Weekend Show *Preview* for 1/6 - 1/7/07 (not the live thread)

The new year begins, President Ford and Saddam Hussein have both been buried and now the Dhimmicrats are ascendant. The only thing that would make the DBM's world complete would be if a fatal "accident" befell both Bush and Cheney so that Queen Nazi Pelosi could assume her rightful place in the White House. Ah well, they can always hope that Conyers will ignore his promise and go ahead and impeach them both. I mean, according to the DBM the Dhimmicrats have an overwhelming majority in both houses of Congress. Don't they?

The shows this week concentrate on the triumphant Dhimmicrats, the disoriented, divided and defeated Republicans and the failed war in Iraq, along with the implied impotence of President Bush. Here is the show by show guest list and analysis:

Three newly powerful old guard leftist Dhimmicrats are expected to try to recapture their "glory days" when they nearly brought down Ronald Reagan over Iran Contra and other manufactured scandals. Watch for a lot of attempts to recreate the Boland Amendment as it relates to the war on terror, particularly our involvement in Iraq. I don't think they're stupid enough to think they can get those sorts of things into law with the very week position they are truly in, but they will want to score points and set the tone for 2008. This show may go a long way to exposing their true intentions or this may be the place they intend to drop lots of sound bites about bipartisanship that they can point to when those nasty Republicans start their evil partisan obstructifying. And folks like Brent Scowcroft will be virtually the only Republicans to get air time for as long as the DBM can get away with it. Then little Georgie Steponallofus rounds out his roundtable with Harold Ford Jr. joining Cokie Roberts and George Will. Not exactly a surprise, but just a bit blatant in their bias, dontcha think?

The most powerful woman in the world sits down with the most reliable suck up on TV as far as leftists are concerned. This show will probably need to have medical warnings attached as it will be so sickening. I expect there to be lots of talk about bipartisanship coupled with lots of warnings to Republicans not to stand in the way of the Dhimmicrat's agenda and particularly warnings to President Bush that he has to toe Nazi Pelosi's line. She has the power!

Wolfie has his usual eclectic mix, mostly oriented towards the situation in Iraq this week. Heavily weighted to opponents of current US policy in Iraq, or folks that have been marginalized by critics, this is clearly part of the campaign to do in Iraq what was done in Vietnam. I trust someone will eventually take up that challenge and point out that the left's "great victory" in Vietnam over the evil US resulted in the deaths of several million innocent people and turning several million others into either slaves or refugees. But remember, all they are saying is "give peace a chance." The silliest part of this weeks lineup is putting on Dennis Kucinich and portraying him as a serious Presidential candidate. Maybe they're expecting all of the other candidates to die. I don't think even that would make him a viable candidate, but Wolfie might think otherwise.

Amazingly someone at Fox discovered that Mitch McConnell was actually elected as the leader of the Republicans in the Senate. I will be very interested to see this show as I view these two men as the most significant in their respective bodies for the next two years. I also think that the two of them will likely be the ones to square off in serious fights, or the ones to actually hammer out deals and get some interesting things through both the House and the Senate for the President's signature. Both men are very capable and both men know how to work the system. This show may very well set the tone for the real work of the next two years. Since I think there's a good chance Mitch McConnell may end up Senate Majority Leader in the not too distant future and Hoyer must realize that the posturing could be very interesting. Even if Johnson survives, the odds are high that at least one senior Senate Dhimmicrat won't see the next election. No Brit again this week, even though he's back for his other normal gigs. I wonder if Chris Wallace has gotten Fox to move him off of the regular panel to make sure he doesn't show him up so badly?

A Dhimmicrat with an ego much larger than his home state and very little impulse control squaring off against one of the lamest sycophants in the Republican party. What a line up! Plugs Biden has declared his intention to run for President and I can't really picture him as any more serious a candidate than Dennis Kucinich, but then the Dhimmicrats did nominate Jon F'n Carry. Lindsey Graham is to John McCain as Lamb Chop was to Shari Lewis. I'll let you come up with your own mental image of what that means McCain is doing with his hand. Regardless, Graham is serving as a McCain surrogate, particularly in regards to Iraq policy, so we effectively have a debate set up over the possibility of a troop surge. Earlier in the week the question was whether the Dhimmicrats would try to oppose any proposed troop increase, particularly since one of their talking points has been "not enough troops" for a long time. That question was answered on Friday with the outlandish dictatorial letter from Nazi Pelosi and Dingy Harry Reid. They've been listening to the DBM describe their "total domination of Washington" and they may actually have started to believe they really have that much power. I think they're in for a rude awakening. But this White House has managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory almost as often this last year as they did the reverse in the previous five years and it's not like they can count on their "troops" in Congress, particularly in the Senate. I can think of a dozen RINOs I trust far less than Joe Lieberman on this question.

