Law Firm Dems Hired to Probe Attorney Firings Gave Heavily to Dem Camp
This is a developing story, so there's room for it to play out a bit, but the law firm congressional Democrats are hiring to help plow through the U.S. attorney firings, Arnold & Porter, has a history of heavy donations towards Democrats.From the last two paragraphs of a March 28 Associated Press story:[House Judiciary Committee Chairman John] Conyers , meanwhile, has signed
a contract…
Time's Tumulty: Attorney Firings Deserve 'Massive Commitment of Journa
Writing in the "Swampland" blog for Time magazine today, Karen Tumulty insisted the U.S. attorney firings deserved "massive commitment of journalistic resources" before going on to cite a study showing that media attention in the past few weeks has skewed heavily towards the non-scandal scandal:... And
before all our commenters jump on me, let me stipulate: I think the
unfolding U.S. Attorneys…
AP Story: Nonbinding Senate Resolution Is 'Budget
Thanks to "clever" writing by Andrew Taylor of the Associated Press in a Saturday story, it took a while to get to the most important point about the "budget" that the US Senate supposedly "passed." This writer's antennae went up on comparing the headline to Taylor's two opening paragraphs:Senate Passes Democrats' budget aimed at balance, keeping tax cutsSaturday, March 24, 2007Washington -- The…
Behind Kucinich: Will MSM Cover Hillary's Fifth-Place Finish in Dean O
At the end of his 2004 campaign, Howard Dean started Democracy for America, billed as a grassroots Democratic political action committee "dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government." Last week, DFA staged an online Dem presidential candidate preference poll. As a proud DFA member [meaning that I joined the email list], I just…
Alterman: Matthews Centrist; Olbermann Merely 'Taken for a Liberal
What does it take to be a liberal in Eric Alterman's book? In his current column at The Nation, The Many Man-Crushes of Chris Matthews, Altermann labels Chris Matthews a "centrist" that MSNBC sandwiches between the "right-wing" Tucker Carlson and "taken-for-a-liberal Keith Olbermann.""Taken-for-a-liberal Keith Olbermann"? Sounds like Keith hasn't quite earned his lefty wings in Eric's…
