This comes via National Journal’s The Gate, which reports that Washington State Congressman Jay Inslee plans to introduce articles of impeachment against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales tomorrow. Jane Roh writes that it would take only a simple majority in the House to impeach Gonzales, and calls that “an entirely probablye* scenario.” Getting the requisite two-thirds [...]

Several people have forwarded along this video from John Edwards: Both “rival campaigns” and reporters speculated that the moment was some kind of gaffe, that Edwards looks unhinged and paranoid*. I suspect these observers are underestimating the level of anger and frustration that motivates Democratic base voters. There’s something weirdly perfect about how the video [...]

The good news is that all of Iraq could and did celebrate the victory of its truly national football/soccer team in the Asian Cup. As picked up by Drudge, the sobering news comes from the team’s captain, who says he won’t return to Iraq to celebrate because he’s afraid he’ll be killed — and that [...]

News of Thompson’s relatively anemic fundraising in June could put a damper on his big event in Washington tonight. It also calls into question the wisdom of Thompson’s decision to wait until the fall to enter the race officially rather than announcing in the spring or summer. Most of the Thompson supporters I interviewed for [...]

Over at Politico, Mike Allen reports that, for all the hype around the Law & Order star’s potential presidential campaign, Fred Thompson isn’t drawing all that much by way of box office receipts: Fred Thompson plans to announce Tuesday that his committee to test the waters for a Republican presidential campaign raised slightly more than [...]

We have posted here before about the attraction that Republican politicians seem to feel for Margaret Thatcher–or at least, for being seen with her. The Daily Telegraph reports that Rudy Giuliani is next in line to make the pilgrimage.

Some of the stories that’ve caught my eye in the past twenty-four hours or so. · “If voters vote with their hearts, [Obama's] experience problems might not matter that much. His candidacy also will test how voters assimilate their feelings about George Bush. . . voters are so depressed after the Bush presidency (seventy percent [...]