The Saturday shows are following the same script this week, though they seem to have stopped listing anything for Tim Russert's CNBC show on the MTP site. No great loss. JER does offer up one "blue dog" Democrat, Tennessee's Jim Cooper. We'll see how that pans out.

So, the election is over, the holiday's are finished, the transition to Dhimmicrat hegemony has occurred. Now the various possibilities of what could happen over the next two years will begin to settle down into probabilities and established facts. In quantum physics they call this "collapsing the state vector." Over the next few weeks and months we'll get a much better idea of what type of "brave new world" we've been launched into by the "temper tantrum" of this last election. I think we're all in for a very bumpy ride and I have a feeling that it's not going to work out quite the way the DBM and the Dhimmicrats are trying to make us think it will. Keep your powder dry and your hands on your wallets. We must also make sure that we do our part by keeping in touch with our elected representatives and get involved with the process NOW for the election in 2008 so that we're not faced with no-win choices again.

This should be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com sooner or later, maybe even today. This post exists primarily as a heads up for who is on the weekend talks shows, what they've been invited on to push (based on their recent pronouncements) and the spin (meme) the DBM is likely trying to push based on that information. All of this is prep work for the weekly Sunday Morning Talk Show thread posted by Alas Babylon!. That thread provides a live commentary and analysis of the Sunday talking head shows, with rare insight and exceptional fact checking. we are the Jedi Council of FreeRepublic, at least in regards to these DBM gabfests. You wanna know what was said and what it meant, as well as where they messed up? Read that thread!

Saturday Shows for January 6, 2007

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are trying to push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

Meme:
- The Dhimmicrats are in charge now, will everyone be nice to each other? We hope not, or else we're out of our jobs!
Topics:
- Bush and Democratic leaders have made nice, but maybe not for long
- Will Dems flex their political muscles and oppose a troop surge in Iraq?
- Rudy Giuliani's damage control!
Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6 and 11:30 p.m. ET

CNBC's Tim Russert Show (Tim Russert)

Meme:
- Will anybody notice if this show isn't on?
Topics:
- No listing
Guests
- No listing
CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

Meme:
- All bow down (or bend over, as the case may be) der Übermensch, our rightful lords and masters, are back in control of the government!
- It's not our fault that we showed that video endlessly, over and over and over. Don't blame us! We're just the messangers.
Topics:
- Washington's Big Week:
  - 110th Congress sworn in
  - State funeral for Pres. Ford
- Saddam's Execution:
  - More controversy as cell phone video of former dictator's hanging appears on the Web
The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. ET and Sundays at 2:30 a.m. ET
Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

Meme:
- Yes, there are some good Democrats
- Yes, it's silly to mention "Democrats" and "ethics" in the same sentence without the words "lack of" somewhere in there
Topics:
- Opinion Journal web page: Welcoming a Woofer
  - Tune in this weekend for a discussion of the Pelosi era, including an interview with a "Blue Dog" Democrat.
- Fox News Channel web page
  - The 110th Congress convenes with Dems at the helm:
    - Ethics reform tops the agenda, but will Congress really clean up its act?
    - Can Pres. Bush keep his own party in line?
Guests
- Representative Jim Cooper, Democrat - Tennessee
- House web site | Bio
- We Bet Paul Gigot Has a Man Crush Too (Nashville Scene, TN - Jan 5, 2007)
- DC Notebook: Deduct this ... (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA - Jan 5, 2007)
- With majority in tow, Cooper goes to Washington (Nashville City Paper, TN - Jan 2, 2007)
- Cooper derides short work year, Frist defends successes (WTVF, TN - Dec 10, 2006)
Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

