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Vice President Cheney, Chef In Chief By Larry C Johnson Monday, 26 June 2006 at 20:08 The evidence now on the public record is overwhelming and, if we could have a jury, Vice President Dick Cheney would be found guilty of cooking the intelligence and lying us into war. Three remarkable and compelling pieces of evidence have hit the streets within the last two weeks. Let’s start with today and work backwards. The Democratic Policy Committee held a hearing on the pre-war intelligence. (…)

Reconciliation In Iraq: If Only Maliki Had Freedom Of Action Linda Heard, sierra12th@yahoo.co.uk Tuesday, 27, June, 2006 If left to his own devices Iraq’s new Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki has a good chance of uniting his fractured country and stamping out the violence. But there is just one problem. US internal politics appear to be thwarting his efforts.
On Sunday, Al-Maliki presented his Parliament with a 24-point national reconciliation plan that was backed by Sunni opposition (…)

A Call To Investigate The 2004 Election By Steven F. Freeman and Joel Bleifuss June 26, 2006
WE’VE ALL heard the story. Nov. 2, 2004, was shaping up as a day of celebration for Democrats. The exit polls were predicting a victory for Senator John Kerry. Many Americans, including most political observers, sat down to watch the evening television coverage convinced that Kerry would be the next president.
But the counts that were being reported on TV bore little resemblance to the exit poll (…)

Pull Out Of Iraq Now, Congressman Urges Cover-Up Of Haditha Killings Wrong, He Says By Elizabeth Baier, South Florida Sun-Sentinel June 25, 2006
American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran, U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said to a crowd of more than 200 in North Miami Saturday afternoon.
Murtha was the guest speaker at a town hall meeting organized by U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek, D-Miami, at Florida International University’s (…)

So What Is Bush’s Post-Iraq Strategy? By Ellen Goodman 06/24/2006 It was probably not the wisest metaphor to choose for a country with only 58 kilometers of shoreline. "Cut and run’’ is, after all, a nautical term. More to the point, one person’s metaphor for cowardice is another’s description of speed and survival. As for the other mantra of war debate? We’re still at sea on whether to "stay the (disastrous or not) course.’’
The good news is that the public seems to have finally (…)

George, We’re Not In Texas Anymore By David Broder Monday, Jun. 26 2006 The storyline of the week was "Republicans in Retreat’’ as major pieces of President Bush’s legislative program hit roadblocks on Capitol Hill.
The subtext was a largely unexamined cultural-political gap between the president and important parts of his core constituency, a rift that only now in his sixth year in office is becoming evident.
First, a quick summary of what happened. On Tuesday morning, House (…)

Judge To Tom DeLay: "Run Like A Rabbit" Parties Battle Over Texas GOP’s Right To Replace Former Rep. On Ballot By Joel Seidman, Producer NBC News Updated: 6:05 p.m. ET June 26, 2006 Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay, R-TX, testified at a hearing today in the federal courthouse in Austin regarding a lawsuit filed by Democrats who argue that DeLay is still legally the GOP congressional candidate for his district, despite his resignation from the House.
Delay said at the hearing, (…)

Iraq Drags Down Bush In Missouri By Jo Mannies, Post-Dispatch Political Correspondent Sunday, Jun. 25 2006
When President George W. Bush returns to Missouri on Wednesday, he’ll find hmself in politically unfriendly territory, a new poll indicates.
That’s an unusual predicament for a Republican who easily carried the state in 2004.
According to the poll, conducted by Research 2000 for the Post-Dispatch and MOV-TV (Channel 4), a majority of likely voters in Missouri now view the (…)

Poll: Majority Of Americans Want Withdrawal Plan For Iraq By Susan Page, USA TODAY Updated 6/26/2006 8:34 PM ET WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans say Congress should pass a resolution that outlines a plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday. Half of those surveyed would like all U.S. forces out within 12 months. The poll finds support for the ideas behind Democratic proposals that were soundly defeated in the Senate (…)

Voter Insecurity And The 2006 Elections By James Zogby (Monday June 26 2006) "Insecurity runs deep in America today. Despite macro indicators which point to a relatively strong economy, polls show that most US voters are insecure about their future. Only 29% say that the country is on the right track and many indicate concern with job loss." While most contests in a congressional election year are decided on local issues and personalities, national themes often set the stage in a way that (…)