And Immigration is Number Two  —  Rudy Giuliani has just released a blueprint for his candidacy which he calls his "Twelve Commitments to the American People."  And they are:

James Carville, call your agent!  —  So the Washington Post and New York Times both dutifully printed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's smack-talking assessment of the Republican field yesterday:  —  "I've learned one thing in listening to all the debates and reading about all these people running …

New Justice Dept. Emails Reveal Top Rove Aides' Involvement In Attorney Scandal  —  Justice Department documents released tonight include new emails linking Karl Rove's top aides — former White House political director Sara Taylor, who resigned last month, and her deputy Scott Jennings — to the U.S. attorney scandal.

Hamas captures Fatah security HQ  —  Hamas forces captured the headquarters of the Fatah-allied security forces in northern Gaza, seizing control of a key prize in the bloody power struggle between the sides, Hamas and Fatah officials said.  —  Hamas attacked the compound with mortars and automatic gunfire …

Poll: Romney surges ahead in New Hampshire  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has jumped to the head of the pack of 2008 Republican presidential contenders in New Hampshire, according to a CNN/WMUR poll out Tuesday.  —  Romney shot past former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani …

Border Security Can Be Implemented Without Senate Bill  —  Today, nine U.S. Senators wrote a letter to President Bush urging him to fulfill the border security provisions listed in the Senate immigration bill whether the legislation passes or not.  Each border security trigger in the bill …

Joe Lieberman Is At It Again  —  After wrongly supporting George W. Bush's strategic blunder of attacking Iraq, and continuing to support Bush's failed policies after the invasion, Senator Joe Lieberman made irresponsible comments this weekend regarding military action against Iran.

Dan would Rather not see Katie's changes  —  WITH KATIE COURIC doing the "Evening News," CBS has been "dumbing it down, tarting it up," Dan Rather said yesterday, bashing his unsuccessful successor in the anchor chair.  —  When Rather retired two years ago - possibly under pressure - the …

Romney Steps Up Advertising Push  —  Mitt Romney has stepped up what is already the costliest early advertising push in a presidential campaign, an effort that his advisers and several media experts credit with helping vault him to the lead in the Republican field in some recent polls in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Hawks for Thompson  —  Thompson puts together a foreign policy team.  —  FRED THOMPSON IS adding more big-name policy talent as his testing-the-waters committee continues to grow into a real presidential campaign.  Among the new additions: Mark Esper, national security adviser …

Post-traumatic Iraq syndrome  —  The war is lost.  Americans should begin to deal with what that means.  —  LOSING HURTS MORE than winning feels good.  This simple maxim applies with equal power to virtually all areas of human interaction: sports, finance, love.  And war.

Munitions Dumping at Sea  —  It is no secret that the U.S. military has used the ocean as trashcan for munitions in the past.  Peter discussed at the Old DSN how federal lawmakers were pressing the US Army to reveal everything it knows about a massive international program to dump chemical weapons off homeland and foreign shores.

How much is an immigrant's life worth, exactly?  —  How do you justify a border fence?  Why is it OK to consign millions of unskilled Mexicans to lives of desperate poverty?  I'm told it's because Americans should care more about their countrymen than about a bunch of foreigners.  OK, but how much more?

President Bush Attends Dedication of Victims of Communism Memorial  —  Washington, D.C.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming.  Please be seated.  Dr. Edwards, thanks for your kind words.  Congressman Lantos — no better friend to freedom, by the way; Congressman Rohrabacher, the same.

Do away with public schools  —  Government is inept at running schools.  It should subsidize education for needy students, then get out of the way.  —  HERE'S A GOOD question for you: Why have public schools at all?  —  OK, cue the marching music.  We need public schools because blah blah blah and yada yada yada.

Comment viewing options  —  Don't be shy; tell us how you really feel, Barney!  —  Barney's absolutely right.  —  Living in MA all my life, I've been exposed to Republican-Lite Govenors for the past 20 years or so.  He was by far the most triangulating, the most shallow, the most, well, everything that Rep. Frank said.