Meme:
- All bow down (or bend over, as the case may be) der Übermensch, our rightful lords and masters, are back in control of the government!
- Bush is wrong, Bush is wrong, Lord God Almighty, Bush is wrong.
- It's over, the (evil) US lost in Iraq. Give it up. Run away. Frag your officers. All the things that were so much fun in Vietnam.
Topics:
- A new Congress convened in Washington this week -- with Democrats in control.
  - How will they affect our policy on Iraq?
  - How will the race for the White House shape the debate over the war?
  - How would a surge in U.S. troop levels change the situation on the ground?
Guests
- Senator Joe Biden Democrat - Delaware
  - New Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Democrats urge Bush not to send more troops to Iraq (Malaysia Sun, Malaysia - Jan 6, 2007)
  - Joe Biden To George Bush: Level With Americans About "Troop Surge" (American Chronicle, CA - Dec 28, 2006)
  - Democrats ponder ways to check Bush (Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD - Jan 6, 2007)
  - White House to Joe Biden: Hold Your Horses on Rejecting Iraq Troop Surge (Editor & Publisher - Dec 27, 2006)
  - Joe Biden vs. George W. Bush (National Ledger, AZ - Dec 30, 2006)
  - Sen. Joe Biden: Release Nazi Documents (NewsMax.com, FL - Dec 29, 2006)
  - Sen. Joe Biden: I'm Running for President (NewsMax.com, FL - Dec 26, 2006)
  - Joe Biden Says to Bush: "Mr. President, This is Your War" (Huffington Post, NY - Dec 26, 2006)
- Senator Lindsey Graham Republican - South Carolina
  - Minority member of the Senate Armed Services Committee
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Some UCMJ rules now cover US contractors (ArmyTimes.com, VA - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Graham Says 20-Thousand More Troops Needed In Iraq (WCIV, SC - Dec 15, 2006)
  - Dodd, Graham Disagree On Troop Surge (Playfuls.com, Romania - Dec 24, 2006)
  - Digital gold and a flawed global order (Council on Foreign Relations, NY - Jan 5, 2007)
  - CBS failed to note Abizaid's dismissal of the McCain-Graham plan (Media Matters for America, DC - Dec 15, 2006)
  - Sen. Graham: Wal-Mart's prices are too low (Blogging Stocks - Dec 20, 2006)
  - Senator offers wrong answer on military action (Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - Dec 27, 2006)
  - McCain shifts right, builds support in SC (Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - Jan 3, 2007)
- Roundtable
  - Michael Gordon
    - Chief Military Correspondent of the New York Times
    - Iraq: Looking Back, Looking Ahead (RealClearPolitics Blog - Jan 2, 2007)
  - John Harwood
    - CNBC and the Wall Street Journal
    - Barnicle's Low Blow: Does 'Top Level' Consider 19 Killed Since ISG Report Issued? (NewsBusters - Dec 8, 2006)
  - Judy Woodruff
    - PBS
    - President Bush Revamps Iraq Team Before Policy Changes (PBS News Hour - Jan 5, 2007)
    - PBS 'Resurgence' documentary explores reappearance of anti-Semitism (The Jewish Journal of greater L.A, CA - Jan 4, 2007)
What would you like to ask this week's guests? (web page for submitting questions for this weeks show)
Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

Meme:
- She's in charge, She's in charge, thank God Almighty, She's in charge.
- All bow down (or bend over, as the case may be) der Überfrau and her minions, our rightful lords and masters, are in control of the government!
- Bush is wrong, Bush is wrong, Lord God Almighty, Bush is wrong.
Topics:
- Exclusive interview with the new Speaker of the House of Representatives
Guests
- Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democrat - California
  - New Speaker Of The House of Representatives
  - House web site | Bio
  - Pelosi: Iraq War A Big Ethical Issue (abc7news.com, CA - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Nancy Pelosi Visits Hometown on Victory Tour (Frankfort Times, IN - Jan 5, 2007)
  - All eyes are on Nancy Pelosi (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Raw Data: Letter From Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid to President Bush (FOX News - Jan 5, 2007)
  - CNN Reporter on Nancy Pelosi as Speaker: ‘A Moment to Savor’ (NewsBusters - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Nancy Pelosi 100 Hours Ego: 'The Most Powerful Woman in America' (National Ledger, AZ - Jan 4, 2007)
Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

