Kidman wins libel suit over affair rumours

See, I told you she was saving herself for me...

I didn't know there was a back road to the airport."


"The 11 Democratic senators from Texas had known for weeks that the moment might come when they would have to flee Austin to try to thwart a congressional redistricting bill. But as events developed quickly at the state Capitol in Austin on Monday, a decision to leave had to be made immediately and the senators were forced to board a pair of private jets for Albuquerque with literally little more than the clothes on their backs..."

My nightmare is not yet over

"Former Vice-President Al Gore is coming under pressure from political supporters and friends to jump into the 2004 presidential campaign... a former Democratic National Committee official close to Gore told The Hill he believes the former vice president may enter the Democratic primary this fall..."

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! No no no no no NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Killer Ds II: I knew I shoulda took that left toin at Albuquerque

"Democratic state lawmakers have again fled Texas to confound GOP efforts to redraw boundaries in order to guarantee a Republican majority in the state's U.S. House delegation. This time, however, the action — or lack thereof — is on the Senate side, where 11 Democrats boarded two private planes and flew to Albuquerque, N.M., on Monday afternoon..."

Wellstone's name invoked by Democratic presidential hopefuls

Nine months later and I still get choked up...

Deans-berry and Iowa

Yeah, I got one of the letters...

Local power brokers always ahead in the primaries

Life in caucusland: multiple mentions of hometown folks in national political articles...

"..the backing of a respected local person can be more effective than any ad. Endorsements don't guarantee victories — but they can give a candidate credibility. They are especially powerful when the person making the endorsement has sway with a network of potential voters.

Like, say, Sarah Swisher..."

And here's another one:

Joe Bolkcom, a state senator in Iowa, where Democrats will cast the first votes in January, said, “I want to win. Dean’s electability will be a significant part of my decision” on supporting him

Signs Point to a Rocky Path for Lieberman

Good news here:

"A staff shake-up and slap from the NAACP this week are just the latest signs of the problems facing presidential hopeful Joe Lieberman, whose strategy for winning the nomination faces deep skepticism from many fellow Democrats..."

4061483US Route 666 is renamed

Boy, is Satan gonna be pissed...

Don't be another George McGovern?

I wish we had another McGovern... Wise words today from the South Dakotan himself, the best president we never had.

Among Democrats, The Energy Seems To Be on the Left

innnnteresting article:

"Whether the invigorated left is a good or bad thing depends, for many Democratic leaders, on how recent history is interpreted. Indeed, the issue can be boiled down to a single question: What actually happened in the 2000 presidential election?"

Don't get me started...

TX: Senate rejects House redistricting map, will draw its own map

Yeeee-haw:

"It's a silly map. I can't support that," said Sen. Kip Averitt, R-Waco, whose home county of McLennan is divided into two congressional districts in the House plan. "I can't support splitting my county."

Texas House approves GOP congressional redistricting map

Followup on The Great Oklahoma Hideout. Looks like the Democratic Senators can stop it...

The man who was a Beatle

"To this day, Pete Best has no idea why he was forced out of the Beatles..."

Didn't he do a solo album called "Best of the Beatles"?

Comic voice emerges for Bush re-election

As a long time fan I would be remiss if I did not note with sad disappointment the Republicanization of Dennis Miller.

Sure, we knew all along he wasn't a Hollywood liberal. But he always had this fascinating libertarian streak to him. I seriously thought the Libertarians should look at him as a candidate.

In the long run, how comfortable is the party of the Christian Coalition going to be with Mr. Four Letter Word? And how comfortable is he going to be with them?

And a Danny Goldberg moment: if Dennis had offered to do a Democratic event, would we have taken him up on it? More likely we would have thrown it back in his face, scared of alienating cultural conservatives who don't support us anyway...

Hollywood Loses Katharine Hepburn

But in the end, there were at least two things Hepburn never regretted--her love for Tracy, and her non-love of the media that covered the two of them, separately and together, for decades.

"Death will be a great relief," she once said. "No more interviews."

'Wiseguy' Henry Hill Writes Guide to NYC4061483

In his guide, Hill reveals that Scorsese never let him meet with Ray Liotta, his on-screen alter ego. "He didn't want me to influence him whatsoever," writes Hill.

Robert De Niro, in contrast, endlessly quizzed Hill for insights into the character based on Jimmy "The Gent" Burke...

Senator wants to crack down on lewd broadcasts4061483

Fritz Hollings obviously hasn't grown since he was on the Tipper hearings committee:

"I wouldn't publicly repeat that language, indecency and filth myself," Hollings said. "He ought never to have a license again."

American Gays Hail Ruling, Look to Marriage

"This is a great day for liberty. I think this is a clear evidence ... America isn't really homophobic. It just use to think it was supposed to be" - Barney Frank

ctnow.com: POLITICS: SPEAKING OF LIEBERMAN

I couldn't have made this one up:

"At a symposium following the film, Bush media adviser Mark McKinnon said that he and another adviser recommended Lieberman as a running mate in 2000 ... for BUSH. McKinnon said that the supposition was that integrity would be big in the 2000 election, and 'if the question was values,' Lieberman was the answer..."