Air America Host Randi Rhodes Suspended For Calling Hillary A “Big F*cking Whore”  —  Air America host Randi Rhodes called both Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary Clinton “whores” in a recent appearance, seen below.  Rhodes, who hosts a weekday radio show on Air America, said to the cheering crowd, “What a whore Geraldine Ferraro is!

Obama is Smokin'  —  Last August, I ran into Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, outside the Senate chamber in the Capitol.  —  This was before the Obama surge, before he had omnipresent Secret Service agents, back when you might see him strolling solo.  —  We chatted for a second …

Obama's Support Softens, Poll Shows  —  Senator Barack Obama's support among Democrats nationally has softened over the last month — particularly among men and upper-income voters — as voters have taken a slightly less positive view of him than they did after his burst of victories in February …

Why doesn't the 9/11 Commission know about Mukasey's 9/11 story?  —  (Updated below with response from Philip Zelikow -  —  Update II - Update III -  —  Update IV -Chairman Conyers demands answers from Mukasey)  —  Last week, during a question-and-answer session following a speech …

Al Qaeda #2: We'll Attack Iran  —  Recently, Senator John McCain has repeatedly indicated that Iran and al-Qaeda are in cahoots.  The terror group's number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, would beg to differ.  In a long-promised online Q&A session, Zawahiri says it would be “in the interest” …

The case for Vice President Coburn  —  A presidential nominee picks a running mate to win a state, send a message or, ideally, do both.  John F. Kennedy went with Lyndon Johnson in 1960 because he wanted to win Texas.  Ronald Reagan picked George H.W. Bush of Texas in 1980 to assure …

John Edwards says would not accept VP nomination  —  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said on Thursday he would not accept the nomination for U.S. vice president as he did four years ago.  —  Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina …

Poll: Clinton, Obama neck and neck in Hoosier state  —  Obama is choice for 81 percent of black Democratic primary voters.  —  Sen. Barack Obama has a huge lead among younger voters in Indiana, Sen. Hillary Clinton holds the same lead with voters older than 60, and both candidates …

Murtha: Clinton Cannot Win Nomination Without Popular Vote  —  Hillary Clinton simply cannot be the Democratic nominee if she doesn't win the popular vote, Pennsylvania congressman and Clinton-backer John Murtha said Wednesday.  —  “Clinton has to win Pennsylvania,” he argued in an interview.

Barack Obama = Party Builder; Hillary Clinton = ???  —  Marc Ambinder catches an interesting contrast: … Here we have the two Democratic campaigns taking two very different tacks.  On one hand, you have key supporters of one campaign going out and threatening one of the key party organs …

British Muslims ‘planned to kill thousands by bombing SEVEN transatlantic airliners in one go’  —  A British terror gang plotted to use liquid explosives to blow up transatlantic passenger jets in mid-flight, a court heard today.  —  Eight men planned to smuggle bombs disguised as soft drinks …

Another KBR Rape Case  —  Editor's Note: Lisa Smith is a pseudonym used on request.  Additional reporting by Te-Ping Chen.  Research support provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.  —  Houston  —  It was an early January morning in 2008 when 42-year-old Lisa Smith* …

David Gregory says Bush showed good judgement for not invading Iraq immediately after 9/11  —  During a discussion of Obama's spot on Hardball and the issue of responding to a crisis, cando from the comment section alerted us to this clip. … Download |  Play Download |  Play (h/t Heather)

Ted Turner: Global warming could lead to cannibalism  —  Billionaire environmentalist says world has too many people  —  Failure to address global warming will have us all dead or eating each other by mid-century.  —  So says Ted Turner, the restaurateur, environmentalist …

Clinton Adviser's Colombia Talks  —  Penn Met to Discuss Free-Trade Pact  —  Fought by Senator  —  Hillary Clinton's chief campaign strategist met with Colombia's ambassador to the U.S. on Monday to discuss a bilateral free-trade agreement, a pact the presidential candidate opposes.

The Patriotism Problem  —  When he was really rolling in February, Barack Obama would close every speech with a peroration about the importance of hope.  The setup always seemed a bit defensive to me — an attack on the pundits and party elders who thought he was too idealistic, a “hopemonger” …

Heritage  —  It seems that April is Confederate Heritage month.  Why one would want to celebrate a heritage of violent rebellion against a democratically elected government in order to perpetuate a system of chattel slavery is a bit hard for me to say.  —  When I was growing up in New York City …