The New York Times is reporting that Connecticut Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal, never served in the Vietnam War despite his claims that he did.
At a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut rose and spoke of an earlier time in his
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There are a lot of races this week — perhaps the busiest primary week since the 2008 season. Here’s a story from me about the five top Democratic primaries. Obviously, as I mention, there’s also the Rand Paul/Trey Grayson smackdown in Kentucky on the Republican side which it looks like Paul will likely win in a victory for the Tea …
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–With all eyes turning to Tuesday’s primaries, a Halter-Lincoln runoff looks likely in Arkansas, Rand Paul is crushing in Kentucky, and the Sestak-Specter contest is shaping up to be a squeaker.
—Nate Silver looks at how anti-establishment candidates may fare in general elections, …
For more than a week, I’ve been wondering why Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd and that committee’s top Republican Ricahrd Shelby haven’t introduced their managers’ amendment, the final piece that will allow financial regulatory reform to pass the Senate. The bill was scheduled to be finished, after all, at the end of …
Michael and Jay join me for this week’s podcast. Check it out:
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—NPR reports Deepwater Horizon may be dumping oil into the Gulf at 10 times the originally estimated rate, suggesting the spill has already far outpaced the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster.
–Congress is investigating and federal regulators are coming out the other side looking really bad.
–Obama is
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The first draft of history is always going to be controversial, especially when it’s on something as touchy as health care reform – monstrous legislation the full effects of which we will not know for years to come. So it should probably come as no surprise that Jonathan Alter’s take on Barack Obama’s first year in the White …
A few weeks ago, as Congress raked various Goldman suits over the coals for peddling financial products they had later bet against, some observers complained lawmakers’ ire was being directed at the wrong culprits. It was the ratings agencies, the critics argued, that had made these doomed-to-fail packages of debt glimmer and shine. (Our …
Ever want to be a Supreme Court Justice? Aside from getting a President to nominate you, all you have to do is answer this little questionnaire and let a few senators ask you questions about it.
TIME’s Katy Steinmetz pulls together the best lead I have read all morning:
In terms of Senate hearings, this one had all the right stuff: high stakes, passionate speeches, shutdowns and — as if that weren’t enough — astronauts with a score to settle. Not just any old astronauts either. Attending the Senate Commerce, Science and
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–Some initial reactions to the Kerry-Lieberman energy and climate bill here and here. Brad Johnson has a useful side-by-side comparison with the House bill. Our colleague Bryan Walsh looks at the big picture.
–The politics are a different beast from health care or financial reform. As …
What is it about Senator Lindsey Graham that brings out the Mr. Smith in the most inveterate politicians? First, Chuck Schumer unveils their working draft of immigration legislation in the vain hope that by making a good faith, bipartisan bid some other Republicans might sign on; the response has not been deafening. Now Senators John …
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–Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in Washington today for meetings with President Obama. Our colleague Tony Karon writes it will be a tense debate over when and how to strike a deal with the Taliban. Marc Ambinder describes the optics: “two parents who tolerate each other and cannot …
