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Dec 19, 2007 at 10:40 AM by Political Chase
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The Eisenhower Executive Office Building is ablaze. Vice President Dick Cheney’s ceremonial office is in the building, as well as NSC offices. According to news reports (MSNBC TV), highly classified documents are maintained in the morning, as well as documents required to be kept under the Presidential Records Act. The Secret Service White House visitor logs, which a federal judge recently ordered the administration to release, are also reportedly stored in the building.
Of course, media reporters are rapidly stating what is contained in the building, therefore, their accounts may be inaccurate at this time.
Update: The Secret Service has determined the fire was accidental and have ruled out any possibility that the fire was an act of arson. Wow! That was fast.
Oct 19, 2007 at 11:04 PM by Political Chase
Phony Pundit and Comedian Rush Limbaugh donating the $2.1 million proceeds from the auctioned letter that Harry Reid sent him may be the only honorable thing Dumbaugh has ever done. That is of course assuming what he did was honorable. Certainly giving the receipts from the auction and his alleged matching funds is an honorable deed and therefore a foreign concept to Dumbaugh, but in a rather indescribable way, I find the prevailing context of the matter disgusting and disgraceful. It’s a blatant mockery.
Pardon me for a moment while I stoop to the same level as the Phony Pundit. There’s always that magical if, so, if I had the wealth of Bill Gates, for example, I would have run the bid up so high Dumbaugh would not have enough money to purchase a single Vicodin for the remainder of his days.
What Dumbaugh needs to do is give the money, or a substantial sum, to the honorable soldier he slanderously declared a phony. But, if nothing else is gained, the Phony Pundit’s uncalled for remark reduced his dope discretionary fund by $2.1 million.
Critical Letter to Limbaugh Fetches $2 Million
After Rush Limbaugh referred to Iraq war veterans critical of the war as “phony soldiers,” he received a letter of complaint signed by 41 Democratic senators. He decided to auction the letter, which he described as “this glittering jewel of colossal ignorance,” for charity, and he pledged to match the price, dollar for dollar.
On Thursday night, Mr. Limbaugh, the conservative radio talk show host, said he thought the letter would bring in as much as $1 million. He was wrong.
When the eBay auction closed yesterday afternoon, the winning bid was $2.1 million. It is the largest amount ever paid for an item sold on eBay to benefit a charity.
The money will go to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization in New Jersey that provides scholarships and other assistance to families of marines and federal law enforcement officials who die or are wounded in the line of duty. Mr. Limbaugh is a director of the organization, which had total revenues of $5.2 million last year.
Oct 18, 2007 at 5:26 PM by Political Chase
This is off-topic, but needless to say it is important.
Torre Turns Down Yankees Offer
The Yankees offered Manager Joe Torre a one-year deal with a base salary of $5 million and the chance to make another $3 million in performance bonuses. But after 12 years and 12 postseason appearances (including four World Series titles), Torre turned it down.
Oct 14, 2007 at 2:07 AM by Political Chase
FYI - John Dean will be at FDL tomorrow (Sunday - 2:30-4:30 ET/11:30-1:30 PT). For those who may not be familiar with Dean, he popped the top on Watergate when he was White House Counsel to Richard Nixon. Dean has written several excellent books. He is a columnist at FindLaw.com and frequently appears on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. (More on Dean here and here.)
Dean’s new book, Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, is the third in a series of books on the Bush administration and those dastardly neocons. I have not read Broken Government yet, but the first two were excellent, especially Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush.
A detail review of the new book is here.
Bottom line - from my perspective, Dean’s books are must-reading. Even if you aren’t interested in purchasing his book, I’m sure the Q&A session at FDL will be time well spent.
The last time Dean was at FDL’s book salon, his responsiveness to questions exceeded the norm. Following is a copy of Jane’s post about the event.
Tomorrow’s FDL book salon is going to be a rare treat — it marks the return of John Dean, who will be here talking about his book Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches. John Dean, many will recall, was one of the most popular guests we’ve had on the salon, who took the time to answer almost everyone’s questions — and then came back the next day to answer those that he missed. (He even dropped an anecdote about Rumsfeld that made Nixon scholars and journalists sit up and take note.)
