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...In two other interesting developments Wednesday, NBC Chicago learned that Jackson Jr. was given a phone call from the U.S. Attorney's Office the night before the governor was taken into custody, advising him that the arrest was imminent. Also, the congressman's father, Jesse Jackson Sr., has retained legal council following the Blagojevich arrest.

Biden's Tuzla Moment? [Greg Pollowitz] The Sun-Times reports on Biden from a fundraising dinner last night: "What I care about is: What in God's name is she going to do — along with John McCain — about the thousands of people who don't have health care?" Biden asked. He'll ask her about "The superhighway of terror between Pakistan and Afghanistan where my helicopter was forced down...John McCain wants to know where Bin Ladin and the gates of Hell are? I can tell him where. That's where Al Quaida is. That's where Bin Ladin is. It's not in the country of...

AT the Radisson Hotel in Nashua, N.H., Jon Favreau sipped Diet Coke and munched on carrot sticks and crackers to pass the time. His boss, Senator Barack Obama, wandered in and out of the room. Mr. Favreau, the campaign’s 26-year-old head speechwriter, found himself in the hotel lounge with less than three hours to revise what was to have been a victory speech. What made it particularly strange was that his words were being challenged. Mrs. Clinton had helped turn her campaign around by discounting Mr. Obama’s elegant oratory, saying, “You campaign in poetry, but you govern in prose.” “To...

Disgusting. Here’s the cover of US Weekly featuring Sara Palin and her Down Synrome Affected Child, Trig. Under the headline, “Sex, Lies and Scandal”, US Weekly - a magazine managed and edited by Jann Wenner, ultrapartisan Obama supporter. But the politics aside, this is simply unacceptable and I intend to call it to the attention of all parents of Down Sydrome children. If you want to make political hay - fine, but leave the children out of it. This morning I’ve spoken with supermarkets Publix Supermarkets, Wynn Dixie and Albertsons located here in South Florida, as well as Walmart to...

From NRO: Obama: "Just Tax the Heck Out of People" [Mark Hemingway] Buried in that 8,000 (!) word NYT magazine article about Obama's economic plan that I mentioned yesterday, is this bit flagged by Geraghty at Campaign Spot: “If you talk to Warren [Buffet], he’ll tell you his preference is not to meddle in the economy at all — let the market work, however way it’s going to work, and then just tax the heck out of people at the end and just redistribute it,” Obama said. “That way you’re not impeding efficiency, and you’re achieving equity on the back...

From NRO: Obama: "Just Tax the Heck Out of People" [Mark Hemingway] Buried in that 8,000 (!) word NYT magazine article about Obama's economic plan that I mentioned yesterday, is this bit flagged by Geraghty at Campaign Spot: “If you talk to Warren [Buffet], he’ll tell you his preference is not to meddle in the economy at all — let the market work, however way it’s going to work, and then just tax the heck out of people at the end and just redistribute it,” Obama said. “That way you’re not impeding efficiency, and you’re achieving equity on the back...

NRO posted the video: Obama in His Own Words [Kathryn Jean Lopez] You can't "burden the original decision" by bringing in a second doctor when an abortion is botched and a baby lives? Democrats don't surrender their consciences when they register to vote. If this audio — and if there is video! — gets around (without the U2 music), Obama's going to have a real tough time ... as he should.

Iraq faces dilemma over US troops US presidential contender Barack Obama has repeatedly seized on statements attributed to Iraqi leaders to support his call for a troop withdrawal deadline. The key statement cited by Mr Obama and others was made by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki last Monday in his address to Arab ambassadors in the United Arab Emirates. The prime minister was widely quoted as saying that in the negotiations with the Americans on a Status of Forces Agreement to regulate the US troop presence from next year, "the direction is towards either a memorandum of understanding on their...

BALTIMORE -- Federal prosecutors have opened an inquiry into allegations that two Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee employees illegally tapped into Lt. Gov. Michael Steele's credit history. WBAL-TV 11 News reporter David Collins reported the workers obtained the report in July while executing opposition research on the lieutenant governor. In June, the Republican lieutenant governor announced he had established an exploratory committee to explore a candidacy for the U.S. Senate (Full Story). Paul D. Ellington, Steele's chief of staff, issued a statement late Wednesday afternoon in reaction to the allegations. "Lt. Gov. Steele was extremely disturbed to learn about the alleged...

Some of you who watched Obama’s big “sweep Wright under the rug” speech this morning might have been greeted with this: You could laugh, but then you’d be a racist.

