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Saturday, January 27, 2007
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Political Wire: "Sen. Hillary Clinton 'plans to headline a series of public forums across Iowa this weekend on her first trip to the leadoff caucus state as a presidential prospect,' the Des Moines Register reports."
"2008 pres"
7:54:48 AM 
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Here's a nice roundup of current and potential presidential candidates from Colorado Confidential.
RedState: "They all suck. Let's just admit it. Every one of the thus far announced Republican candidates for President sucks. From the lecherous adulterer to the egomaniacal nut job to the flip-flopping opportunist with the perfect hair to the guy who hates brown people to the guy we've never heard of to the guy who has a better chance of getting hit by a meteor while being consumed by a blue whale being struck by lightening."
Thanks to Andrew Sullivan for the link.
"2008 pres"
7:45:04 AM
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Daily Kos: "I was starting to think that [Former General Wesley] Clark was shying away from a presidential run, given that every other potential candidate save Gore had jumped in. Apparently, a Clark 'adviser' says he'll be making an announcement in two weeks."
"2008 pres"
7:40:22 AM
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Wash Park Prophet: "Producing energy without oil is easy. Storing it in a way a vehicle can use is hard. Batteries are poor alternative to gasoline when it comes to energy density. An electric car has a range on the order of 100 miles with conventional batteries and is slow to recharge. A Texas company claims it can deliver a better battery in 2008..."
Ed Cone: "Krauthammer: Is there anything more depressing than yet another promise of energy independence in yet another State of the Union address? By my count, 24 of the 34 State of the Union addresses since the oil embargo of 1973 have proposed solutions to our energy problem. The result? In 1973 we imported 34.8 percent of our oil. Today we import 60.3 percent."
"2008 pres"
7:38:42 AM
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Political Wire: "With speculation that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) would throw his hat into the presidential ring this weekend, the AP confirms that Huckabee indeed will file papers on Monday to establish a presidential exploratory committee."
The Right's Field: "Huckabee, a 'fierce foe of abortion rights and gay marriage,' will join a large pool of 'conservative' candidates, including Senator Sam Brownback (KS) and Congressman Duncan Hunter (CA). Both of whom vowed to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision in 1973 that legalized abortions in the United States."
"2008 pres"
7:34:47 AM
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Talking Points Memo: "In following the political debate over the Iraq debacle, it helps to take a step back from time to time and to re-focus on Iraq from a strategic vantage point. Our President isn't able to do that, and for the most part neither is the media nor the Congress. As Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) has repeatedly pointed out, the President's surge is not a new strategy but a new tactic. All the goings-on in Congress over which resolution best expresses disapproval of the surge miss the larger picture. Even congressional defunding of the surge is tinkering at the tactical level."
Josh Marshall: "What the White House is saying is that the United States senate can't do anything does not express full support for President Bush -- even something that only expresses sentiment -- without aiding the enemy. The very exercise of the senate's constitutional authority aides the terrorists.
"Having this resolution passed really does worry the White House -- even if it is merely a non-binding, sense-of-the-senate resolution -- because their whole model of political control is based cowing the political opposition. That is the key. Once that spell's broken, for them it's the abyss."
Talking Points Memo: "Confused about all the intrigue unfolding in the Senate over escalation? We're trying to making things a bit easier for you. We've got a rundown of all the different Senate resolutions on the 'surge' right here. And a guide to all the GOP Senators who are facing reelection in 2008 -- and thus are under the most pressure to oppose the 'surge' -- is here."
"2008 pres"
7:32:56 AM
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Blogs for Bush: "Maureen Condic, associate professor of neurobiololgy and anatomy at the University of Utah Medical School has a fascinating article at First Things about the problems researchers are having with actually making embryonic stem cells usable."
"2008 pres"
7:26:35 AM
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The future of water supplies were discussed at this week's Colorado Water Congress, according to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. From the article, "The science that says water supplies in Colorado will shrivel with the onset of climate change is nearly a sure bet, one that begs difficult questions of Western Slope residents, legislators and the state's water managers. That was the message Friday to the Colorado Water Congress from Eric Kuhn, general manager of the Glenwood Springs-based Colorado River Water Conservation District. A slate of scientific studies have led water managers to conclude the state can no longer look to the past to predict the future when it comes to forecasting water supplies, Kuhn said. The Rocky Mountains will simply get drier in the long run, and Colorado's wet winter this year should not lead people to think otherwise, he said. By 2050, flows in the Colorado River are projected to decline by 18 percent, and the average water storage in the basin will decline by 32 percent, he said. Warmer global temperatures will mean more precipitation in many other parts of the United States, but not for the Colorado River Basin...
"The common assumption among water managers in Colorado is that water in the South Platte, Rio Grande and Arkansas rivers has already been appropriated, but there could be about 500,000 acre-feet of water left to develop in the Colorado River Basin, he said. But, Kuhn said, that's not a safe assumption to make given global warming and climate change. Only about 150,000 acre-feet could be available, he said. Now, he said, politicians and water managers have to ask difficult questions for which there aren't yet any answers. 'Is there water for energy development?' he asked."
"colorado water"
6:19:21 AM
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