The Front Liners Stumble… As Predicted.

Captain Ed:

Recall the pushback when we linked to the Zogby poll that showed Hillary’s support eroding at the end of November? The numbers showed Hillary losing ground against all Republican contenders, and had some correlation with Rasmussen’s numbers as

WASHINGTON (AP) -(Via KOMO) A former aide to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., was in federal custody after being arrested on a charge of attempting to sexually exploit a minor.

James Michael McHaney was fired Friday from his job as a

Mark Steyn really should have his own category for this stuff.  The man is a master.

You can’t assimilate immigrants and minorities unless you give them something to assimilate to. It’s one thing to teach children their history “warts and

I’m not so sure about this one.  Ron Christie says it’s the beginning of the end for Hillary Clinton and her dreams of being president.

To be honest, I never thought in the first few days of December I would

Billy;

You had an Uncle that worked for The Rock?

(Sigh) I’d have loved to talk to him at length on that subject.

Yeah, OK, I picked up on just that one aspect of a full life. Then again,

The New York Times is reporting:

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 —New York Times- A new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains frozen, contradicting judgment two years ago

Gina Cobb raises a great point, and one I’d not fully considered

Sometimes just the right words at just the right moment are world-changing.  “Why don’t you shut up?” was not remotely as eloquent as “I have a dream” or

NEW YORK -(AP)- Take the V train _ back to 1937.

New York City Transit put a vintage 1930s-’40s subway train into service for one day on Sunday as a holiday treat for riders.

Called the Nostalgia Train, the subway

Jon Martin at the Politico:

Halperin has the big news: Mitt Romney will take to to the Bush Library in College Station, Texas, on Thursday to give a long-anticipated, much-debated speech about his Mormon faith and the role of

Well, what do you know… Ibrahim Hooper… the CAIR spokesman, and usually an Islamic Extremist Apologist, manages to surprise Uncle Bithead, this morning, as regards the TeddyBear case in the Sudan:

Even if Ms. Gibbons had the intent to

James Taranto, the other day(Via mail) speaks about Murtha admitting there’s serious progress in Iraq, and that the surge IS working….

Murtha does make the obligatory complaint about lack of political progress in Iraq, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that

As a railfan, I can’t pass this one up. The Pere Marquette, (AMTK 371) a couple days ago hit the back end of an NS freight in the Chicago area the other morning.  It took a bit for the details

CARACAS, Venezuela,Monday, Dec. 3 —(New York Times)- Voters in this country narrowly defeated a proposed overhaul to the constitution in a contentious referendum over granting President Hugo Chávez sweeping new powers, the Election Commission announced early Monday.It was the first

Dale Franks finds enough blame to go all around on this Beuachamp thing.

The subtext(…In the Foer article…) is that the Army should have been more helpful, and that PVT Beauchamp should’ve been more helpful, and that conservative bloggers should’ve

Michelle is reporting on more shoddy reporting… this time from NRO…

Ugh. This is bad on many levels. W. Thomas Smith, Jr., a former Marine and milblogger who writes at National Review Online’s The Tank (and whose work in