Blog Summaries

Paul at Power Line calls the Saddam-paid trip

Yglesias doubts that the letter sent by Clinton backers to Nancy Pelosi

Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) is hopeful that a more muscular majority and a new Democratic President

James L. points to a poll in Arizona

Koser DHinMI picks up on a series of Obama releases painting Hillary Clinton as a serial exaggerator.

Joe Sudbay brings up an AP story showing McCain has busted the FEC spending cap. Despite a DNC complaint, McCain hasn

Pointing to reports that the cease-fire between the Mahdi Army and U.S. troops in Iraq is over, Matt Stoller suggests that the surge may fail, violence will increase and the Iraq war's impact on the 2008 election will grow. Populista gives reasons why "progressives" should support Obama, one of which is that he would listen to grassroots activists and "open-minded" Democrats such as Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.), Senate candidate Rick Noriega (D-Texas) and House candidate Darcy Burner (D-Wash.). Another of those Democratic House candidates, Dan Maffei (N.Y.), has big leads over his would-be Republican opponents in the race to succeed retiring Rep. James Walsh (R), Stoller notes.

John Aravosis joins an anonymous Democratic official in likening Hillary Clinton to Tonya Harding for wanting to destroy her opponent in order to win. Joe Sudbay links to video of Clinton saying she was "sleep-deprived" when she "misspoke" about her Bosnia trip. Sudbay calls that the "weakest possible excuse."

Allahpundit calls Hillary Clinton "a shameless liar on Bosnia" and notes that CBS Evening News "embarrassed" Clinton for the second night in a row by focusing on that 1996 trip. Ed Morrissey links to speeches given by veterans who were denied from speaking at a Minnesota high school.

Drudge, for the second morning in a row, leads with a photo of Hillary Clinton, who is dealing with the fallout of being caught "misspeaking" about her 1996 trip to Bosnia. On Wednesday morning, Drudge's headline is, "I'm Human," referring to Clinton's Tuesday mea culpa. Above the banner, Drudge has links to reports about losses of up to $460 billion on Wall Street and cash hoarding by banks that is stoking fears about the economy.