Coyote Gulch

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

? for president?
Oliver Willis: "Hillary has Speaker Pelosi's back."

Here's an interesting angle from Josh Marshall.

KOBTV.com "New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's visit to North Korea appears to be yielding unexpected fruit. Richardson, part of a bipartisan delegation dispatched to North Korea to return remains of U.S. MIAs, appears to have secured a concession from the communist state on its developing nuclear weapons program. Monday, a North Korean nuclear arms negotiator relayed to Richardson that the country would be willing to allow international U.N. arms inspectors into the country if some $25 million in North Korean money that has been frozen is released. On Tuesday, U.S. envoy Christopher Hill signaled from Tokyo the U.S. willingness to deal."

Thanks to Colorado for Richardson for the link.

You had to know that the video of Mitt Romney, varmint executioner, would show up on YouTube.
"2008 pres"
6:16:03 PM

? for president?
The Caucus: "Well, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have decided not to participate in the Democratic debate that the Congressional Black Caucus institute and Fox News channel had planned for September in Detroit. Their decision follows that of John Edwards from last week. Mr. Edwards was the first to decline both this one and one that was canceled by Nevada Democrats after liberal activists and several of the most influential lib-blogs had mounted pressure against Fox for its conservative-leaning programming."

Captain's Quarters: "Jonah Goldberg warns conservatives not to ignore John McCain in the presidential primary race in his latest LA Times column. Conceding that McCain has angered the Republican base on a number of occasions, he also advises that McCain has a long track record of supporting most of the conservative agenda. And on the all-important issue of terrorism and the war, Goldberg asks which of the present candidates has put more on the line to support it than Barry Goldwater's successor in the Senate."

Political Wire: "'Amid heightened scrutiny because of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's White House bid, the Mormon church is raising its public relations profile, making moves that reflect deep concerns over widely held myths about the faith and internal anxiety over the need to convince outsiders that it will remain neutral as a Mormon runs in the 2008 contest," reports The Politico."
"2008 pres"
6:52:05 AM

Immigration
Captain's Quarters: "George Bush launched his 2007 campaign for comprehensive immigration reform, and as the Los Angeles Times reports, has aimed it at conservatives in an attempt to get a broader coalition. Bush himself remained vague on the details, but subsequent briefings by White House officials shows a plan that would put more hurdles in place for citizenship and limiting access to workers only, a move that will lose some of his support from the Left."

Blogs for Bush: "Fundamentally, immigration reform and border security are financial issues - people are coming to America for the primary purpose of obtaining money. What we need to do is control whom has access to money in the United States. Make it very hard for illegals to obtain money, and we'll swiftly run out of illegals."
"2008 pres"
6:49:19 AM