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On The Hill: Republicans Unveil Themes, Speakers Of Their St. Paul Convention

Republicans will gather early next month in St. Paul, Minn., to officially nominate Sen. John McCain of Arizona as their 2008 presidential nominee under the overarching theme of "Country First," according to a GOP announcement.

Former N.C. Senator and conservative firebrand Jesse Helms dies on Independence Day. He was 86. :: W

Jesse Helms, the firebrand United States senator whose outspoken, conservative views polarized North Carolina and U.S. voters for decades, died at 1:15 a.m. Friday in Raleigh, according to John Dodd, president of the Jesse Helms Center.

"I thought he died years ago".

why does Chris Matthews keep saying African-Americans aren't "regular people"?

The past several months have brought a congealing conventional wisdom among many reporters and pundits that MSNBC is lurching to the left. It is perhaps unsurprising that this story line would emerge. It is, however, nonsense. Why is the story line unsurprising? Quite simply, several of its most prominent advocates have a clear interest in MSNBC being seen as liberal.

Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo : Madden removed from air by ESPN

Mark Madden, who made his reputation with bold, outlandish attacks on famous people, has been permanently removed from the air by ESPN.

Obama Will Be Rupert Murdoch's Next Tony Blair

Lovable media mogul Rupert Murdoch, owner of News Corp, has been going around predicting a landslide victory for the Democrats this November and also big-upping Senator Barack Obama-he called Obama a "superstar" and a "complete phenomenon" at a conference yesterday.

Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo : McCain Backer Hagee Said Hitler Was Fulfilling God's Will (AUDIO)

John Hagee, the controversial evangelical leader and endorser of Sen. John McCain, argued in a late 1990s sermon that the Nazis had operated on God's behalf to chase the Jews from Europe and shepherd them to Palestine. According to the Reverend, Adolph Hitler was a "hunter," sent by God, who was tasked with expediting God's will of having the Jews re-establish a state of Israel.

Republicans Crossing Over

Until now, Shirley Morgan had always been the kind of voter the Republican Party thought it could count on. She comes from a family of staunch Republicans, has a son in the military and has supported Republican presidential candidates ever since she cast her first ballot, for Richard M. Nixon in 1972.

F.B.I. Investigates Missing G.O.P. Money

Hundreds of thousands of dollars are missing and presumed stolen from the chief fund-raising arm of House Republicans, according to party officials who described the findings of emergency internal audits.

The Associated Press: Obama Photo in Turban, Robe Causes Stir

WASHINGTON (AP) A photograph circulating on the Internet of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama dressed in traditional local garments during a visit to Kenya in 2006 is causing a dustup in the presidential campaign over what constitutes a smear.

McCain's Ethics

John McCain, like George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton, and probably the majority of elected officials in Washington, is willing to tell the American people flat-out, demonstrable lies if he thinks it will serve his purposes.

Ron Paul Reality Check

Can the passionate supporters of Ron Paul appreciate some of his faults?

Vitter was a repeat customer

Well, at least it wasn't during Lent. From The Times-Picayune: A phone number for Sen. David Vitter, R-La., appears at least five times in the billing records of what federal authorities say was a Washington call-girl operation, the first just four months after he was sworn in to the U.S. House in 1999 and the last on Mardi Gras of 2001.

Woodward questions Thompson role in Watergate.

Former senator Fred Thompson was the Senate Watergate Committee s chief minority counsel in 1973 and 1974, and is often credited with asking a question during the Watergate hearings that led to the disclosure of the fact that President Nixon had installed recording devices in the Oval Office. But in an online chat yesterday, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward disputed this history: The veteran journalist, whose early reporting was instrumental in uncovering the scandal, said th

More CIA confusion as another former intelligence official faces charges

New charges have been filed alleging that a former top CIA official pushed a proposed $100 million government contract for his best friend in return for lavish vacations, private jet flights and a lucrative job offer. The indictment, returned Thursday, replaces charges brought in February against Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, who resigned from the spy agency a year ago, and Poway-based defense contractor Brent Wilkes. The charges grew from the bribery scandal that landed former U.S. Rep. Randy "D

GOP Goes Home Without Finishing Budget Bills for 2006

Via TalkingPointsMemo: "Driving the decision to quit and go home rather than finish the remaining budget work is a determined effort by a group of conservative Republicans to prevent putting a GOP stamp on spending bills covering 13 Cabinet Departments and loaded with thousands of homestate projects derided as "pork" by critics."