Saddam To Be Hanged  —  Saddam Hussein has been found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging.  —  Visibly shaken, Saddam shouted: "Allahu Akbar!"  (God is Greatest) and "Long live the nation!", pointing defiantly at the judge.

Evangelical Leader Quits Amid Allegations of Gay Sex and Drug Use  —  The news has been abuzz with controversy surrounding the allegations that Ted Haggard had a three-year homosexual relationship with a male prostitute that included drug use.  Haggard is pastor of a 14,000-member church in Colorado …

Where Plan A left Ahmad Chalabi  —  1. London, August 2006  —  Many miles away in a more dangerous place the dream is ending badly.  The bodies pile up.  Good people stream to the borders.  Leaders pile money onto planes.  The center is giving way.  —  The apartment on South Street …

UVa law student and political blogger Mike Stark is cuffed and carried out of Senator George Allen's Campaign rally.  —  At George Allen's rally in Weyers Cave, supporters had one eye on the Senator, and the other UVa Law student Mike Stark, who ended up being cuffed and carried out by sheriff's deputies.

Democrats, on the Offensive, Could Gain Both Houses  —  Two days before a bitterly fought midterm election, Democrats have moved into position to recapture the House and have laid siege to the Senate, setting the stage for a dramatic recasting of the power structure in Washington …

Mr. Steele's Politics as Usual  —  The real candidate of the Washington establishment  —  AS HE CLOSES out his campaign for the U.S. Senate in Maryland, a central theme for Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele has been to paint himself as an agent of change and his Democratic opponent …

Bush braced for a bleak future  —  THESE are rare, happy days for Democrats in Congress.  Barring disaster or some unforeseen last-minute collapse, the party should regain control of the House of Representatives after Tuesday's mid-term elections.  A party that has been wandering …

Big Shift Towards Reps  —  What happened to the increasing generic ballot lead of the dems?  I have seen numbers ranging from 11-15% for the Dems.  But now comes out a Washington Post/ABC News poll showing only a 6% lead for the dems!  It was 14% in the last poll.

The Rumor About John Paul Stevens  —  For weeks, commentators have speculated that significant numbers of conservatives, alienated by over-spending, the Iraq War, and other perceived GOP disappointments, will stay home on Election Day, giving one or both Houses of Congress to Democrats.

Harris' Prayer Call Stirs Concerns  —  TAMPA - U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, who has made past comments that raised questions about her religious sensitivity, prayed in a telephone prayer service recently that God would "bring the hearts and minds of our Jewish brothers and sisters into alignment."

Cook's Last Forecast  —  Political Wire asked Charlie Cook of the Cook Political Report for his latest forecast on Tuesday's elections.  —  With just over 72 hours to go before the polls close, it's very hard to imagine how the House majority does not turn over, it's a question of how big this thing will be.

Priest burns himself to death over Islam  —  A retired priest committed suicide by setting himself on fire in a German monastery in protest at the spread of Islam and the Protestant Church's inability to contain it.  —  Roland Weisselberg, 73, poured a can of petrol over his head and set light …

What Are You Doing This Weekend?  —  Pop quiz.  What's the absolute least sexy thing on earth?  Getting out the vote for the GOP?  Yep, now that is unsexy.  So, what do I do?  I turn it into a dating line commercial.  Ha.  I love vlogging.  —  Sign up to make calls from home, right here.