"Sent to Iraq" [Stephen Spruiell] I've received tons of e-mail about Obama's Afghanistan anecdote, which Michael Graham was the first to flag last night. The commentary breaks down into three criticisms of Obama's story, two of which are pretty damaging to its credibility. The first is that Obama said, "You know, I've heard from an Army captain who was the head of a rifle platoon." Captains command companies; lieutenants lead platoons. However, it's possible that Obama's captain was talking about a time when he led a platoon as a lieutenant before being promoted, so this isn't that problematic. The second,...

Why was Nancy Pelosi in such a hurry to adjourn Congress and skip town without dealing with vital national security matters related to the expiration of FISA? According to Amanda Carpenter at Townhall, the buzz is that Pelosi had her own very vital personal matter that took priority: Her daughter Christine’s wedding.

Clemens Testimony [Jonah Goldberg] This is making the rounds on the web: Clemens: You want answers? Congressman: I think I'm entitled to them. Clemens: You want answers? Congressman: I want the truth! Clemens: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has baseballs. And those balls have to be hit by men with bats. Who's gonna do it? You? You,Congressman? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for steroids and you curse HGH. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that HGH, while illegal,...

CNBC's Erin Burnett calls Bush a "monkey" - twice. Hilarity ensues Video

TVNewser has learned Laura Ingraham is joining FNC as the primary fill-in for Bill O'Reilly as well as for Sean Hannity on Hannity and Colmes. Ingraham will also contribute to other FNC shows. Ingraham will continue to host her daily radio show. No stranger to TV, Ingraham is often a guest commentator on cable news shows. She also hosted her own show on MSNBC called "Watch It!" (Full disclosure, produced by yours truly). >More: In a press release Ingraham says, "After years of guest appearances on FOX, I couldn't be happier about the opportunity to add my voice to FNC's...

Pelosi Wavering on Armenian Resolution Email Share October 16, 2007 5:39 PM ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Reports: According to Congressional and Bush administration sources, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is now unlikely to bring a resolution which would label the deaths of Armenians in a conflict more than 90 years ago as "genocide". Pelosi, as recently as Sunday on "This Week", has repeatedly said she would call the controversial but nonbinding resolution for a vote despite the opposition of the Bush administration and warnings that it could damage U.S. relations with Turkey. President Bush called Speaker Pelosi on Monday night and...

Inide Cable News has obtained an email written by Michelle Malkin that states she has quit doing The O’Reilly Factor… From: “Michelle Malkin” To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:04:58 -0400 Subject: Re: Michelle no longer on the Factor? I made the decision to quit appearing on the O’Reilly show in response to the poor handling of the Geraldo Rivera matter (the staged “apology” on The Factor was a complete farce). I won’t go into details, but please know that your support means a lot to me. You can catch me on other Fox News shows and read my...

FRIDAY'S GREGALOGUE: IRENA SENDLER The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this morning, and I'd like to congratulate Irena Sendler. Sendler was a former history teacher who rescued 2,500 children during the Holocaust and was a top contender for the wondrous prize. Back during the early 1940's, Sendler was a Catholic social worker who had gone into the Warsaw ghetto to rescue Jewish kids who were destined either to starve there, or die in death camps. She would sneak the kids past Nazi guards, sometimes hiding them in body bags, or would provide them with false documents - inevitably getting them...

Michelle Malkin  Fake war hero Tom Harkin smears Rush Limbaugh By Michelle Malkin • October 1, 2007 04:46 PM Is there any doubt that Tom Harkin is a MoveOn.org Democrat?None. None at all.Harkin on the Senate floor: Well, I don’t know. Maybe he was just high on his drugs again. I don’t know whether he was or not. If so, he ought to let us know. But that shouldn’t be an excuse. Why is Harkin counter-attacking so viciously?Maybe this has something to do with it:Isntapundit flashback: TOM HARKIN, FAKE WAR HERO.

REDHEADS are becoming rarer and could be extinct in 100 years, according to genetic scientists. The current National Geographic magazine reports that less than two per cent of the world's population has natural red hair, created by a mutation in northern Europe thousands of years ago. Global intermingling, which broadens the availability of possible partners, has reduced the chances of redheads meeting and producing little redheads of their own. It takes only one red-haired parent to produce ginger-headed babies, but two redheads obviously create a much stronger possibility. If the gingers really want to save themselves they should move to...