John’s new book is great, and we’re going to be helping him later in the year get copies to every Democratic congressional nominee. While incumbents have DC offices and are going to be easy to get copies to, we’re going to be asking folks to take books that John himself will pay for to Democratic challengers in their areas. We’ll be asking you to document your trips on Flickr and will be using them here on FDL (thanks to TWolf for scoping that out for us).
It’s an important book and I’m really excited not only that John will be here tomorrow, but that we’ll get the chance to help expose people to his work. Please join us with guest host Elaine Cassel of FindLaw on Sunday at a special Book Salon time — 2:30-4:30 ET/11:30-1:30 PT and have your questions ready.
Dollars to donuts you’ll get them answered.
Oct 12, 2007 at 5:52 AM by Political Chase
Al Gore has won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts “to spread awareness of man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures needed to counteract it.”
Source
Oct 3, 2007 at 12:32 PM by Political Chase
Ann Coulter was on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” this morning to promote her new book, If Democrats Had Any Brains, They’d Be Republicans — what a way to start the day.
As usual, the Coultergeist spewed her venom radical neocon views.
On Rush Limbaugh notorious statement about phoney soldiers, she said Limbaugh was taken out of context. On Bill O’Reily’s racist remarks, she said “the surprise part was inserted by people interpreting it.” She declared George Bush’s strategy on the “preeminent issue of our time” made him a great president, and starting the war in Iraq, and said women having the right to vote would be a “continuing problem.”
It’s all in the video.
Sep 12, 2007 at 11:39 AM by Political Chase
Headlines:
- Bush will announce troop reductions by next summer
- Schumer against White House selecting Ted Olson for AG
- Speaker Pelosi says Bush’s troop plan is an insult
- U.S. officials in secret talks with Sadr army since early 2006
- Not looking good for Ted Stevens - implicated in FBI video
- Vitter’s prostitution woes mount
- Judge to hear Craig’s plea for withdrawal
TPC Most Popular (updated 12:35 PM EDT):
The Bush Administration: A Perpetual Cabal
Disagreement between Petraeus and Fallon on Iraq
Summed up in 25 words or less
The significance of Petraeus’s testimony tomorrow
Rhetoric and nothing else
Iraq
- President Bush will reportedly try to sell Americans yet another farce Thursday evening by announcing that “he understands American’s deep concerns and therefore plans to reduce the American troops presence in Iraq by as many as 30,000 by next summer.” First, it is not a guaranteed reduction in troops since Bush is insisting that conditions on the ground must warrant cuts and that events could change the plan. Second, the troops were already scheduled to come out based on tour limits; Bush will simply not replace those ending their tour of duty. Third, the military overall cannot maintain the current troop levels in Iraq and continue to provide adequate protection elsewhere. If the military does not get a mass infusion of trained soldiers by next summer, the military will break; therefore, Bush has no choice but to withdraw the troops and place them elsewhere.
- General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Croker “conceded Tuesday that the Bush administration’s overall strategy in Iraq would remain largely unchanged after the temporary increase in American forces is over next summer, and made clear their view that the United States would need a major troop presence in Iraq for years to come.” the New York Times reports.
- “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Bush appears poised to bring the country back to where it was before the election that put Democrats in control of Congress — with 130,000 troops in Iraq. ‘Please. It’s an insult to the intelligence of the American people that that is a new direction in Iraq,’” the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
- In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday, General David Petraeus said he “did not know” if victory in Iraq would make America safe.”
- “U.S. diplomats and military officers have been in talks with members of the armed movement loyal to Muqtada Sadr, a sharp reversal of policy and a grudging recognition that the radical Shiite cleric holds a dominant position in much of Baghdad and other parts of Iraq,” the LA Times reports. “The secret dialogue has been going on since at least early 2006, but appeared to yield a tangible result only in the last week — with relative calm in an area of west Baghdad that has been among the capital’s most dangerous sections.”
Replacing Alberto Gonzales
- The White House is closing in on a nominee to replace Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, with former Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson considered one of the leading candidates, administration and Congressional officials said Tuesday,” the New York Times reports.
- Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), a leading Democrat and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, commenting on the potential nominee said, “Clearly if you made a list of consensus nominees, Olson wouldn’t appear on that list. My hope is that the White House would seek some kind of candidate who would be broadly acceptable.”
Scandals
- “Analysts said the political future of U.S. Sen. David Vitter again was thrown into question Tuesday after a former New Orleans prostitute vouched in person that the senator was one of her former clients,” the Houston Chronicle reports. This is the second allegation made against Vitter, who previously admitted he was a client of the now infamous DC Madam.
- “During a secret meeting to discuss what prosecutors say was a dirty deal to keep Alaska oil taxes low, two oil contractors said they had a powerful ally coming to town who could help stress the industry’s importance: Sen. Ted Stevens,” USA Today reports. “The FBI played a videotape of the 2006 meeting Tuesday in a corruption trial against former Alaska House Speaker Pete Kott, who is accused of taking gifts and favors in exchange for supporting oil interests.”
- “Sen. Larry E. Craig’s request to withdraw his guilty plea in an airport sex sting will be heard Sept. 26, just four days before the Idaho Republican has said he will step down from his Senate seat,” AP reports. “A spokesman for Craig has said the senator is unlikely to try to finish his third term unless a court moves quickly to overturn his conviction.”
Sep 7, 2007 at 1:41 PM by Political Chase
The Economy and Employment Declines
“Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the current market turmoil is in many ways ‘identical’ to that which occurred in 1987 and 1998, when the giant hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management nearly collapsed,” the Wall Street Journal reports (sub. req.).
U.S. employment lost 4,000 jobs last month primarily related to substantial drops in construction and manufacturing payrolls, indicating the crisis in the housing market is effecting the economy as a whole. It is the first decline in jobs since August 2003. See the report here.
Indeed, we need more Bush tax cuts for those with income in the top one-percent of the country. But fear not, the U.S. military has plenty of job openings with $20,000 signing bonuses to boot.
A Nation at War
“Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander in Iraq, has told President Bush that he wants to maintain heightened troop levels in Iraq well into next year to reduce the risk of military setbacks,” the New York Times reports. However in a token gesture, Petraeus indicated he could “accept the pullback of roughly 4,000 troops beginning in January, in part to assuage critics in Congress.”
In stark contrast to to Gen. Petraeus’s assessment, but more in line with the recent GAO report, the Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq recommended “disbanding the 25,000-strong Iraqi national police force [and] to redirect U.S. troops toward protecting Iraq’s borders and key infrastructure,” the Washington Post reports. “The report released yesterday…described the national police force as riddled with sectarianism and corruption.”
However, we can always depend on President Bush’s realistic assessment of the war, “‘We’re kicking ass.” Clearly, the president’s assessment bears the most credibility as evidenced by the killing of seven U.S. troops in Iraq yesterday.
In his customary recognition of the of the 9/11 anniversary, Osama bin Laden will reportedly release a new video.
Finally, on the topic of war, more than 50 years ago, the U.S. engaged in the Korean War, in summary, to protect South Korea from North Korea and the spread of communism. The war ended in a stalemate in 1953, however thousands of U.S. troops have remained in South Korea to deter any further aggression from North Korea. In another display of arrogance and stupidity in foreign policy, George Bush revised history, again, refusing to leave another sovereign country when asked to by its leader. Now the Korean War is about North Korea’s possession of nuclear weapons, which they did not have until the 21st century. According to USA Today:
President Bush had an awkward exchange over peace on the Korean peninsula with one of his prickliest allies: South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun.” Appearing before reporters after an hour-long meeting” in Sydney, “Roh suddenly pressed Bush to clarify what it would take for the United States to agree to an official end to the Korean War…. Bush said North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il would have to end his nuclear weapons program before a treaty could be reached.
Restoring the Constitution
In a devastating blow to the Bush administration’s longstanding abuse of power, U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero (New York) struck down the use of “national security letters†(NSL) — a provision of the Patriot Act — as unconstitutional. The judge declared the NSL’s violate the First Amendment and the Constitution’s separation of powers because the Act does not allow the recipient of an NSL (e.g. AT&T, financial organizations, Internet providers, etc.) to reveal its existence and does not provide appropriate judicial oversight.
