Reso Condemning MoveOn Passes Overwhelmingly, With Lots Of Dems  —  The GOP-introduced resolution condemning MoveOn just passed by a huge margin, 72-25.  Roughly half the Democrats in the Senate supported it.  —  A couple of the more interesting votes: Jim Webb, who just yesterday was a Netroots hero …

AHMADINEJAD SAYS HE WILL NOT PUSH TO VISIT GROUND ZERO; 'AMAZED' GESTURE WOULD INSULT AMERICANS  —  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will not press his plan — just denied by New York City Police for security reasons — to visit Ground Zero in New York City, he tells 60 MINUTES' Scott Pelley …

Hey All You Anti-War Crazies....  Just shut up already, and let the Senate deal with it: … Or not.  You can sign the MoveOn petition: … Hagel, by the way, voted to condemn MoveOn.  —  I guess that's his right.  He's a Senator, after all.  —  Update: Hello!

How Dare You!  —  Goodness gracious. oh, my paws and whiskers.  Some of the meanest, most ornery hombres around are suddenly feeling faint.  Notorious tough guys are swooning with the vapors.  The biggest beasts in the barnyard are all aflutter over something they read in the New York Times.

Bush Claims He "Got A B In Econ 101"  —  In a Thursday morning morning press conference at the White House, the President engaged in a little bit of grade inflation about his academic record.  —  "You need to talk to economists," he answered when asked if there was a risk of recession in the US economy.

STUNNING ABOUT FACE!  REPUBLICAN MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO ABANDONS HOMOPHOBIA AND ENDORSES SAME SEX MARRIAGE  —  Yesterday, by a 5-3 vote, the City Council of San Diego passed a resolution supporting marriage equality.  Jerry Sanders, the Republican mayor— who campaigned opposing marriage equality …

GG to ML … GG to ML … ML to GG (re: arming Iran) … ML to GG (re: Abizaid) … GG to ML … ML to GG … GG to ML … That wasn't very constructive.  Ledeen is perfectly content to urge war with Iran based on the moronic slogan — now a right-wing article of faith …

Press Conference by the President  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  In just 10 days the State Children's Health Insurance Program, known as S-CHIP, is set to expire.  This important program helps children whose families cannot afford private health insurance, but do not qualify for Medicaid to get coverage they need.

Okay, this is a fun postcript to the whole battle over John Bohner's "small price" remark, which this blog first reported on a couple of weeks ago.  —  Boehner has finally responded personally on television for the first time to all the criticism of his remark, a sign that the beating he's taking …

Progressive blogosphere MIA on Jena 6  —  [My god.  The depth of ignorance and denial over the lack of progressive blogging on this story is displayed in full flower at Chris's diary at DKos, where he cross posted — and some of the excuses are mind-boggling.]

The Dissenter  —  The last Supreme Court term, which ended in June, was the stormiest in recent memory, with more 5-to-4 decisions split along ideological lines than at any time in the court's history.  In a series of controversial cases about abortion, racial integration in schools …

Grand jury targets ex-DeLay adviser  —  A federal grand jury has subpoenaed payroll records from the House for Ed Buckham, former chief of staff to ex-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas).  —  The subpoena, issued by a grand jury in Washington, D.C., is the first formal notification …