Romney drops TV ads in key states — Mitt Romney hasn't extended his television presence into next week in South Carolina and Florida, an aide confirms. — Romney has been on TV for months in both, owning the airwaves long before his GOP rivals purchased their first spots.
It's a Fake — The Pentagon's version of the encounter in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday morning, involving U.S. Navy warships and Iranian Revolutionary Guard patrol boats is, at the very least highly suspicious. On Tuesday, the Navy released video footage and an audiotape to back its claims …
Study: 151,000 Iraqis died in 3 years after U.S. invasion — About 151,000 Iraqis died from violence in the three years after the United States invaded, concludes the best effort yet to count deaths — one that still may not settle the fierce debate over the war's true toll on civilians and others.
Where Paper Prevailed, Different Results --2008 New Hampshire Democratic Primary Results --Total Democratic Votes: 287,580 - Machine vs Hand (RonRox.com) Hillary Clinton, Diebold Accuvote optical scan: 40.121%Clinton, Hand Counted Paper Ballots: 34.703% Barack Obama, Diebold Accuvote optical scan: 35.756%Obama, Hand Counted Paper Ballots: 38.785%Machine vs Hand: Clinton: 5.419% (15,584 votes) Obama: -3.029% (-8,711 votes) [The difference between results from hand-counting and machine-counting do not necessarily signify that the machine-counting is wrong. Other factors may be involved. For example, voting machines may have been used in wealthier, more moderate neighborhoods. There may not be a causal connection between machine-counted ballots and differing totals. One cannot assume that machines are necessarily wrong while hand-counting is necessarily right. --Michael Rectenwald]
Violence erupts as Bush arrives in Israel Gazans greeted US President [sic] George W. Bush with more than a dozen Kassam rockets and mortar shells [!] on Wednesday, including one instance in which a mother and baby narrowly escaped death as a rocket slammed in to the Sderot house in which they were staying. Shortly thereafter, Palestinians said, two Gazans were killed and four were wounded by an IAF strike in Bet Hanun.
Study: 151,000 Iraqis died in 3 years after U.S. invasion — About 151,000 Iraqis died from violence in the three years after the United States invaded, concludes the best effort yet to count deaths — one that still may not settle the fierce debate over the war's true toll on civilians and others.
Where Paper Prevailed, Different Results --2008 New Hampshire Democratic Primary Results --Total Democratic Votes: 287,580 - Machine vs Hand (RonRox.com) Hillary Clinton, Diebold Accuvote optical scan: 40.121%Clinton, Hand Counted Paper Ballots: 34.703% Barack Obama, Diebold Accuvote optical scan: 35.756%Obama, Hand Counted Paper Ballots: 38.785%Machine vs Hand: Clinton: 5.419% (15,584 votes) Obama: -3.029% (-8,711 votes) [The difference between results from hand-counting and machine-counting do not necessarily signify that the machine-counting is wrong. Other factors may be involved. For example, voting machines may have been used in wealthier, more moderate neighborhoods. There may not be a causal connection between machine-counted ballots and differing totals. One cannot assume that machines are necessarily wrong while hand-counting is necessarily right. --Michael Rectenwald]
Violence erupts as Bush arrives in Israel Gazans greeted US President [sic] George W. Bush with more than a dozen Kassam rockets and mortar shells [!] on Wednesday, including one instance in which a mother and baby narrowly escaped death as a rocket slammed in to the Sderot house in which they were staying. Shortly thereafter, Palestinians said, two Gazans were killed and four were wounded by an IAF strike in Bet Hanun.
US 'plans Pakistan military intervention' Bush administration officials and intelligence chiefs have met to draw up plans for stepping up military intervention in Pakistan. US President [sic] George W. Bush's top aides - including Vice-President [sic] Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice - military commanders and intelligence chiefs had met in secret at the White House to debate whether to expand the authority of the CIA and the military to 'conduct far more aggressive covert operations in the tribal areas of Pakistan,' the Canadian press reported.
Cheney Impeachment (Bangor Daily News) There is another angle on this difficult question [impeachment of Dick Cheney], raised by Rep. Michael Michaud in a Dec. 21 letter to Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. "There is no doubt that at the very least this Administration has dangerously expanded the scope of executive authority and flaunted the constitutionally defined separation of powers," Rep. Michaud wrote... The specific alleged abuses of power will, for the most part, fade away when the Bush-Cheney administration leaves Washington. But the "dangerously expanded" powers of the executive branch cited by Rep. Michaud could remain in place.
Giuliani speech delayed by bomb threat Republican Rudy Giuliani's speech on taxes got sidetracked Wednesday after a bomb threat forced organizers to move to another location. [Was Giuliani the one who called it in?]
Ex-CIA official wants immunityAttorneys: Rodriguez won't discuss tapes' destruction without protection.
Bill Richardson dropping out.
The AP reports that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is ending his campaign for the presidency “after twin fourth-place finishes that showed his impressive credentials could not compete with his rivals’ star power. Richardson planned to announce the decision Thursday, according to two people close to the governor with knowledge of the decision.”
UPDATE : MSNBC has now reported that Richardson plans to announce his decision to drop out on Thursday.
The AP reports that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is ending his campaign for the presidency “after twin fourth-place finishes that showed his impressive credentials could not compete with his rivals’ star power. Richardson planned to announce the decision Thursday, according to two people close to the governor with knowledge of the decision.”
UPDATE : MSNBC has now reported that Richardson plans to announce his decision to drop out on Thursday.
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