From the WSJ editorial page, make of that what you will, but they assert that Admiral Fallon did not resign because he was against invading Iran, but he was against continuing to invade Iraq. Or something like that:

A fateful debate is now taking place at the Pentagon that will determine the pace of U.S. military withdrawals for what

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Over at The Monkey Cage, George Washington University political science prof John Sides draws our attention to something curious that is going on in Colorado, which had its caucuses back on February 5. As no one is pointing out nearly often enough, caucuses in most states are only the beginning of the process under actual convention …

We don’t have audio of the second Obama call from today, and I only took limited notes — but what I have is yours, after the jump.

There is Clinton conference call at 3PM, specifically on “Why Hillary is Ready to be Commander-in-Chief,” with a coterie of military (and intel) types: Vice Admiral Joseph A. Sestak, Major General Paul

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David Mamet writes about becoming a conservative, with surprisingly little attention paid to how his place in the world — as opposed to his thinking — may have changed over the years. He actually makes the argument that his thinking hasn’t changed at all, he’s just stopped fooling himself that his views were compatible with

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Or maybe this is more accurately tagged an update of my post from yesterday.

For all the conspiracy theories that are swirling out there, this from Newsday via TPM suggests that the feds and bankers may have had a real reason to wonder what Spitzer was up to.:

Spitzer last year had wanted to wire transfer more than $10,000 from his

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Over the course of my public life, I have insisted, I believe correctly, that people, regardless of their position or power, take responsibility for their conduct. I can and will ask no less of myself. For this reason, I am resigning from the office of governor.

Full statement here.

I wasn’t able to get a question in today, my apologies. But I noted some good ones in the last thread — thanks and of course there will, for good or ill, be other opportunities. Direct audio link here. Quote of the call: “Just because [we’ve surpassed them in the popular vote] doesn’t mean they won’t move the goal posts again… [next

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I’ll be on the Obama conference call at 9:45a so use the comment board to throw some good questions my way and I’ll try to get some good answers. I’ll be on the call and on my Blackberry so I’ll see your questions during the call.

After stirring up a controversy with her declaration that Barack Obama wouldn’t be leading the Democratic race if he weren’t a black man, Geraldine Ferraro now claims people are attacking her because she is white. (She later apologized on “Good Morning America” if “people think this was a racist comment”)

I am not the first to note the …

Centcom commander Admiral William Fallon has resigned. This is why you should care:

a recent Esquire article…stated that the admiral could be “relieved of his command before his time is up next spring,” in favor of a commander more amenable to war with Iran.

UPDATE: Weirdly, couldn’t find the piece that supposedly prompted the

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This from Stars and Stripes:

SEOUL — Just before sunrise early Monday morning, a bridge watch team on the USS John S. McCain* spotted a ship burning on the horizon off the southern coast of the South Korean peninsula.

The Navy crew went into action.

It turned out a commercial South Korean fishing vessel, the Sebong II, was on fire,

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Smart people acting stupid is a recurring theme in political scandal. Given Eliot Spitzer’s record as New York Attorney General, he surely knew that plenty of financial institutions would have loved to see his downfall. That’s one reason why the recklessness of his behavior is so remarkable.

One of the intriguing aspects of this case is …

Ferraro:

“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position,” she continued. “And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is.”

You stay classy, first wave feminist! According to the Page, Team Obama has already done the ultimate pushback: It’s worse that what

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