- Four years after leaving the team for the Miami Heat in a highly publicized event, NBA star LeBron James says he will again return to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
- For the second time in as many years, California's state Supreme Court has lessened the state's "Three Strikes" sentencing law.
- Israeli airstikes in Gaza continue as the death toll among Palestinians reaches 100, with the possibility of a ground offensive if Hamas militants do not stop rocket attacks "soon".
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has paid a visit to Cuba to meet the Castro brothers as he's offered to write off 90% of the island nation's Cold War-era debt to Moscow.
- In response to a petition to allow electric carmaker Tesla to directly sell to customers nationwide, the White House says consumers will have to take it up with state regulators.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
I'd say that the GOP lost overall when they impeached Bill Clinton - the only thing which allowed them to recover was the stigma attached to Bil Clinton's behavior with Monica Lewinsky. Had they not impeached Bill Clinton, they'd have been better off.
ReplyDeleteThe other advantage Republicans have is that Democrats tend to act for the best interests of the country. Had Al Gore been president on 9/11, and the attack had been successful (unlike Bush, Gore took Al Qaeda seriously) - the Republicans (and the media, led by Fox News) would have screamed for impeachment, and might well have succeeded. By contrast, the Democrats and the media unified behind Bush's leadership.