White Sox beat Boston: Sweep Series

Congratulations to Chicago for moving on by beating the Red Sox at Fernway 5-3.

Randy Johnson is getting rocked by the Angels. 5-0, bottom of the third.

Right-Wing House Twists Arms: Shame!

Brad Blog: Republicans House members DeLay, Barton, Hastert and Blunt held the vote open on a controversial energy bill until they were able twist enough arms for the bill to pass...read on

Think Progress :The House leadership held the five-minute vote open for almost 50 minutes until they could convince three lawmakers-The bill passed 212-210. As the vote concluded, opponents of the bill chanted in unity: “Shame, Shame, Shame!”

Fun with Little Green Footballs

Charles Johnson said I was laughing at the terrorist threat against NYC. I wonder how Charles was able to see me giggling as I wrote this post. You know Charles, if you have ever been on a train before in NYC and you look real close at the MTA routes that they post, there are quite a few crescent shaped paths. I wonder if it's an Islamofacist plot?

Meanwhile, Artios has found more about Judy's notes

Jeralyn says Timmy Flanigan's nomination as Deputy AG is gone.

Be back in a little while...and Jane's hair was very nice.

Supreme Court Watch has put together a collection of "off-the- record" statements about Harriet. Go to their site or click here to read what they have so far. As I read through the list, the words "cronyism" and "unqualified" keep popping into my head. I wonder why?

We're checking on them now.

When Christians Collide

Keith was on fire last night. Pat Buchanan threw James Dobson under the bus yesterday while discussing his outrage over the Harriet Miers nomination on Countdown:

BUCHANAN: Listen, I would be surprised if the Judiciary Committee does not subpoena Dr. Dobson and ask him, what were you told by Karl Rove and were you given indications that Ms. Harriet Miers would overturn Roe v. Wade?

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I mean, if he's indicated he's got specific inside knowledge that has caused him to come out for her, when everybody else is against her, or everybody else is doubtful, I think my guess is, he will get a subpoena.

I don't like either of these gents very much, but Pat nails it. What did Karl Rove promise Dobson privately about Harriet Miers that nobody else is allowed to know? How many of us are all broken up by this statement Pat made about conservatives?: "They're depressed and a lot of them are virtually heartbroken." You got the President you wanted. Now you're "Reaping what you Rove." I like that bad slogan. lol

Alan Colmes shuts Newt Up

(I got ten emails on this spot)

NewsHounds: "With the Bush Administration up to its eyeballs in political hot water, Sean Hannity and Newt Gingrich thought the most noteworthy political news of the day yesterday was Louis Freeh's (former FBI director) new book alleging that President Bill Clinton sought foreign contributions for his Arkansas library. Hannity and Gingrich were almost giddy in their condemnations.

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From Newshounds: But Alan Colmes argued vehemently that whatever Clinton did to seek contributions for his library pales in comparison to the breaches of security going on now in the Bush White House. Gingrich was obviously caught off guard and his smugness quickly disappeared. At the end of the discussion, Gingrich had to agree with Colmes that what's going on now is serious....read on

Bill Kristol: Plame-Gate distracting Karl Rove/Miers

William Kristol tells the Today Show that he was told and he gathers that Rove has:

Kristol: ...understandably been a bit distracted by this in the last few weeks and I think the White House errors over the last couple of months-political errors might be due to the fact that Rove just has to spend an awful lot of time preparing for this first grand jury testimony, and-and doing the legal chores you have to do when you're under this kind of-a-people look at you this way...

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So the Valerie Plame affair has disrupted the White House, is the cause for much of the bumbling and Karl Rove is a very worried man. My question is: "Who runs the White House?"

Kristol than goes on to say that Harriet Miers should think about withdrawing her name for consideration.

Kristol: Her nomination was a mistake...

He lambasted the President over this pick and says Bush doesn't understand how important this pick is for conservatives. Even Charles Krauthammer wants him to dump her.

How about the fact that democrats and liberals don't take kindly to the fact that Bush wants to install his crony gal pal on the Supreme Court with a wink and a nod while James Dobson knows more about her than the Senators.

Capitol Buzz has this: When a campaign committee sends out a memo saying "we're not worried," it means that they're shitting bricks.