political influence

TO blogger Rachel Ferris writes the following dispatch from Denver about a Tennessee farmer's comments to Obama Rural Vote Director Todd Campbell during the sparse Rural Council Caucus session at the Democratic Convention:

Kay Brooks links up to a story on the so-called “predatory lending” industry’s growing political influence:

A Ford family member beat charges of bribery and extortion yesterday in his Memphis trial but he still has a federal beef pending:

Local Republican leader Bob Krumm, who once asked whether hurricane-ravaged New Orleans should be rebuilt at all, has got to be liking Senator John McCain's possible guillotine of the Lower 9th Ward:

Mark Rogers says that if Michigan and Florida get to have their delegates seated despite violating party rules then those early states those rules were designed to protect should revote as well:

The movie director has resigned as an artistic adviser for the Beijing Olympics, saying that China has not done enough to end the Darfur crisis.

I read on Drudge that former Duke lacrosse prosecutor Mike Nifong has filed for personal bankruptcy.  His filing indicates he has about $250,000 in assets and get this--$180 million dollars in liabilities.  Yeah, that could cause a bit of a financial shortfall.

I read on Drudge that former Duke lacrosse prosecutor Mike Nifong has filed for personal bankruptcy.  His filing indicates he has about $250,000 in assets and get this--$180 million dollars in liabilities.  Yeah, that could cause a bit of a financial shortfall.

The president will yet again show his devotion to diversity today by nominating a non-Texan to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General.

Michael Mukasey isn’t the typical Bush nominee. Unlike the last Attorney General, he appears to actually believe in the rule of law.