After all the madness of yesterday and earlier today about how Bush was going to sideline Petraeus from reporting today we get an more in depth view of what has been going on behind the curtain.

The Washington Post tells the story...

Yeah she rearranged her schedule to appear by herself prior to the Presidential forum.

See it here live now:

http://www.ustream.tv/

She said if people signed up to see her they should get a chance to see her.

This is just a heads up diary...

But if you want to use this to Live Bog and comment on her feel free to do that.

Presidential forum is live at the above link at approximately 1:00 pm central.

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Yeah you read that right. Why Complain?

Why complain about O'Reilly and the emails and the bad PR?

The community really invited this upon themselves.

Here's why...

"For me, this does it."

Those were the words of Bob Schieffer this morning as he tossed in the towel on Iraq and specifically the Iraqi government.

Let's let Schieffer and Cronkite do the talking.

Today Warner and Lugar presented an amendment for a new War Authorization Bill.

The details are sketchy right now but the one glaring thing that sticks out to me is that they want Bush to present a new plan.

Excerpts from the article and comments to follow to follow:

Read the article below.

See What I found...

more...

LOS ANGELES Dec 16, 2005 -- John Spencer, who played vice presidential candidate Leo McGarry on NBC's "The West Wing," died of a heart attack Friday, his publicist said.

Spencer, 58, died at a Los Angeles hospital, said publicist Ron Hofmann.

Hofmann released no other immediate details.

Spencer's work on the show earned him an Emmy Award for supporting actor in a drama series in 2002, as well as a Golden Globe nomination.

Before appearing on the hit political drama, Spencer played the quirky and charismatic New York attorney Tommy Mullaney on "L.A. Law."LOS ANGELES Dec 16, 2005 -- John Spencer, who played vice presidential candidate Leo McGarry on NBC's "The West Wing," died of a heart attack Friday, his publicist said.

He was a good actor and I saw him interviewed on Tavis Smiley and he seemed like a genuine and gentle man.

R.I.P.

The Washington Post had no comment on the matter. Wow! Could this be the beginning of another 1st Amendment case for the press? Will Dana Priest be asked to give up her source.

Additionally Harry Reid said the House and Senate committees with normal jurisdiction should conduct any hearings, not a bicameral committee as suggested in the letter of the two Republican leaders.

Nancy Pelosi said any such joint investigation should also investigate possible manipulation of prewar intelligence on Iraq.

"If Speaker Hastert and Majority Leader Frist are finally ready to join Democrats' demands for an investigation of possible abuses of classified information, they must direct the House and Senate Intelligence Committees to investigate all aspects of that issue," said Pelosi.

So the Dems are piling on this one too to our advantage. Way to go!!!

Read on...

"In my last column, I tried to deflate expectations a bit about the likely consequences of the work of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald; to bring them down to the realistic level at which he was likely to proceed. I warned, for instance, that there might not be any indictments, and Fitzgerald might close up shop as the last days of the grand jury's term elapsed. And I was certain he would only indict if he had a patently clear case.

Now, however, one indictment has been issued -- naming Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby as the defendant, and charging false statements, perjury and obstruction of justice. If the indictment is to be believed, the case against Libby is, indeed, a clear one.

Having read the indictment against Libby, I am inclined to believe more will be issued. In fact, I will..."

Read On

And catch this excertpt fram a press conference with Rumsfeld regarding Wilkerson's claims of a 'cabal':

A majority of Americans say the indictment of senior White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby signals broader ethical problems in the Bush administration, and nearly half say the overall level of honesty and ethics in the federal government has fallen since President Bush took office, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News survey.
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And by a 3 to 1 ratio, 46 percent to 15 percent, Americans say the level of honesty and ethics in the government has declined rather than risen under Bush.

read article here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

Here it is, the arrest warrant for:

CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
MONEY LAUNDERING => $100,000

Above that is a section giving instructions to sherriffs:

"To any sheriff or peace officer of the state of Texas, greetings, you are hereby commanded to arrest Thomas Dale DeLay and him safely keep so that you have him before the 331st Judicial District Court of Travis County"

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