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GOP blocks Senate resolution for troop withdrawal

Republicans rejected a Democratic sponsored resolution that would require most U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq by no later than March 31, 2008. The resolution required 60 votes to pass; however the vote was 50 to 48. One Republican, Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon, voted for the resolution and two Democrats, Senators Mark Pryor (AK) [...]

Joe Lieberman on Meet the Press

George Bush has Sen. Joe Lieberman (D I-CT) so snowed, Lieberman is now no more than a mere echo of the President.
This video clip is from today’s Meet the Press show. Lieberman is now invoking 9/11 in the exact manner and context as Bush does.
The video begins with a brief statement by Sen. Chris Dodd [...]

Lieberman tighter than ever with Bush

During the 2006 mid-term elections, the Daily Kos gave Liebermann absolute hell. Michael Isikoff’s Newsweek piece today is a good example why.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, the only Democrat to endorse President Bush’s new plan for Iraq, has quietly backed away from his pre-election demands that the White House turn over potentially embarrassing documents relating to [...]

The speech

This was arguably the president’s most important speech. For starters, Bush’s body language revealed it all. The man looked and acted as if he had just messed in his pants and did not know what to do. It was the worst performance I have seen Bush give. Howard Fineman gives a good description: “George [...]