“The House Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee took a step forward Thursday toward granting habeas corpus rights to detainees at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,” CongressDailyAM (sub. req.) reports. “The bill repeals part of a law enacted late last year, known as the Military Commissions Act, that barred such actions by detainees. The right would not apply to detainees in areas of active combat.”
Scandals
Resigning, not resigning, resigning. Who knows. Sen. Larry Craig and the GOP continue to flip-flop over his “wide-stance” in a men’s bathroom at the Minneapolis airport. “Idaho’s senior Republican congressman called on Sen. Larry Craig on Thursday to make it clear he will leave his seat by Sept. 30, as GOP leaders sought to remove any doubt that the embattled senator will resign within weeks,” the USA Today reports.
“Disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was arrested in Colorado late Thursday after he failed to show up for a court appearance related to a felony theft conviction,” the AP reports. “FBI agents took Hsu into custody at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo.” Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) said she plans to give to charity the $23,000 her campaign received from Hsu.
Sep 5, 2007 at 2:38 PM by Political Chase
I have some personal business I must address today, therefore posting will be limited. However, I’ve provided a brief update on some of the hot topics of the day.
Stay the Course
Contrary to President Bush’s insinuation Monday that troop withdrawals may be possible, the AP reports Bush’s advisers have recommend he continue his current failed strategy in Iraq and that Bush “is unlikely to order more than a symbolic cut in troops before the end of the year, administration officials”
Official GAO Report
The GAO’s official report on Iraq was released yesterday. Instead of failing 15 of 18 benchmarks as reported in the leaked draft report, the GAO determined 11 of 18 benchmarks were considered failing. According to The Gate:
Analysts revised their draft assessments after some back-and-forth with the State Department and DOD. For instance, GAO had initially characterized goals for the training and readiness of Iraqi brigades in Baghdad as “not met.” But after “the U.S. commander embedded with the units attested to their fighting capabilities,” and with the help of additional data, GAO upgraded its rating to “partially met.”
Bush Wants More Nukes
President Bush, meeting with Asia-Pacific leaders in Sydney, Australia yesterday, declared nuclear power is the silver bullet for global warming.
Nuclear power is a key to tackling climate change. If you truly care about greenhouse gases, then you’ll support nuclear power. After all, nuclear power enables you to generate electricity without any greenhouse gases. (Emphasis added.)
You just can’t hide brilliance can you?
Sounds like Mr. Bush is pursuing economies of scale. Employ the same concepts of his Iraq strategy into the country’s energy strategy. As I understand it, it takes approximately 10 years to build a nuclear power plant, which exceeds the time frame necessary to mitigate some of the most serious consequences of global warming.
Shifting Positions
Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his resignation from the Senate. Roll Call (sub. req.) obtained a voice mail message that Craig “inadvertently left at a wrong number.”
“Yes, Billy, this is Larry Craig calling. You can reach me on my cell. [Sen.] Arlen Specter [R-Pa.] is now willing to come out in my defense, arguing that it appears, by all that he knows, that I’ve been railroaded and all of that,†Craig said on the voice mail. “Having all of that, we’ve reshaped my statement a little bit to say it is my ‘intent’ to resign on Sept. 30.
“I think it is very important for you to make as bold a statement as you are comfortable with this afternoon and I would hope you could make it in front of the cameras,†Craig continued. “I think it would help drive the story that I am willing to fight, that I’ve got quality people out there fighting in my defense, and that this thing could take a new turn or a new shape; it has that potential.â€
Terrorist Attacks Averted
German authorities arrested three suspects planning to carry out “imminent” and “massive” bomb attacks on a U.S. air base in Germany and the Frankfurt airport. According to reports, the group “received terrorist training in Pakistan and had close ties to al Qaeda.”
Keeping Up with “Slick Willy”
Bill Clinton has released a new book, Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World. Maybe President Bush will move it to the top of his reading list.
Sep 5, 2007 at 10:46 AM by Political Chase
I don’t believe I have ever discussed topics of this nature here and don’t intend on making it a habit, but I am making an exception today.
