Reggie Walton has ruled as expected: Scooter’s going to the slammer while the appeals process plays out. Sure, as Joe wrote the other day, this is gratifying in a vindictive way, but it’s also, uhm, whatchyoucallit… justice! I’m all for Libby paying a “personal price” for being an architect of the war, but I also [...]

Over at his blog Newpairodimes, frequent Swampland commenter Trifecta notes that Ann Coulter has found a new target: George W. Bush.

So how much does Stephen Spielberg’s support of Hillary really mean? I asked a few of the many DC refugees who now toil in La-La-Land. Their take: Not as much as you’d think. Money-wise, Spielberg isn’t much of a rainmaker; it’s not like he’ll be calling up Tom Hanks and the rest of his pals [...]

Sick of Washington’s inability to get anything done? So are a lot of governors and mayors across the country. Two of the them in particular, New York’s mayor and California’s governor, are doing big things on big issues that Washington can’t seem to tackle. Bloomberg and Schwarzenegger are the cover subjects of the new issue [...]

When you embark on any dialogue concerning God and politics, you can be certain of raising the ire of the most religious. I came to the decision to write a disclaimer at the beginning of this post not because I’m worried about “raising the ire of the most religious”, but instead for more selfish reasons. [...]

If you’re curious about what might happen once Romney is no longer advertising in a vacuum, the McCain campaign provides a web-only preview: I’ve been hearing for awhile that the ads other campaigns are the most eager to put out consist entirely of Mitt, and this is a fine example: You know, I have said [...]

Robert Bauer makes an interesting–if unconvincing–case for pardoning Scooter Libby over at Huffington. As I’ve been saying, I’m against a pardon for purely selfish reasons: If Bush doesn’t pardon him, Scooter may get pissed off enough to write a tell-all memoir or drop a dime on this awful bunch. My differences with the lockstep left [...]

As reported in the NYT this morning, Romney is spending a boatload of money running television ads in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and on national cable. No other candidate is on the air. Romney’s aides say the ad buys are the reason Romney has leapfrogged over McCain and Giuliani in (some) Iowa and New [...]

A second bombing of the al-Askariyah mosque in Samarrah, despite the presence of Iraqi Security Forces. AP is reporting some interesting details, if true: State television said Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki quickly imposed an indefinite curfew on vehicle traffic and large gatherings in Baghdad as of 3 p.m. Wednesday. Just before the curfew was to [...]