The Texas Blue: News
Obama Projected To Win Mississippi
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 6:42pm
NBC News has called the Mississippi primary a win for Senator Obama.
Voter Registration Up In PA
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 5:00pm
65,000 new Democrats have registered to vote in the upcoming April 22 contests.
Strange Tales from the State Senate
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 3:48pm
The Dallas Morning News reports that an aide for Texas State Senator Bob Duell has been up to all kinds of hijinx:
A veteran Capitol staffer resigned Monday over allegations he impersonated both a state representative and a newspaper reporter in the last month – first to sway a state primary race, then to glean information on an ethics complaint against his boss.
A Results-Oriented Approach
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 3:06pm
Tabulating caucus results when everybody decides to vote is hard, and takes time.
Admiral Fallon to Resign
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 1:33pm
We just got a news alert from Politico with the following text, although no corroborating story seems to be on their page:
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Adm. William Fallon will step down as head of the U.S. Central Command.
Update: It's official — DOD media relations have just confirmed via phone that Admiral Fallon is retiring and resigning his post. A little background on Fallon's relationship with the Bush administration and the infighting over war with Iran after the jump.
The March to $150
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 12:36pm
Oil hit $109 per barrel today. Many people focus on the psychological value attached to a number like $100, as a threshold between something the American people could stomach and something the American people will have a serious problem with. What I have a serious problem with is the math behind the increases: in the last three weeks, the market unit price of oil has increased by 10 percent. As far as I'm concerned, that's worse than the arbitrary importance that everyone hung on $100.
News Roundup, 3/11/08: Spitzer and the Feds
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 10:44am
In an otherwise fairly slow news cycle, the Big Deal was a federal wiretap being released that tied New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to a prostitution ring.
The Mississippi Primary
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 10:05am
Lest we forget that Mississippi votes today in the last contest before Pennsylvania. 33 delegates are at stake and Obama appears to have a pretty commanding lead in the polls there. Here: avail yourself of Hufffington's massive compilation of news and happenings concerning today's contest.
Ciresi Quits Minnesota Senate Race
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 9:33am
Mike Ciresi, who had been competing for the DFL nomination to run against Senator Norm Coleman in Minnesota, quit the race yesterday, saying he wanted to avoid a floor fight at the state convention. The two remaining major candidates are Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, and of course, Al Franken.