Blue Radar

As I post each morning, here are some of the political stories thatmight not be worthy of their own posts, but are nonetheless newsworthy:

• There is a giddy sense of optimism inside Democratic circles about new private polling data that has just been released, which shows Democrats picking up between 9 and 11 more House seats in 2008.
• Four more U.S. soldiers died in Iraq, the military announced early Monday.  That brings April's death toll to above 100.
• Hillary Clinton will officially drop her maiden name, Rodham, as a candidate for president.
• John Murtha said on Sunday that as a way of pressuring the President to end the Iraq war, the Democrats could consider impeachment.  "What I’m saying, there’s four ways to influence a president. And one of them’s impeachment," Murtha said.
• After a five week absence while battling cancer, Tony Snow will return today as White House Press Secretary.
• If elected president, in order to pay for his universal health care program, John Edwards would repeal the tax cuts on those making $200,000 per year or more, and would impose an excess profits tax on oil companies.
• The Alliance for Climate Protection -- an advocacy group headed by Al Gore -- has hired Brian Hardwick, one of the best pollsters, who has had a considerable amount of experience during the last two election cycles.
• Iran has agreed to join the U.S. at a regional summit on the issue of Iraq.  It raises the prospects that the Bush Administration will engage in bilateral diplomacy with the Iranians.  If you might recall, having a regional summit was an idea that John Kerry recommended three years ago, but was rejected by Republicans.
• According to a column in the Boston Globe, a growing number of military experts consider Iraq an even larger failure than Vietnam.

If we left anything out, feel free to add any new stories in the commentbox.

Comments

[granny]

Using "impeachment" as a threat that would be removed from the table for a price is a NO GO.

These people are criminals on a global scale. And we've shredded our judicial integrity with "plea bargining", far too much as it is, outside this particular circle of actors.

Consider the reach of this crowd. Global!

FORGET IT. No deal!