us “we are going to have to take better care ourselves” then let’s ban homosexual activity. Male homosexual activity. That is still, 25 years later, the way AIDS is

The Music: Maggie Bell, Suicide Sal

I’m not quite sure how to describe her singing. Perhaps the most public exposure she ever got on this side of the swim was singing alongside Rod Stewart, on 1970’s “Every picture tells a

Let me see if I understand this:

Congressmen and Senators can bring firearms into heavily-protected federal buildings guarded by permanent on-duty police officers, but residents of Washington, DC are not allowed to have weapons to defend themselves or their families

Never judge a Clinton by their words.  Judge their deeds.  Mrs. Clinton has bought yet another campaign endorsement.  The Associated Press:

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to help one-time candidate Tom Vilsack, who endorsed her on

Fred Thompson:

 It was an interesting coincidence that their announcements hit the news just as the military released Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s confession regarding his role in planning the 9/11 attacks — and a lot more. Of course, we didn’t really

Captain Ed, this monring, wonders if we’re not dealing with someone of variable loyalty.

Given Jim Webb’s predilection for carrying weapons and the unlikelihood of Thompson’s desire to go postal on Capitol Hill, it’s reasonable to assume that Thompson did

From the mailbag:

Dearest friends,

I am writing to you to ask for your help in shedding light on a perplexing situation I find myself contemplating.  I have selected you as a group to aid me because you have known

The House did something good yesterday.  It passed a motion to protect travelers from harrassment lawsuits filed by religious fanatics,  Audrey Hudson, Wsshington Times:

House Republicans tonight surprised Democrats with a procedural vote to protect public-transportation passengers from being

The more Obama campaigns and the veneer wears off, the more people will understand him to be a neophyte. Those of us who can count already knew this. For those who failed to realize that a two-year track record would

* The Music: David Lanz: Cristofori’s Dream.. The original Windham Hill pressing, not the Narada Remaster.

Laid down at Miramar Studios in Washington State, back in 1987 and released in 88, this album held the number one position in the

An aide to Virginia Senator Jim Webb, Phillip Thompson, was arrested detained by U.S. Capitol Police for illegal possession of a loaded handgun.  Senator’s Webb’s office seem strangly silent on Thompson’s arrest.

I actually believe that Thompson has right to

UMM NASER VILLAGE, Gaza Strip —AP- The convoy of the new Palestinian interior minister came under fire Tuesday as it arrived at the scene of a large sewage spill that killed three people and submered 25 homes in the northern

For a woman who campaigned on the promise to drain the repulican swamp, Mrs. Pelosi’s politics sure emanate the smell of swamp gas.   Fred Thompson is not happy with Mrs. Pelosi, audio, text.

Don Surber pegs the cost