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:

• GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney could be in trouble with the law.  It turns out that it is against Massachusetts state law to strap a dog to the roof of your car.  The crime is punishable by up to five years in prison.  (This will add to the perception by some that Romney is heartless, artificial and without conviction.)
• There is a notable increase in the number of Iraqi lobbyists on Capitol Hill trying to impact US policy.
• The House of Representatives has voted to give itself a $4,000 raise.
• By a 5-4 vote, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled against reinstating conspiracy charges against Tom DeLay.  However, DeLay does still face two money-laundering charges.
• West Coast Democrats want to investigate Dick Cheney's involvement in a 2002 water policy that lead to the deaths of more than 70,000 salmon along the Oregon-California border.  A court later ruled that the policy violated the Endangered Species Act.
• While issuing subpoenas to uncover the Administration's warrantless wiretap program, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman said this presidency was worse than Nixon's.  “I’ve never known an administration so willing to operate outside thelaw, even to operate against the law, in violation of the law, as thisadministration," Leahy added.
• The state of Louisiana will ban cockfighting next year, due to a bill passed on Wednesday.
• Speech writer Theodore Sorensen has published what he wants the presidential nominee to say at the Democratic Convention next summer.
• New Hampshire Democrats (Suffolk University Poll): Clinton - 37%, Obama - 19%, John Edwards - 9%, Richardson - 9%.  The poll also finds that if Al Gore was in the race, he would beat Hillary Clinton.

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

Comments

[Tony]

"The state of Louisiana will ban cockfighting next year, due to a bill passed on Wednesday."

I Cry FOWL and UNFAIR!! what next, no more Pit Bull fights? No more tying two cats together by their tails and tossing over a clothesline?

I was against those child safety tubes, you know the ones...ya put toys or parts of toys through them and if they get stuck the toy is deemed unsafe and it could cause choking. I'm a cigarette smoker and I choke all the time, and I'm doing just fine!

[granny]

On Leahy: "The senator added that that his committee has “not been getting the truth” and that if the administration continues to “stonewall” his investigation, “they should pay the penalty.”

Articles of Impeachment! Three.