Hoyer Credits Surge for ‘Decrease in Violence’ in Iraq. Did the Nutroots Notice?

Fred Lucas and Kevin Mooney at CNS note:

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said on Tuesday that the troop surge, which began in June, has had a significant impact on the situation in Iraq and noted that he

WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed retired judge Michael Mukasey as attorney general Thursday night to replace Alberto Gonzales, who was forced from office in a scandal over his handling of the Justice Department.

So at the end of the day,

Eliot Spitzer has become the third rail of politics.

Michelle Malkin notes:

Lonely. He’s Mr. Lonely. He has nobody to call his ooown:

Democratic members of Congress, having watched Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton stumble on the question of whether states

Until about an hour ago, I had been concentrating on who won and who lost, and trying to make some political “Will of the people” sense about it all.  But no really clear picture came through until such time as

Some of the trends noted in my reading of last night’s election returns, so far:

So much for the left’s myth that a pro-life stance was the kiss of death for pols:

New Jersey voters had not killed a statewide

My reaction? Yeah, right, whatever.

WASHINGTON —Fox- Evangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson on Wednesday endorsed former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has struggled to bridge with conservatives some of his socially moderate policy positions on abortion and gay rights.

Yes, to answer the question of a couple overnight e-mails… I voted, yesterday. A local election, for the most part.

The initial tallies seem interesting… Democrats making gains in the metros, Republicans walking way with the prize everywhere else. Polarized,

Alas poor Tim Russert.   First Linda Hirshman  analogized Russert to Adolf Hiter.  Now,  and maybe even worse,  former president B.J. Clinton compares Russert to  John O’Neill

‘Rat folklore holds that John Kerry would be Presidnet but for the evil of

Sister Toldjah says in a post from yesterday:

The discussions over Hillary Clinton’s use of the victim card after her poor performance at last week’s Democratic presidential candidate debate haven’t died down. In fact, they seem to be intensifying.

There’s

By now, just about everyone is all over this Musharraf thing.

Perhaps it’s as well that I point you toward Memeorandum for the latest. Particularly from there, I’m finding The Corner to be useful. Also, Michelle is on top of

An interesting note from Glenn today. He’s apparently come to the very same conclusion I came to years ago:

DO NOT TRUST CONTENT FROM ANDREW SULLIVAN: I can’t go around answering all of Andrew Sullivan’s misrepresentations, but it’s telling that

Apparently, the press is desperate to get something in the paper to push Norman Hsu off the front page, and for the ability to say “They have crimnials too”. Via Memeorandum, The WaPo is an example:

Republican presidential candidate Fred

Captain Ed notes:

Pervez Musharraf has declared a state of emergency in Pakistan, apparently not content to wait for the Supreme Court decision on his presidential election victory last month. So far, he has given no reason for the declaration,

An interesting, but alas, not particularly shocking article appeared over at Q&O yesterday under the headline 8 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were registered to vote.

We all saw or are now familiar with the recent dust-up in the

Rasmussen Reports:

Tuesday night’s debate was not Hillary Clinton’s finest moment of the campaign season, but there has been little or no immediate damage to her standing in the national polls. In fact, if anything, support for Clinton has ticked