Rove Resigns, Effective Aug 31

(AP)- Karl Rove, President Bush’s close friend and chief political strategist, plans to leave the White House at the end of August, joining a lengthening line of senior officials heading for the exits in the final 1 1/2 years of

The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza is reporting Tommy Thompson has quit the presidential race. Rather unsurprising, since he said that if he didn’t finish well in the Iowa straw poll he wasn’t going to bother running any further .  He

Sullivan must be rubbng off on Bainbridge. Speaking of primary polls run in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Iowa:

What’s considered a solid hour’s reading in Iowa? The back of a cereal box.

New Hampshire? Smaller than Iowa. Whiter than Iowa.

The wiinner is …  The recorded vote tally went to Mitt Romney.  However considering all that Romney invested in Iowa and time and money, and lack of front line opposition. did Mitt win much more than a claiming race at

Yes, I saw the supposed showdown between Markos Moulitsas and DLC’er Harold Ford.  Nothing about it was surprising. Michelle notes it and links Hot Air.

Ford himself, any more, is fairly unremarkable… Being to me of approximately the same value

Very few of us ever get to say were the absolute best at what we do.  Merv Giffin was one of those few.  Griffin was unmatched as producer of game shows.   Griffin produced both Jeopardy and Whieel of Fortune. 

If you’ve not updated to version 2, you should. Trust me on this.

(The Politico) Former Sen. Max Cleland (D-Ga.) is joining the board of a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities, a group with links to Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) that has drawn scrutiny for its ties to defense contractors and

—AMES, Iowa —AP— Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won an easy and expected victory in a high-profile Iowa Republican Party Straw Poll on Saturday, claiming nearly twice as many votes as his nearest rival.

Is this the same Straw poll

CNN political ticker is reporting:

DES MOINES, Iowa —CNN— Rep. Ron Paul’s wife was hospitalized Saturday morning, the Texas Republican’s presidential campaign announced shortly before voting was to begin in the Ames GOP straw poll.

The campaign did not say

I pray I’m wrong, but it doesn’t look good.

Word on the live wire is that they’ve gotten into the area of the mine where they think the men are, and the conditions that are being reported do not appear

There is an old adage, which states that it is impossible to get ahead, if you spend all your time getting even.
James at OTB notes McQ’s rehashing of his take on the purposes, and utilities of ‘divided government, by

If Eliot Spiter were a republican in Washington,  the democrats would be talking impeachment.   As it is, Spitzer iis democrat in Albany.  But for how long?   Erick, Red State, has a laundry list of charges.

They should start yelling

Upon being asked, during a phone interview, for a comment on the vindication of the Marines at Haditha that John Murtha slandered, his staff responded:

Click.

We’re still waiting for you to apologize, Mr. Murtha. You already have no credibility. 

Hey Billy, even you aren’t aware of the scope of the attempt, here…. an unusual situation…

“The United States should consider implementing a European-style gasoline tax if it hopes to deal with energy security and global warming, the head of