The award winning documentarian trains his patented eye on the events that happened at Abu Ghraib prison in a film coming out on April 25.
From watching the following clips, as well as Frontline’s searing Bush’s War, a pretty clear picture emerges and makes it incredibly difficult for the Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld to put [...]

Greg Sargent breaks it down…
There are a total of 186 members on the credentials committee. Twenty five of them are appointed by DNC chair Howard Dean, and the remainder are alloted by state, in numbers based on each state’s population and Democratic performance.
The process that determines how those credential committee members are split between the [...]

This is one of the first polls we’ve seen out of this state so far, but it bodes well for the Clinton camp.
From SurveyUSA:
In a Democratic Primary in Kentucky today, 03/31/08, 7 weeks till the votes are counted, Hillary Clinton defeats Barack Obama 58% to 29%, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for WHAS-TV Louisville [...]

On “This Week” Joe Lieberman remarked that he didn’t leave the Democrats, the Democrats left him by moving further left. This is substantively accurate as the Democrats since Bill Clinton have definitely moved from interventionalism towards isolationism and from free-trade towards protectionism. There’s little to indicate that Lieberman has changed many of his positions since [...]

Public Policy Polling has the numbers (pdf file)…
After a week in which both candidates spent a lot of time in North Carolina Barack Obama has retained a large lead in the state, according to the newest survey from Public Policy Polling.
Obama leads Clinton 54-36. His lead is particularly strong among likely voters who do not [...]

His lead shrunk by two since yesterday, but the biggest poll meme for the day is this represents 4 days of a statistically viable lead for the Illinois senator.

Maybe this is why we’re seeing the questionnaire story being floated today by the Hillary camp? More kitchen sink strategy?

The more that comes out about the Iraqi government’s clash with the Mahdi Army, the more convinced I become that we should NOT have been involved in any way, shape or form. Not only that, our continued presence there will increasingly be used as a craven political tool instead of a force to fight terrorism.
From [...]

From Politico:
During his first run for elected office, Barack Obama played a greater role than his aides now acknowledge in crafting liberal stands on gun control, the death penalty and abortion — positions that appear at odds with the more moderate image he has projected during his presidential campaign.
The evidence comes from an amended [...]

It’s amazing what Republicans can do sometimes.

There’s no doubt that Hillary’s way ahead in the Keystone State, but what if Obama could get 90,000 Republicans to vote for him on April 22?
From NY Sun:
Of the 140,000 Pennsylvania Republicans and independents who switched registration in the last year to Democrat, the majority are Obama voters, the director of the Franklin and Marshall [...]

So, in an interview with the New York Times James Carville referred to Bill Richardson as “Judas” for endorsing Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton. Richardson has declined to stoop to Carville’s level but did comment on the Clinton campaign’s “personal venom” and “sense of entitlement.”
I’m not sure what Carville’s plan was with that remark – [...]

And trust me, this isn’t one of those videos where you’ll think, “Wait, are they really booing?” Sure, you’ll hear some cheers, but the boo birds are overwhelming.

The times we live in…

Jill Miller Zimon writes over at The Moderate Voice on a regular basis and now she’s up for Best Female Blogger for her blog Writes Like She Talks. Only issue? She’s going against some heavy-hitters like Digby, Taylor Marsh and Jessica Valenti of Feministing.
So help a fellow moderate/centrist/independent blogger out and vote here. It’ll take [...]

Ask Paul Silver…
Our Travis County gathering of 8,000 was important enough to attract dozens of speeches by local candidates, elected representatives and included Terry McAuliffe of the Clinton Campaign. State leaders of the Clinton and Obama campaigns participated in our convention. The credentials committees that deal with disputes resolved scores of issues . My particular [...]

The man who tried to destroy the Clintons is now almost endorsing the New York senator.
From Pitt-Tribune:
Walking into our conference room, not knowing what to expect (or even, perhaps, expecting the worst), took courage and confidence. Not many politicians have political or personal courage today, so it was refreshing to see her exhibit both.
Sen. Clinton [...]

Not that it’s unexpected, but Hillary finally reveals she’s in it until Denver.
Obviously this doesn’t necessarily mean she will be, and candidates say some of the strongest, rah-rah stuff right before they drop out, but let’s just say she’s serious. And let’s say she takes her case all the way to the credentials committee. [...]

The undecideds are apparently starting to break for Obama. And even if the remaining 6% go for Hill, Obama will still be in the lead.

As Gallup points out:
This marks the first time either candidate has held a double-digit lead over the other since Feb. 4-6, at which point Clinton led Obama by 11 percentage points.
Next [...]

In an effort to make the conversations around here more interesting, easier to follow, etc., we’ll be testing Intense Debate commenting this coming Tuesday.
We chose them instead of Disqus because, well, I don’t think Disqus is very good. At least not in my experiences with it. And If you’ve ever tried to follow a Disqus [...]

Good news for al-Maliki’s credibility, but this could be a brief pause if there’s not agreement on the elections in the Fall.
From MSNBC:
BAGHDAD – Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Sunday ordered his fighters off the streets nationwide and called on the government to stop raids against his followers and free them from prison.
The Iraqi [...]

Bio-fuel is creating more problems than it’s fixing…like deforestation. This isn’t new information, but until the media starts pushing it on A1, nobody will care.
From TIME:
Backed by billions in investment capital, this alarming phenomenon is replicating itself around the world. Indonesia has bulldozed and burned so much wilderness to grow palm oil trees for biodiesel [...]