Meme:
- All bow down (or bend over, as the case may be) der Übermensch, our rightful lords and masters, are back in control of the government!
- Bush is wrong, Bush is wrong, Lord God Almighty, Bush is wrong.
- It's over, the (evil) US lost in Iraq. Give it up. Run away. Frag your officers. All the things that were so much fun in Vietnam.
- Let's shoot McChimpy Bushitler and Darth Cheney, those nasty murderers of that nice Mr. Saddam (and make Queen Nancy President while your at it).
Topics:
- Fresh flames of unrest in Iraq. What is the next step and when will it be taken?
Guests
- Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie
  - Iraqi National Security Adviser
  - Iraqi PM's aide taunted Saddam (The Australian, Australia - Jan 3, 2007)
  - Preparations underway for execution of two of Saddam’s co-defendants (Victoria Times Colonist, Canada - Jan 3, 2007)
  - Iraq to Execute Hussein Co-defendants (AINA, CA - Jan 3, 2007)
  - Iraqi Official Held in Saddam Hanging Video Investigation (New York Sun, NY - Jan 3, 2007)
- Senator Trent Lott, Republican - Mississippi
  - Senate Minority Whip
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Lott: I May Oppose Troop Escalation (Think Progress, DC - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Lott: Administration "Pushed" Intel on Iraq (TPMmuckraker, NY - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Pelosi, Reid urge Bush not to deploy troops (Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Jan 6, 2007)
  - Gordon Smith and the Resurrection of Trent Lott Jon Perr (BlueOregon, OR - Dec 27, 2006)
- Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat - California
  - Foreign Relations Committee member
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Sen. Barbara Boxer Yanks Award for CAIR (NewsMax.com, FL - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Boxer to head Senate Ethics panel while Sen. Tim Johnson recovers (KGET 17, CA - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Barbara Boxer's global hot seat (San Francisco Chronicle, CA - Jan 4, 2007)
  - San Francisco power (Stockton Record, CA - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Barbara Boxer outlines 2007 agenda (Grist Magazine, WA - Dec 28, 2006)
- General George Joulwan, U.S. Army (Retired)
  - Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
  - Online NewsHour: General Joulwan (PBS News Hour - May 12, 1997)
  - Online NewsHour: NATO's Next Step (PBS News Hour - March 31, 1999)
  - Transcript (CNN LATE EDITION - Nov 7, 2004)
- Lawrence Korb
  - Former Assistant Secretary of Defense
  - Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress | Bio
  - US must resist 'military surge' and push for 'diplomatic surge' (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Jan 4, 2007)
  - Bush´new strategy begins, two new commanders for Iraq (EiTB, Spain - Jan 6, 2007)
  - Double or Nothing in Iraq (PEJ News, Canada - Dec 20, 2006)
  - Robert Gates Takes Oath as US Defense Secretary (Voice of America - Dec 18, 2006)
- Danielle Pletka
  - Vice President, American Enterprise Institute | Bio
  - The Bipartisan Conventional Wisdom on Growing the Army (Across the Aisle, DC - Jan 4, 2007)
  - Intelligence chairman botches Islam facts (Houston Chronicle, TX - Dec 12, 2006)
  - Conservatives blast Iraq group as 'surrender monkeys' (Wilmington Morning Star, NC - Dec 8, 2006)
  - 'Chickenhawk Down': The Real Target Is Iran (Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), VA - Dec 30, 2006)
  - Delusions of victory (ZNet, MA - Dec 26, 2006)
- John Burns
  - New York Times Baghdad Bureau Chief
  - A Wonderful Death (The Conservative Voice, NC - Jan 5, 2007)
  - The obscenity of killing Saddam (Downtown Express - Jan 4, 2007)
  - Iraqi Official Arrested for Recording Saddam's Execution (PBS - Jan 4, 2007)
  - Another New York Times Cover-up? (American Politics Journal, FL - Jan 2, 2007)
  - Post Mortem (Power Line, MN - Dec 30, 2006)
  - Iraq: Looking Back, Looking Ahead (RealClearPolitics Blog - Jan 2, 2007)
- Rajiv Chandrasekaran
  - Washington Post
  - Author Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
  - In the zone (The Phoenix, MA - Jan 4, 2007)
  - Operation bungle Iraq (Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Chandrasekaran Denounces US Reconstruction Efforts in Iraq (San Leandro India West, CA - Dec 21, 2006)
  - Video of 'Wash Post' Reporter on 'Daily Show': The Green Zone Follies in Iraq (Editor & Publisher - Dec 15, 2006)
- Representative Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio
  - Presidential candidate (yes, really - that's actually how they listed him)
  - Campaign web site | Bio
  - House web site | Bio
  - Kucinich plans NH trip (Boston Globe, MA - Jan 3, 2007)
  - Exit and Election Strategies (New York Times, NY - Jan 4, 2007)
  - Dennis Kucinich: The First Peace Candidate of the 2008 Presidential Election (Al-Jazeerah.info, GA - Dec 15, 2006)
  - Star Wars (The American Prospect, MA - Jan 5, 2007)
- Representative Roy Blunt, R-Missouri
  - House web site | Bio
  - Clyburn Refuses To Take Ceremonial Whip From Blunt (TPMCafe, NY - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Blunt: 'Taxpayer Protections Must Remain in Place' (PR Newswire (press release), NY - Jan 4, 2007)
  - House Democrats set to work on new agenda (International Herald Tribune, France - Jan 5, 2007)
CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

