This is Harry Reid on the Senate floor April 14,2008. REID: Mr. President, someone wanting to visit the Capitol today, there’s no place for them…to gather. They gather… It used to be out on the East Front. Now they gather on the West Front — and the people who work joke about, “You can always […]

in California, the state, for years, for whatever reasons — fuel economy, global warming, pollution emissions — urging people left and right to buy smaller cars, more economical cars, cars that get more miles to the gallon. As is the case, here in a state as populous as California, you’re going to have enough sheep […]

A few days ago, we had the news, and I’m sure you heard it, too, that Condoleezza Rice was actively pursuing the vice presidency with Senator McCain. He didn’t know anything about it. Elisabeth Bumiller in the New York Times says, “Is Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice campaigning to be John McCain’s running mate? If […]

On the Today Show, cohost Meredith Vieira talked to Obama, and she asked, “What’s the key question, Senator Obama, you want answered today? Number one question you’re going to ask General Petraeus.” OBAMA: Well, I think the most important issue is still the one that was asked in September, which is: How has this war […]

hearings — Day 1 I watched Carl Levin give his speech, his opening statement, he’s talking to General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, and he’s going on and on and on about how the Maliki government in Iraq has not met its benchmarks and has not found a way to pay its own way on anything, […]