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:

• Fox News: Bush approval rating at 31% -- the lowest of any other Fox poll.
• Today, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will unveil a plan to force a vote in July to end the Iraq war.  This is for all the marbles!  The vote will call for a complete troop withdrawal by April of 2008.  The vote will likely occur after the July 4th recess.
• This is the web ad that may have helped kill the immigration reform bill yesterday.
• A 20-year study has found that roads in the US have improved, although they have become more deadly.
• The House of Representatives narrowly defeated a measure that would have defunded Dick Cheney's executive office, after the Vice President claimed last week that he is not part of the Executive Branch.
• By a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down Seattle's approach to desegregate schools.
• Hillary Clinton's campaign says it raised $27 million in the second quarter.  This will be mightily tough for Obama or Edwards to compete with.
• Bill Richardson laid out his Iran strategy: "The clear message must be this: Develop nukes and you will facedevastating global sanctions. Desist from developing nukes and you willreceive meaningful rewards, including robust security guarantees andguaranteed supplies of nuclear fuel from abroad."
• NH-Sen: Shaheen (D) - 57%, Sununu (R) - 29%.  Great news for Democrats!  Sununu is the incumbent.  If Shaheen wins, the Dems will pick up another Senate seat.
• A new Mason-Dixon survey raises questions about Hillary Clinton's electability.  NBC's Mark Murray: "[Sen. Hillary] Clinton is the only major presidential candidate --either Democrat and Republican -- for whom a majority of likely generalelection voters say they would not consider voting. In addition, she'sthe only candidatewho registers with a net-unfavorable rating."

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

Comments

[granny]

On the vote to defund Cheney's office:

"The vice president must know that no matter what branch of government he may consider himself a part of on any given day or week, he is not above the law," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel,

Okay, let's get at it, then!

[Chief Editor: Todd]

Oh, I know, I Granny! They need to stop talking about it and start doing!!! If Emanuel was really serious about it, then as a member of the Democratic House Leadership he would have got the votes in place to get it done. But no, the vote failed because he did not do an effective job to convince his own caucus to go along with it. That is a break-down in effort!