Sunday, November 28, 2004

2004 Presidential Transition Taegan Goddard: "Tom Ridge "may linger at Homeland Security while Bush seeks his successor," the Wall Street Journal reports. Meanwhile, Health and Human Services Secretary Thompson is expected to leave, but aides say no announcement is imminent. 6:29:22 PM

2008 Presidential Election USA Today "Democrats point hopefully to Colorado, where a Democrat replaced a retiring Republican senator and Democrats took over the Republican-controlled Legislature. But political experts caution that Colorado is not a bellwether for the West. Colorado Republicans were blamed for the state's budget deficit, said John Straayer, a Colorado State University political science professor. And Ken Salazar, the state's Democratic attorney general who was elected senator, has a reputation as a moderate and pragmatic politician, he said." Thanks to Blogs for Bush for the link. 11:16:08 AM

Iraqi Elections The American Kestrel is pointing to an article by Quentin Langley titled, 10 reasons elections in Iraq will succeed. Juan Cole analyzes the prospective elections and answers Langley's points one by one. 8:04:24 AM

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