*Arlen Specter wins colleagues' support: GOP judiciary panel members unanimously back chairmanship/WorldNetDaily: I'm told by my sources in D.C. that this cat now has a bell on his tail. And he'll behave. We'll see. We'll see.*Veterans blast Pentagon for ACLU deal: Defense department denies Boy…
Earlier this p.m., I criticized U.S. Larry Craig for supporting liberal colleague Arlen Specter's push to chair the Judiciary Committee here. I just got this comment from his office.“Senator Specter gave his word to President Bush and has publicly committed to move the President’s judicial…
The Repubs on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which includes Idaho's Larry Craig (pictured), told all the religious conservatives to go back to the back of the bus now that the R's have gotten their vote again. Translation: All 9 of these guys support liberal Sen.…
DaveO, I think the Mayor and four of the six council members will want to avoid placing an advisory on the February ballot fearing the anti-BigD electorate will be successful and also torpedo the proposed library and emergency service levies. Like many others have said,…
I thought Big D said if people didn't want his beautiful flowers he would take the plans off the table. So why does he object to a public vote? If it's such a great idea, let the people examine it and then make an informed…
And the winner is ... Rossi ... by 261 votes out of 2.8 million cast in Washington state. Mebbe. There'll be a recount here. And The Seattle Times notes that suburbs that haven't gone Republican in two decades helped put Dino over the top here.…
I've been doing some thinking about what a new Internet friend said re: this blog: "The endless smack toward non-Bush voters is getting kind of old, don't you think?" He could be right. Since this blog began in mid-February, the prez race was front and…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.