The first multi-Swamper Cast.

Biden also chimes in: “Vice President Gore did what nobody else could do – he made global warming a kitchen-table issue. I am confident that our world will reap the benefits of his powerful call-to-action and international leadership for generations to come. Today’s award also recognizes that when it comes to climate change, there’s even [...]

The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times both have stories today on what the LA Times’ Greg Miller describes as CIA Director Michael Hayden’s “highly unusual challenge” to the CIA’s own internal watchdog. As he writes: The move has prompted concerns that Hayden is seeking to rein in an inspector general who has [...]

Gore says he’ll likely endorse a candidate this cycle. There’s speculation that it might be Hillary, if only to facilitate some kind of Gore position in the admin. Personally, I think he may have learned his lesson about getting ahead of himself; another frontrunner flame out (however unlikely) would suck. And she’s certainly not the [...]

This is an excellent piece in the Times today about the Mahdi Army. And, if you’ll indulge me a bit, it demonstrates the mind-cracking complexity of the situation on the ground in Iraq. Muqtada Sadr is the most popular Shi’ite politician in Iraq, mostly on the strength of his father’s reputation. His militia, the Mahdi [...]

Paul Krugman has a terrific column–reinforcing Karen’s Swamp outrage the past few days–about the Republican propaganda campaign to discredit a child. Krugman’s larger point is that this is business as usual for the latter-day Republican Party and also for much of the mainstream media. (Did CNN really buy the GOP disinformation? If so, shame on [...]