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:

• JUSTICE DEPARTMENT Michael Mukasey was sworn in as the new U.S. Attorney General on Friday.
• MEDIA Neoconservative FOX News constributor and Editor of the Weekly Standard William Kristol advises that the Republican presidential nominee would be smart to pick Joe Lieberman as VP.
• ECONOMY Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke forecasts a slowdown in the US economy.
• 2008 ELECTION/HOUSE Congresswoman Barbara Cubin (R-WY) will not seek an eighth term in the US House.  She will retire at the end of 2008.
  
• 2008 ELECTION/PRESIDENTIAL According to Political Wire, a New Hampshire poll that will be released later this weekend will show that Hillary Clinton's lead there has been "cut dramatically," making it a three-way race between Clinton, Obama and Edwards.
• 2008 ELECTION/PRESIDENTIAL Barack Obama has picked up the endorsement ofLenore Patton, who is the chairwoman of the Rockingham County Democrats in New Hampshire and is a very influential voice in state politics.
• 2008 ELECTION/PRESIDENTIAL Later this week, Barack Obama reminded Iowa Democrats that the party needs to bridge the gap to disaffected Republican and independent voters.  “I think there are a lot of disaffected Republicans, a lot ofindependents who are Republican leaning who are really disappointed,and so they are willing to give us a chance. But in order for us totake advantage of that opportunity I think we’ve got to have acandidate who can bridge some of those divides,” Obama said.
• 2008 ELECTION/PRESIDENTIAL Ohio Governor Ted Strickland (D) has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.
• 2008 ELECTION/PRESIDENTIAL General Election (Rasmussen): Obama beats Huckabee 49% to 38%.  Hillary beats Huckabee 46% to 43%.
• 2008 ELECTION/PRESIDENTIAL Among young voters 18 to 29 years of age, Hillary bests Obama 54% to 24%.  Edwards has 8.4%.

If we left something out, it's because we either wrote about ityesterday or are scheduled to do so in an individual post later today. Otherwise, feel free to add any stories to the commentbox.

Comments

[granny]

I have an uneasy feeling that, if the general governmental, societal, economic implosion continues, interest in the general election will wane too. Who could "fix" this? It's really too late for "fixing" - and even now Congressional behavior continues to pile on things that support the direction we're sliding, and depress the sense of hope.

This could translate into a carpet bagger election. The "people" are going to be looking for a loaf of bread for the kids, and a dry place to sleep...and while those may be phrases of poetic license, they are not overstating the seriousness of the predicament that looms ahead.