memeorandum: All aboard the impeachment bandwagon: Cheney first, Bush next … (Michelle Malkin)

4:15 PM ET, November 6, 2007

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Charles Schumer / New York Times:

A Vote for Justice — I AM voting today to support Michael B. Mukasey for attorney general for one critical reason: the Department of Justice — once the crown jewel among our government institutions — is a shambles and is in desperate need of a strong leader, committed to depoliticizing the agency's operations.

Discussion: Horses Mouth, NPR, TalkLeft, Guardian, Firedoglake, Wake up America, Harper's, Balkinization, Salon, Booman Tribune, Law Blog, Lean Left, The Jawa Report, Daily Kos, Buck Naked Politics, The Reaction and The Heretik

CNN:

Poll: Waterboarding is torture — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of Americans consider waterboarding a form of torture, but some of those say it's OK for the U.S. government to use the technique, according to a poll released Tuesday. — Asked whether they think waterboarding is a form of torture …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Eschaton and Firedoglake

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Democrats Hand Their Victory To Bush

Discussion: USA Today and michellemalkin.com

The Corner:

The Paul-Bearers Carry On [David Freddoso] — Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) ended Guy Fawkes Day having done something no Republican has ever done before. He raised almost $4 million over the Internet without spending so much as a thin dime (beyond transaction fees, of course).

Discussion: Power Line, The Fix, ABCNEWS, Hot Air, Wake up America and Ankle Biting Pundits

The Atlantic Online:
The Ron Paul Phenomenon

Discussion: Commentary, Eunomia, David Frum, TIME and The Corner

David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Ron Paul Raises More Than $4 Million in One Day

Discussion: eyeon08.com, Captain's Quarters, Ron Paul 2008, ABCNEWS, The Atlantic Online, Sunlight Foundation blogs, Reason Magazine, CNN Political Ticker, Liberal Values, Associated Press, DownWithTyranny!, The Carpetbagger Report, The Politico, techPresident, QandO and Personal Democracy Forum

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Ron Paul phenomenon

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Ron Paul 2008, On Deadline, Shakespeare's Sister, Eunomia, The Corner, Daily Kos, Open Left, Tom Watson, Political Machine and Left in the West

Michelle Malkin:

All aboard the impeachment bandwagon: Cheney first, Bush next; Update: Dem House leader Steny Hoyer to block Kucinich resolution; Update 1:37pm Eastern: Kucinich on the House floor; Update 2:58pm Eastern Hoyer moves to table the resolution; Update 3:43pm Eastern: Vote still underway, flurry of vote-changing

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Hot Air, Don't Go Into The Light, Blue Crab Boulevard and protein wisdom

Matthew Hay Brown / Baltimore Sun:

Cheney impeachment ready for a vote: To table it — It now looks as if Rep. Dennis Kucinich's effort to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney will finally come to a vote today - but not the vote for which supporters have been hoping. — With Democrats averse to opening an intramural debate …

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard

Cernig / The Newshoggers:
Dems Will Ensure Motion To Impeach Cheney Goes Nowhere

Discussion: The American Street

Susan Page / USA Today:

Poll finds Americans split on taking military action in Iran — Potential nuclear threat concerns respondents — WASHINGTON — Americans are concerned about Iran's nuclear program but split on whether military action should be undertaken if diplomacy and economic sanctions fail to stop it, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.

Discussion: Think Progress, Corrente and CREDO Action

Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:

Climate Is a Risky Issue for Democrats — All of the leading Democratic contenders for the presidency are committed to a set of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that would change the way Americans light their homes, fuel their automobiles and do their jobs, costing billions of dollars …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, New York Post, New York Times, The Atlantic Online, Open Left, The Caucus, The Van Der Galiën Gazette, The Democratic Daily, MSNBC, NewsBusters.org and Boston Globe

Anne Applebaum / Slate:

WHY ACTORS AND MODELS LOVE TO HANG OUT WITH HUGO CHÁVEZ. — Ninety years ago this week, a Bolshevik mob stormed the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, arrested the provisional government, and installed a "dictatorship of the proletariat" in its place. Though the Russian revolution …

Discussion: Reason Magazine, Captain's Quarters, Babalu Blog, Blue Crab Boulevard and The Atlantic Online

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:

WHY IS THE WORLD MORE CONCERNED with Musharraf's coup than with Hugo Chavez's emerging dicatatorship? Because enemies of the United States, like Chavez, get a pass. — UPDATE: Tom Maguire says it's the nukes. Well, that would be a good reason, but I'm not hearing it so much from the people complaining about the lack of democracy.

