Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/01/clinton-reassures-leaders-amid-wikileaks-disclosure/
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Clinton reassures leaders amid WikiLeaks disclosure
(CNN) - The recent disclosure of secret U.S. diplomatic cables will not affect American diplomacy, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
No hiding place for Lib Dems in Brighton and Hove
Mark Collins from the Brighton and Hove Liberal Democrats has a letter in todays Argus saying that Brighton Lib Dems oppose higher tuition fees. He rightly points out that every Lib Dem MP signed the pledge to vote against any rise in tuition fees. “Being in government doesn’t change those views, and it does not [...]
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White House fiscal commissioners declare for/against final report
For those not glued to the hearing (watch it here) of the
National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, here's how the votes are shaking out so far.
Co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson obviously support it; they wrote it.
The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Budget Committee also announced they'll support it: Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and GOP Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire. David Cote, chairman and CEO of Honeywell International and a Republican, also said he will support it, as did Alice Rivlin, a Democrat who served as White House budget director under Bill Clinton.
The only no vote so far: Rep. Jan Schakowsky, R-Ill.
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, a Democratic leader, said he'll hold off on making up his mind.
The actual vote will be on Friday. Congressional leaders say they'll put proposals before lawmakers that get 14 of 18 votes from the commission.
Undeclared but apparently leaning toward a no vote: Dallas GOP Rep. Jeb Hensarling and Rep Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the incoming Republican budget chairman.
Source: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/12/white-house-fiscal-commissione.html
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Can You Tell Bush and Keith Richards Apart? A Fun Quiz
Context-free (and surprisingly similar) highlights from memoirs in the news.
Source: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/dick-cheney-weight-loss-3760516?src=rss
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The Tony Genco ATIP request
The Tories are concerned that Downsview Park is stalling on releasing information regarding Tony Genco’s tenure as that organization’s CEO. Genco is the Liberal by-election candidate for Vaughan and was appointed CEO of Downsview Park in 2005 during a round of patronage appointments by Paul Martin’s PMO. [embedded document]
Source: http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2010/11/the-tony-genco-atip-request/
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Niehaus, Jones picked as Senate leaders
State senators from Southwest Ohio snagged two of the top four leadership jobs this afternoon during a vote of the Ohio Senate’s Republican Party majority. Sen. Tom Niehaus of New Richmond was elected unanimously to serve as Senate president for the 129th General Assembly which begins on Jan. 3. He will be formally voted in [...]
Source: http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2010/11/30/niehaus-jones-picked-as-senate-leaders/
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Yawning at WikiLeaks CableGate Whatever They're Calling It
Two cents: The latest WikiLeaks docudump is not a big deal and does not reveal anything terribly surprising about U.S. diplomacy, either in the specific or in broad terms. Seriously: Is anyone at all surprised that our government's actual views of foreign leaders are not as perfectly reverent as its public statements about them? Would anyone be surprised to learn that other countries don't praise President Obama to the heavens in their internal communiques? Are we shocked — shocked — to learn that Israel and the Saudis share a common interest in (though not a common reason for) annihilating the Iranian nuclear arms industry? Of course not. I'm not. Matt Steinglass is not. Even Judith Miller (she of Scooter Libby/aspens fame) is not. But we're generally sensible people. We're not, say, the incoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee...
Or, say, Jonah Goldberg, who famously wondered why the CIA has not yet assassinated WikiLeaks' chief swami, Julian Assange. (So did one of our own, sorta.)
The reason is quite simple, really: Because Julian Assange is not a threat, and nobody with an ounce of brains thinks that he is. Hysteria over WikiLeaks is a feature of...
Source: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/wikileaks-cablegate-4032377?src=rss
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