Sunday, December 12, 2004

2008 Presidential Election Josh Marshall thinks that Bernard Kerik's abrupt departure as the nominee at Homeland security will hurt Rudy Giuliani's presidential chances in 2008. He is quotes an article from Newsday, "The short, disastrous nomination of Bernard Kerik ended with a whimper and may have ended Rudolph Giuliani's Teflon period -- a three-year stretch when his status as 'America's Mayor' largely obscured his own shortcomings and the foibles of close associates." Pointing to the same article Ed Cone wonders, "Could somebody explain to me, real slow and in small words, how an acerbic, pro-choice, pro-gay-rights pol who went through a messy public divorce is going to get the GOP nomination anyway?" Heh. Update: Blogs for Bush: "Is John McCain using steroids in baseball as his champion issue to put himself at the front of the line for a 2008 presidential bid?" 8:25:34 AM

Colorado Water Ed Quillen discusses the recent U.S. Supreme court decision about the Arkansas River in his column in today's Denver Post [December 12, 2004, "Who should pay Kansas?"]. From the opinion piece, "Our Gov. Bill Owens has proposed using mineral severance tax money to pay Kansas, but that doesn't seem fair. It wasn't the entire state of Colorado which stole water from Kansas - it was certain private irrigators, whose identities should be easy to determine. They're the ones who took the water and profited thereby. Why should the rest of us pay? Colorado must pay Kansas, but Colorado ought to get the money from the miscreants, not from us taxpayers who never profited from this water theft." 8:05:13 AM

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