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:

• The Senate Judiciary Committee is demanding information and documents from the Justice Department on the secret order Alberto Gonzales gave in March of 2006, which handed aides Kyle Sampson and Monica Goodling unprecedented power to hire and fire U.S. attorneys.
• The military blogging era has come to an end.  The U.S. Army has ordered all officers to stop posting on blogs and sending out personal email messages, unless it is cleared by superiors.
• According to the political futures market, Hillary Clinton has a 47% chance of getting the nomination, followed by Obama at 31%, Gore at 10%, and Edwards at 7%.  As Political Wire points out, political futures markets are often more reliable than pundits.
• News Corp, the company that owns Fox News, is offering $5 billion to buy Dow Jones & Co, which owns the Wall Street Journal.  Dow Jones & Co's shareholders strongly oppose the deal.
• Barack Obama has taken control of a MySpace page in his name that was formerly owned by a supporter named Joe Anthony.  There was a dispute in the handover.  Anthony wanted $39,000.  The Obama Campaign would not give that to him.  MySpace came in and settled it.
• New Jersey Democratic Poll: Clinton - 40%, Obama - 23%, Edwards - 12%.  Remember though, this survey was conducted by a Strategic Vision, a GOP polling company.
• Rasmussen National Democratic Poll: Obama - 32%, Clinton - 30%, Edwards - 17%, no other candidate topped 3%.
• President Bush is not only the decider, but the commander guy as well.  That was what he said yesterday.  "The question is, 'Who ought to make that decision, the Congress or thecommanders?,'"’ Mr. Bush said. “As you know, my position is clear – I’mthe commander guy.”
• Three U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq on Wednesday when their vehicles were struck by improvised explosive devices.

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

Comments

[granny]

~ I think it is worthy of note that among the Democratic "candidates" , John Edwards is the one who has made a prominent issue of asking Congress to stand firm on a withdrawal deadline; and of emphasizing that the electorate supports them, and has expectations of them. John Edwards, and he alone.

I find the silence from other candidates on this topic notable.

This is what's happening NOW. Not tomorrow. Not "when I'm elected" Now. And it's big. Huge.

Edwards is working, not just "campaigning".

[Tony]

"The military blogging era has come to an end. The U.S. Army has ordered all officers to stop posting on blogs and sending out personal email messages, unless it is cleared by superiors."

Hopefully with a few changes in the "about" tabs on the blogs, the soldiers will pass the info to a friend or family member, which would be posted.

[Tony]

Movie: The Fool on the Hill
staring.

George Bush: The Commander Guy
Rumsfeld: The Fall Guy
Gonzales: The Loyal "Capo"
Rice: The Incompetent "Gal Friday" (understudy for Chuckie"
etc etc

[dguzman]

When is someone going to run on the platform of fixing the royal goatf*ck that these guys have made of our government, our world reputation, and our country? I'd vote for that person!