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Fahrenheit 9/11 Worrying GOP
AP is reporting: "Republicans initially dismissed 'Fahrenheit 9/11' as a cinematic screed that would play mostly to inveterate Bush bashers. Four weeks and $94 million later, the film is still …
Stop the Blaming
Reason magazine's Cathy Young provides perspective on the attempt to place 9-11 blame: "With the 9/11 commission holding its hearings, the blame game is in full swing. It's Bush's fault. …
Cheney Says He's Staying on GOP Ticket
AP is reporting that Vice President Cheney says he's staying on Bush's ticket. Good news for Dems and the ABB crowd?
Planet Weekly: [Melton Is] Rep in Dem's Clothing
A Planet Weekly columnist this week endorses Mayor Johnson and rips Frank Melton and some of his supporters:
Voting at Black Colleges Hit Record Levels
This year's surge in youth voting—51 percent of Americans 29 and under voted this year as opposed to 42 percent in 2000—was nowhere more apparent than on black college campuses, …
Republican Party, Remake Thyself (You, Too, Barbour)
Politico's headline today, GOP In Dire Straits, says it all. Don't miss Haley Barbour's take at the end, telling Obama how to be, er, non-partisan:
To Live and Get Around in Oxford
OXFORDWalking from the Square to the university, I had heard that the James Meredith contingent was marching toward the Grove. I had hoped to find them so I could take …
Bush: Drop ‘Political Posture'
The New York Times editorializes today: "No reasonable American blames Mr. Bush for the terrorist attacks, but that's a long way from thinking there was no other conceivable action he …
WLBT: Crime on Hwy. 80 Gets Political
WLBT responded to Frank Melton's press conference on Highway 80 with this story:
Bill Minor: Barbour's Nephew Lobbyist Raising Ire
Mr Minor writes: "Henry Barbour, the nephew who managed Gov. Haley Barbour's recent gubernatorial campaign, and his brother, Austin, have hooked up with Capitol Resources — an influential legislative lobbying …
E-mail from Howard Dean
This went to his mailing list just now: "John Kerry and I had a very good meeting yesterday. During the campaign we often focused on what divided us, but the …
Leland Speed Touts ‘Creative Class'
A Clarion-Ledger story today about a Leland Speed speech talks about the "Creative Class" concept that we started talking about way back in our preview issue: "Other successes are discussed …
Barbour Faces Budget Opposition
... especially on education cuts. The Clarion-Ledger reports today: On Tuesday, dozens of lawmakers — mostly GOP allies — gathered with Barbour to pledge support for the changes. "I'm willing …
‘Coon Hounds' Poem Causing Controversy
Read the poem here.
WMC-TV is reporting that a folksy poem by Paul Ott, proposed to the Legislature as the state poem, is causing controversy, with a group of Ole Miss professors and students …
CQ: McCain Campaign ‘Dead Wrong' About Ayers-Obama
With the state of the nation, it's sad that we all have to spend time factchecking McCain-Palin lies, but here goes, thanks to CQ Politics:
Families United Supporting Troops at Oxford Debate
The Pontotoc Progress is reporting (in a whole bunch of one-sentence paragraphs):
SOS Announces ‘Voter-Verified Paper Trail'
It seems the secretary of state's office is trying to respond to concerns about the new voting machines such as the JFP reported more than a month ago:
