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NY Governor Spitzer Tied To Prostitution Ring

Fox News is reporting that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer will resign this evening after a report showed ties between Spitzer and a prostitution ring. Spitzer made no mention of resigning during a statement to the press earlier today. More as it comes.

Bush and the Keys to the Veep

Not that I normally want to push the Weekly Standard on our readers or anything, but a lot of fat is going in the fire for Romney as VP, and that bears notice.

House Files Suit on Bush Administration

Plenty of information to go around on the next step in the attorney firing scandal.

Iraq Costs Escalating in 2008

The Iraq War will cost the U.S. $12 million in 2008, according to a new book. "The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict," by Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard professor Linda J. Blimes, challenges the more optimistic figures coming from the White House.

3 a.m. Girl Supports Obama

Clinton’s "3 a.m. phone call" ad is popularly assumed to have given her an edge in last Tuesday’s primaries. Now it turns out that one of the two children sleeping under the watchful eye of future President Clinton is a seventeen-year-old Obama volunteer and precinct captain. The Clinton campaign purchased the stock footage featuring Casey Knowles from Getty Images. Knowles, who was unaware of the ad until her family caught it on a "Daily Show" parody, joked that she should do a counter-ad with Barack Obama. According to this AP story, the Obama campaign has already contacted her.

Tucker Gets the Boot

Bwahaha. Via Crooks and Liars:

Insiders tell TVNewser Tucker Carlson’s 6pmET show Tucker is getting the axe, but Carlson stays on as a political contributor to all MSNBC shows at least through the 2008 election.

Water Supplied By Halliburton Sickens US Military in Iraq

Halliburton subsidiary KBR provided military personnel with unsafe water for personal hygiene, says a forthcoming Defense Department inquiry.

Bush Notices Something Is Awry

President Bush says '...our economy has slowed.' I'm glad we have him around to keep us updated on the situation. Otherwise we might have missed it.

On The Record: Tom Love

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Tom Love, the Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 24 for the 2008 election.

Wyoming Caucuses For Obama

Howdy Texas Blue readers! I'm checking in from the Looney Bean in Bishop, California to report on the Wyoming caucuses.

With 91% of precincts reporting, Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton 58% to 41%. CNN has called Wyoming for Obama.

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