(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=k4czu9bab.0.dvb9s9bab.nh9trybab.6406&ts=S0216&p=http://
www.talkingpointsmemo.com/) Thursday December 7, 2006
Starting next week we'll be debuting new features for the Digest, including
a TPM day book which will give you a run-down of the events of the following
day that you won't want to miss.
Josh Marshall
FROM TPM MEDIA
_Major D.C. Sex Scandal, ISO Congressman_
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=k4czu9bab.0.cv67u9bab.nh9trybab.6406&ts=S0216&p=http://
www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002
094.php)
All of the key elements are there: feds, a prostitution ring, the rampant
destruction of records. All that's needed now is a congressman to be
scandalized. Muck has the story and the 19-page court filing. (TPMmuckraker)
_McCain Hires Strategist Behind Harold Ford "Bimbo" Ad As Campaign Manager_
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=k4czu9bab.0.dv67u9bab.nh9trybab.6406&ts=S0216&p=http:/
/www.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/dec/07/mccain_hires_producer_of_har
old_ford_bimbo_ad_as_campaign_manager)
John McCain is such a "maverick" that he hired GOP consultant Terry Nelson
as his "national campaign manager" despite the fact that Nelson produced the
more widely reviled advertising of the '06 cycle. (TPM Election Central)
_A Liberal-Libertarian Coalition?_
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=k4czu9bab.0.ev67u9bab.nh9trybab.6406&ts=S0216&p=http://
www.tpmcafe.com/blog/specialguests/2006/
dec/06/a_liberal_libertarian_coalition)
Everyone's talking about CATO VP Brink Lindsey's argument for a new
ideological coalition. Jal Mehta has the numbers and some insights. (TPM
Cafe)
FROM OTHER MEDIA
_Bush not swayed by findings in Iraq study_
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=k4czu9bab.0.fv67u9bab.nh9trybab.6406&ts=S0216&p=http://
www.latimes.com/news/nationworl
d/nation/la-na-usiraq8dec08,0,898353.story?track=rss)
President Bush won't concede that Iraq has been a failure. He's just
"disappointed by the pace of success." (LA Times)
_U.S. Senator Barack Obama and the One-Drop rule_
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=k4czu9bab.0.gv67u9bab.nh9trybab.6406&ts=S0216&p=http://
blogs.suntimes.com/mitche
ll/2006/12/us_senator_barak_obama_and_the.html)
Mary Mitchell points out that the man who could become our "first black
president" is also... white. (Chicago Sun-Times)
_Labor to Push Agenda in Congress It Helped Elect_
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=k4czu9bab.0.hv67u9bab.nh9trybab.6406&ts=S0216&p=http://
www.washingtonpost.com/w
p-dyn/content/article/2006/12/07/AR2006120701778.html?nav=rss_politics)
The labor movement is looking forward to a seat at the table after producing
record participation in the 2006 election cycle. (Washington Post)
www.talkingpointsmemo.com/) Thursday December 7, 2006
Starting next week we'll be debuting new features for the Digest, including
a TPM day book which will give you a run-down of the events of the following
day that you won't want to miss.
Josh Marshall
FROM TPM MEDIA
_Major D.C. Sex Scandal, ISO Congressman_
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=k4czu9bab.0.cv67u9bab.nh9trybab.6406&ts=S0216&p=http://
www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002
094.php)
All of the key elements are there: feds, a prostitution ring, the rampant
destruction of records. All that's needed now is a congressman to be
scandalized. Muck has the story and the 19-page court filing. (TPMmuckraker)
_McCain Hires Strategist Behind Harold Ford "Bimbo" Ad As Campaign Manager_
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=k4czu9bab.0.dv67u9bab.nh9trybab.6406&ts=S0216&p=http:/
/www.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/dec/07/mccain_hires_producer_of_har
old_ford_bimbo_ad_as_campaign_manager)
John McCain is such a "maverick" that he hired GOP consultant Terry Nelson
as his "national campaign manager" despite the fact that Nelson produced the
more widely reviled advertising of the '06 cycle. (TPM Election Central)
_A Liberal-Libertarian Coalition?_
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=k4czu9bab.0.ev67u9bab.nh9trybab.6406&ts=S0216&p=http://
www.tpmcafe.com/blog/specialguests/2006/
dec/06/a_liberal_libertarian_coalition)
Everyone's talking about CATO VP Brink Lindsey's argument for a new
ideological coalition. Jal Mehta has the numbers and some insights. (TPM
Cafe)
FROM OTHER MEDIA
_Bush not swayed by findings in Iraq study_
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=k4czu9bab.0.fv67u9bab.nh9trybab.6406&ts=S0216&p=http://
www.latimes.com/news/nationworl
d/nation/la-na-usiraq8dec08,0,898353.story?track=rss)
President Bush won't concede that Iraq has been a failure. He's just
"disappointed by the pace of success." (LA Times)
_U.S. Senator Barack Obama and the One-Drop rule_
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=k4czu9bab.0.gv67u9bab.nh9trybab.6406&ts=S0216&p=http://
blogs.suntimes.com/mitche
ll/2006/12/us_senator_barak_obama_and_the.html)
Mary Mitchell points out that the man who could become our "first black
president" is also... white. (Chicago Sun-Times)
_Labor to Push Agenda in Congress It Helped Elect_
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=k4czu9bab.0.hv67u9bab.nh9trybab.6406&ts=S0216&p=http://
www.washingtonpost.com/w
p-dyn/content/article/2006/12/07/AR2006120701778.html?nav=rss_politics)
The labor movement is looking forward to a seat at the table after producing
record participation in the 2006 election cycle. (Washington Post)
