Blanco Won’t Run for Re-election

BATON ROUGE -Gannett- Gov. Kathleen Blanco has made it official: she will not run for re-election.”I am choosing to do what I believe to be what is best for the state,” the governor said in a statewide television broadcast. “I

If A.J. Strata is right, and I sure hope he is, President George W. Bush is about to bitch slap Senators Leahy and Schumer.  I am no fan of Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, but I am adamantly oppposed to

Remember, there was much talk within the Kerry camp that Joe Wilson might be the new administration’s Secretary Of State. The vainglorious Mr. Wilson surely had his eyes on that prize.

And any concern about the secrecy of his

Jay Leno told his audience that Hillary Clinton said the vast right wing conspiracy is back. He then said that can only mean one thing — Bill is dating again.

Lorie Byrd, Wizbang,?

In their two terms as co-presidents, the Clintons waged an unauthorized, illegal and immoral war on Yugoslavia a war based on fabricated charges of genocide and ethnic cleansing.   A war for which, Mrs. Clinton has yet to apologize.

Now Mrs.

Does Mrs. Clinton really believe that the “Right-Wing Conspiracy Is Back:”

WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday described past Republican political malfeasance in New Hampshire as evidence of a “vast, right-wing conspiracy.” Clinton’s barbed

SOUTHERN ARIZONA (SGT NEWS) – Political maverick and Texas House member Ron Paul formally announced his candidacy for the president of the United States this morning during the “Washington Journal” call-in program on C-SPAN.

Do you think anyone is going

Chuck Hagel just called held a press conference. Hagel announced that he was not running – yet:

In an odd twist, the Nebraska senator called a news conference to say he would decide about his political future later this year

Well first it was that Mrs. Clinton was making ludicrous comparisons to Lady Thatcher.   The Iron Lady never stood for office on her husbands coat tails.

Now either having given up on the comparison to Lady Thatcher, or finding it

John Edwards would have you believe that he should be president.   Or course Edwards also argued that obstetricians caused celbral palsey.   Yet Edwards was the first candidate to cut and run from the Nevada debates, which were scheduled to coverd

This came as a Scooty Libby to me,  I had forgotten that both Hillary Clinton (House) and Fred Thompson(Senate) had both worked as staff lawyers on Watergate.   As they are potential rivals for the presidency, a comparison their Watergate careers

Is there a market for Chuck Hagel as a presidential candidate in the Republican Party? Short answer: No

Scott Johnson, Powerline.

… starts getting interesting, that is.

Former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker (R-Tenn.) is contacting powerbrokers in the Republican Party to build support for a 2008 presidential campaign by his one-time protégé, former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.).

Baker, who

Apparently the smoking gun has been found for Bill Richardson’s candicacy.   Richardson has busy hands and some women, rightfully, find it annoying.  Then that might make a Richardson/Edwards ticket a natural.

Not to defend Richardson, but as democrats go, Richardson’s

What I find easy to believe about Susan Estrich is that she is a blonde.   What I find hard to believe is that she actually managed a presidential campaign. Micheal Dukakis   That her candidate lost, is quite believable.

Estrich is