Whoopi Goldberg, who has lived in New York or California most of her life, suddenly became a sociocultural expert yesterday on the South. In her debut appearance as moderator on “The View,” Goldberg attributed Michael Vick’s heinous dog-fighting crimes to being a product of his environment — living and growing up in the South.
Transcript:
GOLDBERG: From his background, this is not an unusual thing for where he comes from. It’s like cock fighting in Puerto Rico. You know there are certain things that are indicative to certain parts of our country.
WALTERS: What part of the country is this?
GOLDBERG: He’s from the South, the Deep South, and dog-fighting that’s pat of the thing…
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BEHAR: What about torturing and dog-murdering, though?
GOLDBERG: Well that’s part, unfortunately that’s part of the thing.
Goldberg’s statements were not stereotyping; instead they were an outright exercise in bigotry — regional bigotry. Even if Goldberg was stereotyping, her comments were unjustified and inappropriate.
Indeed, there are identifiable sociocultural characteristics that are commonplace to a given region, but that does not mean any one person is predestined to inherit them — if they exist — and in this particular instance, Goldberg is flat out wrong from several perspectives.
I grew up and have lived in the South most of my life, but I have also lived in other areas of the U.S. and in other countries. Furthermore, I have traveled extensively throughout this country professionally, which oftentimes required extended visits lasting months at a time. My point is, not only do I have insight into the South, I have considerable exposure to other areas of the country and the world that allows me to make reasonable relative comparisons.
Organized dog-fighting is not rampant in the South nor a part of the Southern culture regardless of race. In fact, I have never witnessed dog-fighting or anything similar, nor have I ever heard it as a topic of conversation. I can’t say statistically at what level dog-fighting or similar heinous crimes occurs in the South, but it is not occurring on every street corner or neighborhood nor is it part of the normal discourse as Goldberg implied.
Yes, the South does have “liabilities,” but every other region or locality has liabilities, many of which parallel or surpass liabilities often associated with the South. Education is generally lower, and in a few areas it is incredibly and disgracefully high. I can cite one county that has a literacy rate of only 37%.
Racism is indeed prevalent in the South, but I have visited other areas of the country where the percentage of minorities was low, but racism, on an observation basis, was considerably worse than in most southern cities. And, while the South has its reputation for rednecks, my experiences and observations have taught me the same rednecks can be found throughout the country.
Goldberg’s statements were arguably derogatory, at best, and further promoted the all too frequent improper and inappropriate characterization of the South.
Jun 28, 2007 at 6:28 PM by Political Chase
Wall Street Journal reporters did not show up for work today protesting the expected sale of the Journal’s parent company, Dow Jones to Rupert Murdoch (News Corp., Fox News, etc.). The protesting reporters are concerned about the potential infusion of Murdoch’s bias into the Journal, which has been a hallmark of Murdoch’s business operating model.
One of the reporters, Jim Romensko expressed his concerns in a post at Poyntner, a journalism school. ”We want to demonstrate our conviction that the Journal?s editorial integrity depends on an owner committed to journalistic independence.”
Emphasizing the reporters’ value to the Journal, Romensko said “We are reminding Dow Jones management that the quality of its publications depends on a top-quality professional staff…We put the reputation of The Wall Street Journal and the needs of it readers first.”
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The Journal’s reporters and other employees have a right to be concerned. Wouldn’t John Gibson and Britt Hume give you cause for pause?
Jun 18, 2007 at 10:21 AM by Political Chase
If you missed the talk shows yesterday, don’t lose sleep over it, except maybe Gen. David Petraeus interview on “Fox News Sunday,” which I missed along with “This Week.” Local programming confused my Tivo for “This Week” and I refuse to watch “Fox News Sunday.” Before the buzz, here’s a quick snip from the WaPo on Petraeus’ interview on FNS - this should get your attention.
Conditions in Iraq will not improve sufficiently by September to justify a drawdown of U.S. military forces, the top commander in Iraq said yesterday.
Asked whether he thought the job assigned to an additional 30,000 troops deployed as the centerpiece of President Bush’s new war strategy would be completed by then, Gen. David H. Petraeus replied: “I do not, no. I think that we have a lot of heavy lifting to do.”
