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Giuliani and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day


y,"I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink...

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June 21, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (10)

In Full Bloomberg


"I've got the greatest job in the world and I intend to keep doing it," said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Wednesday afternoon, denying he currently has any plans to run for president as an independent. Bloomberg has said this...

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June 20, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (8)

Sicko


Filmmaker/provocateur Michael Moore comes to Capitol Hill today to talk about universal health care, alongside Democratic Reps. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, John Conyers of Michigan and Fortney "Pete" Stark of California. There's some interesting fact-checking going on of Moore's new...

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June 20, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (9)

Arnold and Bloomy's 'Post-Partisan' Love-Fest


"I have no plans to announce a candidacy because I plan to be mayor for the next nine hundred and twenty six days," said New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg at today's conference on what fellow attendee Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calls...

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June 19, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (7)

What did Johnny Mean?


Former Sen. Johnny Reid Edwards, D-N.C., is raising some eyebrows with remarks he made Sunday in Carroll, Iowa, (LINK) in a meeting with white, elderly rural voters. Edwards was arguing that he would be a more palatable Democratic presidential nominee...

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June 19, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (7)

Update: Latter-Day Saints


See Jake Tapper's previous post UPDATE: ABC News' Julia Bain Reports: Brownback has apologized to Romney. Brownback spokesman Brian Hart says the Kansas senator told Romney, "My campaign will not be in the business of theological comparisons.” Click HERE to...

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June 18, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (18)

Obama's Staff


For my part, let me just say that I like the presidential campaign staff of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois. They generally seem very nice and helpful, smart and professional. I say this because they may be a bit beleaguered right...

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June 18, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (12)

Tony Sleeps with the Fishes


Over on his blog (LINK), TV writer Bob Harris makes a most compelling argument that it's not even a question that Tony Soprano was whacked in the final episode of The Sopranos. "Tony Soprano didn’t just get whacked; he practically...

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June 18, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (17)

Latter-Day Saints


What do you know about Mormonism (LINK) beyond Donne and Marie (LINK) or the "All About Mormons" episode of South Park (LINK)? It seems there are a lot of questions out there as former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass. -- who...

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June 18, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (63)

Control (Now I'm All Grown Up)


One thing you likely won't read about on "HillaryHub" this morning -- the fact that she and her husband, former President Bill, may have close to $50 million in the bank….As well as the fact that he earned $10.2 million...

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June 14, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (20)

 

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