Discussion: IBDeditorials.com, JustOneMinute, The American Street, bustardblog, HazZzMat and Registan.net

CNN:

Immigration chief sorry over party costume — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security will investigate a Halloween costume party hosted by a top immigration official and attended by a man dressed in a striped prison outfit, dreadlocks and darkened skin make-up …

Discussion: On Deadline, TIME: Swampland, ImmigrationProf Blog, Shakespeare's Sister and Sweetness & Light

Suzanne Gamboa / ABCNEWS:
Flap Over Halloween Costume at DHS party

Discussion: Think Progress and protein wisdom

Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:

Clinton Defends Wife on Licenses — LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Clinton on Monday compared Republican criticism of his wife's position on driver's license for illegal immigrants to the ads that helped sink John Kerry's White House hopes in 2004. — "I had the feeling that at the end …

Discussion: MSNBC, The Corner, Spin Cycle, The Daily Background, Democracy Project, Wonkette, JammieWearingFool and Hot Air

Nedra Pickler / Associated Press: Obama rejects Bill Clinton's criticism

Toby Harnden / Telegraph:

Even Fred Thompson doubts he'll be president — Even Fred Thompson doesn't think he will become president. Chatting off-air to a television reporter, a stunningly candid off-the-cuff quip from the Hollywood actor cemented the impression that his heart is not in the 2008 race.

Discussion: Right Wing News, Washington Post, The Van Der Galiën Gazette, Wonkette and National Review

Maureen Orth / Vanity Fair:

When Washington Was Fun — The grand hostesses are history, the president would rather be in bed, and there's a price tag on every evening these days. Who killed Washington society? Ask a few of the local experts. — Red Fay, undersecretary of the navy under John F. Kennedy …

Digby / Hullabaloo:
The Village Social Tabbies Hiss And Yowl

Discussion: Firedoglake

New York Post:

MIKE'S SECRET BID TO RUN VS. SPITZER — By FREDRIC U. DICKER in Albany and DAVID SEIFMAN in N.Y. — A top aide to Mayor Bloomberg has secretly contacted one of the state's best-known Republican strategists about helping Bloomberg run for governor - against Gov. Spitzer or anyone else, The Post has learned.

Discussion: City Room, New York Magazine, Gawker, JammieWearingFool and the albany project

Rebecca Traister / Salon:

Stop lying to yourself. You love Dennis Kucinich — Dear Democrats: — It has recently come to my attention that you (and by "you" I also mean "I") are in the grip of mass self-delusion. It's long entrenched, and reinforced every night as many of you swig your beers or glasses of wine …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Political Machine

Ellen Miller / Sunlight Foundation blogs:

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words — One of Sunlight's resident creative geniuses (yes, there are many of them) have taken all the Defense Appropriations Earmarks and made them available for viewing within Google Earth. (You can only view this using Google Earth which you can download from this page.)

Discussion: Instapundit.com, The Huffington Post and Lessig Blog

Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:

THE GOLDEN WINGNUT AWARD....The Wingnut Contest is over and the votes have now been tallied by the prestigious accounting firm of Pollhost.com. So without further ado, the five winners of the Golden Wingnut Award are: — John Hinderaker: "It must be very strange to be President Bush.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online

New York Times:

Ousted Chief Justice in Pakistan Urges Defiance — In a telephone address to lawyers in Pakistan's capital, the ousted chief justice of the Supreme Court urged them today to continue to defy the state of emergency imposed by the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

Discussion: The American Street, The Moderate Voice, Law Blog, Registan.net and Writes Like She Talks

Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:

Cable Channel Nods to Ratings and Leans Left — Riding a ratings wave from "Countdown With Keith Olbermann," a program that takes strong issue with the Bush administration, MSNBC is increasingly seeking to showcase its nighttime lineup as a welcome haven for viewers of a similar mind.