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Could the Hillary Clinton e-mail saga end with FBI Director James Comey resigning in protest? Ken Cuccinelli, the former attorney general of Virginia, knows the laws regarding classified information firsthand. In his private practice, Cuccinelli defended a Marine lieutenant colonel court martialed on charges of possessing such information outside a secure facility. He says Clinton’s actions in the e-mail scandal clearly satisfy all five requirements necessary to sustain charges of mishandling classified material, and constitute a breach perhaps even more glaring than the one for which General David Petraeus was convicted.

Washington is the city of conventional wisdom. Denizens of the District of Columbia cling to a prevailing notion for dear life even when all evidence begins to point in another direction. Then, quick as a flash, the mood shifts and another idea takes hold. So it has been with President Barack Obama and his 2012 re-election chances. Back in November, when his party was on the receiving end of the worst electoral pummelling since 1948, Obama was a dead cert one-term president, a Jimmy Carter with bells on heading for oblivion. A compromise tax deal, the ratification of an arms...

Hillary Clinton can change her message, change her campaign manager, even change her hairstyle—but she can’t change the delegate math that makes it almost impossible for her to win the Democratic presidential nomination. In several ways, recent news has been good to Clinton. She continues to win in states like Ohio and Pennsylvania where there are large numbers of white working-class voters. Arguably, her coalition of white working-class and Hispanic voters is equal to Obama’s coalition of white-collar and African-American voters. Obama has been on the defensive lately, dealing with the continuing problem of his former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright,...

Bill Clinton is a sexagenarian. The 42nd president spent his 60th birthday yesterday celebrating quietly with friends and family, said his spokesmen.

Hillary Clinton setting up for presidential run 43 minutes ago US Senator and former First Lady Hillary Clinton is quietly putting in place the infrastructure and logistics for a White House run. Although the wife of former president Bill Clinton officially remains focused on her reelection race as New York state's US senator, her strategists told Time magazine that they are urging her to make her intentions clear about running for the US presidency by next spring, to lock in funding and political talent. The magazine to hit newsstands Monday reported that Democrat Clinton so far has collected 33 million...

Yeeehaaaa, I'm back on FR and the entire net from home. I picked up a nasty computer virus last year which knocked out my home computer and thus ended my oh-so-educated opinions on FR. Briefly, geologically speaking. Got my FR fix by lurking from work, but really not the same. Very frustrating, with Plame not being arrested for treason, McCain just being insane, etc. Anyway, after about a year or so, I finally got around to trying to fix the b!thch (computer) and now I'm back. Of course, none of y'all care and will have fun at my expense (if...

Howard Dean was robbed! If Howard Dean ever had any reason to scream his head off, this was it. The former Vermont governor - whose once-frontrunning presidential campaign ended with a shriek, not a whimper - was on his way last week from a Canadian vacation to a Washington, D.C., fund-raiser. But on his layover in the American Airlines terminal at JFK, he was told that bad weather would keep him from arriving on time at the Women's National Democratic Club. There, on Wednesday night, some 350 Dean fans - who gave thousands of dollars to Dean's Democracy for America...

<p>The lack of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq contradicts years of intelligence indicating Saddam had such weapons, which also was the conclusion of officials in the Clinton administration.</p> <p>"The consensus was the same, from the Clinton administration to the Bush administration," she said. "It was the same intelligence belief that our allies and friends around the world shared.</p>

MIDI - CALIFORNIA HERE I COME (La la la la la la la la…..la la la la la la la la) Gray-out Davis is in trouble and now what is Gray-out gonna do He has phoned up Satan's Daughter in New York and said "I'm needing you" California, here she comes…with her crusty pantsuit buns Some are hoping there will be an earthquake when her plane is touching down California, here she comes…with her crusty pantsuit buns I'm warning, she'd better stay out of reach I'll lose it if I find out that she's been out on the beach...

SEPT. 11, 2002 -- DOUG FROM UPLAND GUEST TEACHER LESSON PLANS (6th grade) =============================== 8:30 Greet kids at the door from morning recess . . . anyone not standing straight in line with hands at their side and mouth shut will run a lap 8:35 Morning song -- THE BALLAD OF MIKE MORAN (Note: we will use the word "bleep" everywhere "ass" appears in the song) Give bonus points to those kids whose parents bought the CD 8:38 Flag Salute -- no recess for any kid not saying "under God" in the pledge 8:40 Take roll. If they don't audibly...

1. In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? Approve: 75% Disapprove: 18% (Previous polling: 4/02 — 74%-20%; 1/02 — 82%-13%; 12/01 — 85%-11%; 11/01 — 88%-7%; 9/01 — 82%-12%; 6/01 — 50%-35%) 2. Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the measures the Bush administration took based on the information they had prior to Sept. 11? Satisfied with measures: 58% Dissatisfied with measures: 31% Not sure: 11% 3. Do you think the Bush administration did as much as was reasonable or could have done more to prevent or warn about hijackings?...