Meme:
- Democrats want to address ethics... stop laughing... stop it, I say!
- Wait. Trent Lott is the top Republican, isn't he? Who's this McDonald character? Oh, it's McConnell and he's the Minority Leader. Is his first name Ronald?
Topics:
- Under new management: How will the new Congress function?
  - With an ambitious plan for their first 100 legislative hours, how do Democrats plan to govern during the 110th Congress?
  - Will both parties make good on promises of renewed bipartisanship given the number of contentious issues on the agenda, including the war in Iraq?
- Fox News Essay: Coming Up on FOX News Sunday
Guests
- Steny Hoyer, Democrat - Maryland
  - New House Majority Leader
  - House web site | Bio
  - Rep. Steny Hoyer: 'We Want to Address Integrity' (NewsMax.com, FL - Jan 4, 2007)
  - Aides Tamp Down Rumors of Pelosi-Hoyer Feud (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Jan 3, 2007)
  - Majority Leader-Elect Hoyer Releases Schedule For First 100 Hours (YubaNet, CA - Jan 4, 2007)
  - A work in progress (The Grand Rapids Press, MI - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Big Oil braces for Democrats' energy reform plans (Reuters - Jan 4, 2007)
  - US House takes initial steps on budget reforms (Appleton Post Crescent, WI - Jan 5, 2007)
- Mitch McConnell, Republican - Kentucky
  - New Senate Minority Leader
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - McConnell sees hope in division (Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Mitch McConnell's remarks to Congress (Ledger Independent, KY - Jan 4, 2007)
  - McConnell: 'Civility Does Not Mean Capitulation' (Town Hall, DC - Jan 4, 2007)
  - Senate Democrats to begin with proposal to change ethics laws (Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Jan 6, 2007)
  - McConnell the voice of the minority (Kentucky Post, KY - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Senate Republicans to Take the New Media Seriously (Town Hall, DC - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Sen. Mitch McConnell appears ready to make his own mark (Kansas City Star, MO - Dec 11, 2006)
  - No more troops to Iraq, Bush told (Columbus Dispatch, OH - Jan 6, 2007)
- Roundtable
  - Bill Kristol
    - Weekly Standard Editor
  - Juan Williams
    - NPR Senior National Correspondent
  - Fred Barnes
    - Weekly Standard Executive Editor
  - Nina Easton
    - Fortune Magazine Bureau Chief
Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

