Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:10 AM ET, November 9, 2006

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
Rumsfeld Resigns; Bush Vows to 'Find Common Ground'  —  Faced with the collapse of his Republican majority in Congress, President Bush responded swiftly on Wednesday by announcing the departure of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and vowing to work with Democrats "to find common ground" on the war in Iraq and domestic issues.
RELATED ITEMS:
Washington Wire:
A New Perspective on Iran?  —  Whatever else he may bring to his new job at the Pentagon, Robert Gates apparently holds a view on the highly sensitive subject of relations with Iran that hasn't been embraced by all his new colleagues in the Bush administration.
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Dems Complete Election Sweep of Congress  —  Democrats completed an improbable double-barreled election sweep of Congress on Wednesday, taking control of the Senate with a victory in Virginia as they padded their day-old majority in the House.  —  Jim Webb's victory over Sen. George Allen …
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Rumsfeld Resignation Bodes End of Bush Doctrine
Discussion: Power Line
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
ROBERT GATES AND THE "NEW APPROACH"
Discussion: Chicago Boyz and Bradford Plumer
David Ignatius / Washington Post:   The Defense Secretary We Had  —  Senior military officers referred …
Associated Press:
Democrats take control of the Senate  —  WASHINGTON - Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans Wednesday with an upset victory in Virginia, giving the party complete domination of Capitol Hill for the first time since 1994.  —  Jim Webb's squeaker win over incumbent Sen. George Allen …
RELATED ITEMS:
Don Surber:
New for 2007: The most corrupt Congress. Ever
Discussion: The American Thinker
New York Times:
All Eyes Turn to Virginia Senate Race
Discussion: Althouse
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Meeting at The Middle  —  It's over.  —  American voters, in their wisdom, ended an era on Tuesday.  They rejected a poorly conceived war policy in Iraq that has weakened the United States.  They rejected a harshly ideological approach to politics that cast opponents as enemies of the country's survival.
RELATED ITEMS:
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Middle Muscles In  —  For decades, moderates have been the cowardly lions of American politics.  You'd see them quivering in the corner as the anti-establishment left exchanged culture war mortar fire with the anti-establishment right.  You'd see them passed over and dissed …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Election 2006: Victory Of The "Mighty Middle?"
Discussion: Donklephant
Mike Glover / Associated Press:
Iowa's Vilsack to Run for President  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Tom Vilsack said he will officially launch his presidential campaign Thursday when he files documents with the Federal Election Commission.  —  The filing comes two days after his fellow Democrats scored overwhelming victories in state and national elections.
Discussion: The Indepundit and Eschaton
RELATED ITEMS:
Associated Press:
Democrat Vilsack launches run for White House  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa took the initial step in his long-shot bid for the White House Thursday, establishing a presidential campaign committee and seeking an early jump on 2008.  —  "Americans sent a clear message on Tuesday.
Tony Blankley / Washington Times:
Post-election Washington  —  And so the inter-party struggle pauses, if briefly, and the intra-party struggles begin.  After such a profound shift of political power as resulted from this week's election, both the winning and losing parties will inevitably enter a prolonged period (months …
Discussion: Hyscience
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Pelosi: Iraq isn't a war, Gannett = "the voice of the military"  —  Third in line for the presidency.  Two heartbeats away.  And one of those is arrhythmic.  —  The first segment comes from "The Situation Room."  If you missed the story about the Military Times editorials, read Bryan's post.
Discussion: Reuters, QandO, The Corner and Hyscience
RELATED ITEMS:
Politics Central:
THE GLENN AND HELEN SHOW: AUSTIN BAY AND JIM DUNNIGAN ON RUMSFELD …
Discussion: Mudville Gazette
Ian Bishop / New York Post:
RANGEL 'MEANS' TO IRK VP  —  NEW TOP-DOG NYER: I'LL GRAB THE S.O.B.'S OFFICE  —  Rep. Charles Rangel, the incoming chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, revealed yesterday that he's got his eye on Capitol Hill office space now held by the man he recently called a "son of a bitch" - Vice President Dick Cheney.
Michael Grunwald / Washington Post:
Republicans' Angry Factions Point Fingers At Each Other  —  After minutes upon minutes of soul-searching, Republicans are now in recrimination mode.  And the GOP's various factions all agree: This wouldn't have happened if the party had listened to us.  —  In the aftermath of the historic …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
A Loss's Silver Lining  —  At least Republicans now know where the "Bridge to Nowhere" leads: to the political wilderness.  But there are three reasons for conservatives to temper their despondency.  —  First, they were punished not for pursuing but for forgetting conservatism.
Dick Armey / Opinion Journal:
End of the Revolution  —  Advice to Republicans: Don't go back and check on a dead skunk.  —  If there was still any doubt, the Republican Revolution of 1994 officially ended Tuesday night with the loss of at least 28 seats and majority control of the House of Representatives.
Discussion: The Corner and Decision '08
Tim Reid / Times of London:
Meet the Blue Dogs: pro-gun, anti-abortion - and Democrat  —  Our correspondent examines how the party masterminded its move to the centre and reined in liberals to seize hostile territories  —  They wear cowboy boots, chew tobacco, love hunting, hate abortion, want less government spending — and some voted for Ronald Reagan.
Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Still A Democrat, Joe Says, To Preserve Seniority  —  Now that he's won re-election as a petitioning candidate, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is pledging to remain a Democrat, if for no other reason than to keep his 18 years' seniority in the Senate.  —  "I'll sign up with the caucus to protect my seniority," Lieberman said Wednesday.
Discussion: Bring it On! and Connecticut Bob
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:10 AM ET, November 9, 2006.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Aljazeera:
Arabs link Republican loss to Iraq war
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices Hear Arguments on Late-Term Abortion
Discussion: Newsweek, Althouse and Feministe
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Time To Start Campaigning?  —  La Shawn Barber makes the case …
Discussion: Examiner
Rep. Mike Pence / mikepence.house.gov:
PENCE ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR REPUBLICAN LEADER
Jason Szep / Reuters:
Youth turnout in election biggest in 20 years
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Hugh Hewitt / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
The Next House Minorty Leader
CharlesR / Age of Hooper:
A cloudy day in DC.  —  I decided to take a jaunt down to the …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Kim Severson / New York Times:
'Brooklyn Style Pizza' Meets the Real Deal
 Earlier Items: 
Judicial Watch / Corruption Chronicles:
Congress Gets Muslim
Discussion: Hyscience
Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
Democrats See Surge in Power at State Level
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Daily Kos
Dan Savage / thestranger.com:
Rick Santorum
Discussion: The Talent Show
David Espo / Associated Press:
AP: Hastert Won't Seek House Leader Post
Matthew Yglesias:
It's (Semi) Official
Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
The Lou Dobbs Democrats
rushlimbaugh.com:
I Feel Liberated  —  RUSH: Just to reiterate, ladies and gentlemen …
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Elisabeth Egan / New York Times:
An interview with Craig Garnett, the publisher of The Uvalde Leader-News, about his new book Uvalde's Darkest Hour, the aftermath of the school shooting, more

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page