Here’s the Post’s roundup from yesterday.
As an immigration overhaul bill is poised to return to the Senate this week, lawmakers from both parties showed little interest in compromise.
On CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) called the situation a “mixed picture,” saying the failure to eliminate the “Z visa,” a provision that would allow illegal immigrants to get legal status, “amounts to amnesty.”
Another Republican, Sen. John Cornyn (Tex.), said on CNN’s “Late Edition” that the inclusion of the Z visa makes the bill bound for failure. “The problem is this bill, I don’t think, yet meets the standard of actually, Will it work?” Cornyn said.
He said he would support debate in which Republicans could offer as many amendments as they desire. “I think people are profoundly skeptical with . . . this big, complex bill that was negotiated behind closed doors.”
But a prominent Democrat appeared unwilling to back away from his party’s insistence that debate be limited. “Last Congress, we passed in the Senate, through amendment process and through debate, a comprehensive immigration reform bill. . . . We didn’t insist upon indefinite amendments,” said Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.).
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), an architect of the bill, made an impassioned plea for its passage on ABC’s “This Week.” “To my Republican colleagues, this is the best deal we’re ever going to get,” he said. “It’s so easy to disagree with Ted Kennedy as a Republican because we disagree 90 percent of the time, but what we’ve done here is Republicans and Democrats sat down to solve a problem that no one party can solve by itself.”
Most of the news on the Sunday shows came from appearances by Ryan C. Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, and Gen. David H. Petraeus.
Jun 16, 2007 at 4:18 PM by Political Chase
Mike Nifong, the Durham County District Attorney, has been found guilty by the NC state bar on six charges of ethical violations. Nifong falsely accused and charged three former Duke University lacrosse players of sexual assault, however, the charges were eventually dismissed by the North Carolina Attorney General, Roy A. Cooper.
Nifong must now face another state bar trial that will determine what sanctions will be levied against Nifong.
Late Update: Nifong says he will not fight disbarment after being found guilty of the ethics violaitons.
Jun 9, 2007 at 12:44 PM by Political Chase
Sandy Berger, former NSA in the Clinton administration, was disbarred for taking classified documents from the National Archives.
Jun 8, 2007 at 7:46 PM by Political Chase
Moderator: Tim Russert
Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), former Secretary of State; Jeff Gerth, Co-Author, Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton; Don Van Natta, Jr., Co-Author, Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State Colin Powell joins us to share his thoughts on the Iraq war, the faulty intelligence and his role in the Bush administration. Then, presidential politics and the two new biographies on Hillary Clinton. With new details on her life and her political career, what effect will the books have on her campaign for the White House?
Moderator: Bob Scheiffer
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., and Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., face off over the immigration reform bill. More…
Moderator: George Stephanopoulos
Sen. John McCain, (R-AZ), 2008 presidential candidate - Stephanopoulos continues his “On the Trail” series in Iowa with Sen. McCain.
Roundtable: Time magazine’s Jay Carney, ABC News consultant Torie Clarke, ABC News’ Claire Shipman and George Will.
Amanda Fernandez, Poetry Out Loud national champion.
Moderator: Chris Wallace
Not available yet. Will update when Fox makes guest list available
Moderator: Wolf Blitzer
Carlos Gutierrez, Commerce Secretary; Sen. Evan Bayh, (D-IN); Sen. Jon Kyl, (R-AZ) - The immigration bill comes to a halt in Congress – will both sides be able to reach a compromise? Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Senator Evan Bayh, and Senator Jon Kyl weigh in.
Mike Huckabee, (R) Presidential Candidate, Fmr. Arkansas Governor; Gov. Bill Richardson, (D) Presidential Candidate, New Mexico Governor
Dmitri Peskov, Press Secretary to Russian President Putin
Carl Bernstein, author, “A Woman in Charge”
Moderator: Chris Matthews
Katy Kay, BBC Washington Correspondent; John Heileman, New York Magazine Columnist; Michelle Norris, NPR Host - ”All Things Considered”; Howard Fineman, Newsweek Chief Political Correspondent
Topics: Can Democrats win votes in 2008 by emphasizing faith? Will the battle over immigration hurt the Republicans in ‘08?
