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2007.06.27

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:

  • Michael Moore will appear on the Daily Show Wednesday night, and on Larry King Live this Friday to promote his new movie SICKO.
  • CNN: 38% of Republican-leaning voters now oppose the Iraq war.
  • In 1960, the CIA sought the help of mobsters to kill Cuban president Fidel Castro.
  • Following Repoublican Senator Richard Lugar's comments in support of troop redeployment, Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) chimed in as well.  Voinovich wrote a letter to the White House asking for "a comprehensive plan for our country's gradual military disengagement" from Iraq.  He added, "I am also concerned that we are running out of time."  Senator John Warner (R-VA) is coming around as well.  He called Lugar's comments about Iraq "an important and sincere contribution" to the debate.
  • The White House has agreed to hold a meeting with Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN), who voiced support of the Democratic plan to redeploy troops out of Iraq.
  • Congressman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) reiterated his idea to defund Dick Cheney's office if he continues to insist he is not part of the Executive Branch.  "The vice president has a choice to make," Emanuel said. "If he believeshis legal case, his office has no business being funded as part of theexecutive branch."
  • On Tuesday night, billionaire businessman Warren Buffet held a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton.  They raised about $1 million for her presidential campaign.
  • Rudolph Giuliani is accusing former President Bill Clinton of not doing enough to respond to the 1993 terrorist attack on the World Trade Centers.  (Even though Clinton had prosecuted all that were involved, and no al Qaeda link was discovered until years later.)
  • Even though Al Gore is not running for president, some of his supporters are launching Gorehub.com, which features updated news stories about the former Vice President.
  • Georgia Democrats (Strategic Vision): Clinton - 29%, Obama - 26%, Edwards - 18%, Richardson - 7%
  • A new MTV/New York Times/CBS Poll finds that young Americans are turning left.

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

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