Big trouble. The Maliki government appears to be moving against Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army in Basra, Baghdad and perhaps elsewhere. Heavy fighting is reported by the New York Times, which also reports: The operation, which senior Iraqi officials had been signaling for weeks, is considered so important by the Iraqi government that Prime Minister Nuri [...]
Openness, transparency, tax returns! Also, sports analogies. Notes after Quote of the call, in response to Q about releasing pre-2000 tax returns — or maybe state senate records: GIBBS: I don’t know the address of the glass house Phil [Singer] must be living in. A close second: GIBBS: The definition of how one wins the [...]
These two emails came in, quite literally, two minutes apart, setting a new standard in rapid response: This, from the Clinton campaign, at 11:23am: Sen. Obama’s talk about transparency is just words — For all of his rhetoric about disclosure, Senator Obama hasn’t been forthcoming when it comes to his own record. http://facts.hillaryhub.com/archive/?id=6742 Fact Check: [...]
Totally partial attention on my part, for which I submit my all-too-frequent humble apologies. Audio on the way. Scattered notes after the jump. Audio when/if I get it. UPDATE: 2008Central.net beats us to the audio punch. There’s an Obama call at 11:30AM, EST. Quote of the call: PHIL SINGER: [Jumps in to respond to the [...]
David Paterson just can’t stop with the revelations: He’s had an affair! He’s used pot! Oh, and coke! Er, and perhaps misappropriated campaign funds! Pretty soon we’re going to find out he’s not really blind. Oh, and he once killed a man… with his mind. In other news, Hillary Clinton “misspoke” about dodging bullets in [...]
Thanks to Peter for making it much easier to sound so very smug. Here’s his much prettier version of my post yesterday. (Which I put together during the hours I was without the internets, if you must know…)
