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Al Gore Has Made His Commitment

There’s still a lot of buzz flying about Al Gore and ‘08, which is rather sad in my opinion, because the focus should be on the issue that propelled the Nobel committee to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Gore and the IPCC.
FAUX News reports that Draftgore.com issued a “statement predicting the Nobel would […]

Fred Thompson Responds.. Sort Of

H/T to Marc Ambinder… Good gracious Fred, spit it out:

Lost In A Sea Of Hate

You would be surprised, did you know it, to know that Theodore Sturgeon used to write for the National Review. He and William F. Buckley respected each other, and Buckey respected Sturgeon — even though Ted agreed with Buckley politically not very much at all. But Buckley and Sturgeon could be — and were […]

John Kerry Congratulates Gore, IPCC on Nobel Peace Prize Win

The congratulations are pouring in for Al Gore and IPCC in the wake of the announcement this morning that they were “jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today for their work educating the world about global warming and pressing for political action to control it.” In a brief public appearance today in California, Gore “vowed to use the […]

Ted Kennedy Undergoes Surgery on Blocked Artery

Senator Ted Kennedy underwent surgery today to “repair a partially blocked artery in his neck, which was discovered during an examination of a decades-old back injury.”

Kennedy, 75, underwent the hourlong procedure on his left carotid artery - a major supplier of blood to the neck and head - at Massachusetts General Hospital, his office announced.

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Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize with U.N. Panel on Climate Change

Congratulations Al Gore! It’s official:

Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change and lay the foundations for counteracting it.
“I am deeply honored to receive the Nobel Peace Prize,” Gore said. “We face a […]

Tap and Tell or Deny All

Tapping Senator Larry Craig, will finally break his silence and tell his story:

Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, who has defied calls for his resignation after he pleaded guilty in an airport restroom sex sting, will discuss his case for the first time in a nationally televised interview next week, NBC said Thursday.
The interview with Matt […]

Kerry’s Keeping America’s Promise PAC Launches 6 State Radio Ad Campaign Targeting “Roadblock Republicans”

On Thursday, John Kerry’s Keeping America’s Promise PAC launched a set of 6 “user-generated” radio ads to help defeat the “Roadblock Republican” Senators who have been against changing course in Iraq with their rubberstamp support of the Bush’s Iraq policy. Each of the six Senators are up for re-election in 2008. 
The commercials are running in Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, New […]

‘08 Watch: It’s Getting A Bit Ugly Out There

The gloves have started come off with the ‘08 Democratic hopefuls and there’s some nasty inuendos being tossed about. First, there’s this from the Iowa Independent (h/t Taylor Marsh) pointing to a set-up of sorts for the withdrawals from the Michigan ballot (see here):  
Five individuals connected to five different campaigns have confirmed – but only under condition […]