Meme:
- All bow down (or bend over, as the case may be) der Übermensch, our rightful lords and masters, are back in control of the government!
- Bush is wrong, Bush is wrong, Lord God Almighty, Bush is wrong.
Topics:
- Three House committee chairmen discuss their agenda and the real prospects for bipartisanship on the Hill.
- The former National Security Advisor to Bush 41 discusses the Bush 42's plans and what's next for Iraq.
- Roundtable - the new Democratic control on the Hill and the president's plan.
- VOICES:
  - In South Africa for the opening of her new leadership school, Oprah sat down with ABC's Diane Sawyer for an exclusive interview about the importance of education and her hopes for the girls' futures.
Guests
- Representative Charlie Rangel, Democrat - New York
  - House web site | Bio
  - Incoming House Ways and Means Committee chairman
  - Rangel: War In Iraq Not Democrats’ Problem (KXMA, ND - Dec 14, 2006)
  - Democrats Set Ambitious Fiscal Agenda for 110th Congress (PBS News Hour - Jan 4, 2007)
  - On Loan from Charlie's Angels (OpEdNews, PA - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Mississippi turning (Economist, UK - Jan 4, 2007)
  - TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE: HE 'FESSES TO RACE CARD (New York Post, NY - Dec 31, 2006)
  - Rangel ready to replace Thomas with the Ways and Means (San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA - Dec 14, 2006)
  - A Draft for Freedom Fighters? (FOX News - Dec 29, 2006)
  - Responding to Rangel--VII (Opinion Journal, NJ - Dec 14, 2006)
- Representative Dave Obey, Democrat - Wisconsin
  - Incoming House Appropriations Committee chairman
  - House web site | Bio
  - WisPolitics.com: Obey Says Dem Congress Has to Run a "Cleanup Brigade" to Balance the Budget (WisPolitics.com, WI - Dec 30, 2006)
  - Great Lakes gun plan torpedoed (Hamilton Spectator, Canada - Dec 18, 2006)
  - At Issue: Earmarking: Federal funding process hits snag (Tulsa World, OK - Dec 31, 2006)
  - Obey: No to earmarks until budget under control (BusinessNorth.com, MN - Dec 18, 2006)
  - Obey: US Troops Need to Police Iraq (WSAW, WI - Dec 20, 2006)
- Representative Henry Waxman, Democrat - California
  - Incoming House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman
  - House web site | Bio
  - Government Reform gets a new moniker (FCW.com, VA - Jan 7, 2007)
  - Americans: The Real Losers in 2007 (Family Security Matters, NJ - Jan 7, 2007)
  - Waxman plans subcommittee on information access (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, VA - Jan 7, 2007)
  - Daily News Misfires on Scoop (Power Line, MN - Jan 4, 2007)
  - Mexican gunmen cross border, rout National Guard (Hot Air, MD - Jan 6, 2007)
  - Congressional changes will be felt in fits and starts (North County Times, CA - Jan 6, 2007)
- Lt. General Brent Scowcroft
  - The Scowcroft Group web site | Bio
  - Cf. this golden line from Brent Scowcroft's New York Times essay: (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Jan 6, 2007)
  - "Getting the Middle East Back on Our Side": Analysis of the Brent Scowcroft -James Baker Approach (Center for Research on Globalization, Canada - Jan 7, 2007) Note: includes text of referenced NY Times Op Ed from Jan 4, 2007
  - Return of the Realists (Town Hall, DC - Jan 6, 2007)
  - NY Times Op-ed: Only US Can Solve Israel-PA Conflict (Arutz Sheva, Israel - Jan 6, 2007)
  - Biden: Top US Officials Believe Iraq War Is Lost (TheDay, CT - Jan 7, 2007)
  - Bush team weakening security (Albany Times Union, NY - Jan 1, 2007)
- Roundtable
  - Former Representative Harold Ford Jr., Democrat - Tennessee
    - Does Harold Ford, Jr. Plan 2008 Senate Run? (WTVF, TN - Dec 11, 2006)
  - Cokie Roberts
    - Bush has lost battle for US hearts, minds (MetroWest Daily News, MA - Dec 17, 2006)
  - George Will
    - Higher wage won't add up (Stockton Record, CA - Jan 7, 2007)
- VOICES: Oprah Winfrey
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The new year begins, President Ford and Saddam Hussein have both been buried and now the Dhimmicrats are ascendant. The only thing that would make the DBM's world complete would be if a fatal "accident" befell both Bush and Cheney so that Queen Nazi Pelosi could assume her rightful place in the White House...
... In quantum physics they call this "collapsing the state vector." Over the next few weeks and months we'll get a much better idea of what type of "brave new world" we've been launched into by the "temper tantrum" of this last election. I think we're all in for a very bumpy ride and I have a feeling that it's not going to work out quite the way the DBM and the Dhimmicrats are trying to make us think it will...

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