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Gingrich: ‘These Are Supposed to Be Professionals Who We Were Paying’

It’s hard to be sympathetic to Newt Gingrich, but his remarks about campaign staffers and/or consultants who talked trash anonymously to reporters are worth hearing: (From Mediaite with a Twitter hat-tip to Matt Lewis.) Why would anyone hire a consultant or staffer who backstabbed his last boss?

‘Mike Used Bad Judgment’: Top LAX Official Resigns in Sexting Scandal

Little Miss Attila lives in LA and caught this interesting story: CBS Investigative reporter David Goldstein has learned that a top LAX official has resigned his post after allegations surfaced that he was sexting and sending sexually explicit messages on his LAX-issued phone. Goldstein tracked Michael Molina down at his house but Molina had no […]

BREAKING: Weiner to Resign

It is being reported that Anthony Weiner has told Nancy Pelosi he will resign from Congress. UPDATE: New York Times: Representative Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House in the wake of revelations of his lewd […]

The Dow Goes Greek

Since late April, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost more than 850 points and fell by 178.84 Wednesday, below the 12,000 threshold. Reuters reports: U.S. stocks tumbled on Wednesday, driven lower by escalating Greek debt woes, while troubling U.S. data pointed to further losses ahead. Financials came under fire after Moody’s Investors Service said […]

CA-36: The Facts of the Case

 The New York Times is on the story: Ms. Hahn, a Los Angeles City Councilwoman and a Democrat, released a statement deeming the ad “degrading to women in the worst way.” . . . The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent out a fundraising e-mail, calling for $150,000 in donations to help fight “vile right-wing attacks […]

CA-36: Hahn’s Bad Rap?

The Torrance (Calif.) Daily Breeze has an article that would appear to exonerate Democrat Janice Hahn of accusations that her “gang-intervention specialist” program abetted violent felons. I say it “would appear to exonerate” her, because the article leaves unanswered several questions raised by previous reports about Hahn’s involvement in the program. In an attempt to […]

Weiner’s Teen Tweeter

Today’s big story about embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner focuses on the fact that his wife, Huma Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, has returned home to deal with the scandal. (Also, the National Enquirer has published a photo of Weiner, as an 18-year-old college student, wearing a bra as part of some sort of […]

CA-36: Anti-Hahn Video Draws More Than 75,000 Viewers in First 18 Hours

Janice Hahn, Los Angeles City Council member and Democrat candidate in CA-36 special election An online attack ad highlighting a Democratic congressional candidate’s support for a controversial “gang intervention” program has generated more than 75,000 views at YouTube.com since its release Tuesday afternoon.  “It will probably hit 100,000 [views] by the end of today,” video director Ladd […]

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