May 17, 2008 at 9:38 PM by David Pleasant
New England Cable News reports Sen. Ted Kennedy did not suffer a stroke and is not in any immediate danger. They also gave no indication of how long Kennedy would be there.
Watch the video report.
Update 10:09 PM ET: I had to remove the video from this site. It’s a tad unconventional, technically speaking, and was [...]
May 17, 2008 at 3:23 PM by David Pleasant
Apparently Sen. Kennedy is stable, which is indeed very good news.
“It appears that Senator Kennedy experienced a seizure this morning,” a statement released by his office in Washington said. “He is undergoing a battery of tests at Massachusetts General Hospital to determine the cause of the seizure. Senator Kennedy is resting comfortably, and it is [...]
May 17, 2008 at 1:40 PM by David Pleasant
CNN Teevee reports the Kennedy family said they are “guardedly optimistic” about Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Of course, that is very ambiguous. Not to put any spin on it, but just to illustrate the possible variances, Sen. Tim Johnson’s family was “encouraged and optimistic” after he had a stroke in December 2006.
Update 1:47 PM ET: CNN now [...]
May 17, 2008 at 1:03 PM by David Pleasant
Via The Caucus:
Senator Edward M. Kennedy was rushed to a hospital this morning in Cape Cod, where he was treated for a serious – but unknown – illness.
The Boston Globe reported that Mr. Kennedy had suffered stroke-like symptoms and was transported by helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The Cape Cod Times published a [...]
Jun 24, 2005 at 3:16 PM by Political Chase
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s report to Congress yesterday generated a heated debate according to The Washington Post. Rumsfeld was the object of a “scalding attack” and “some of the toughest questioning since the war in Iraq began.”
Not breaking from his or the administration’s prior position, he rebuked the notion that the war in Iraq is [...]