Brumment -  on President Jimmy Carter’s “worst President ever” gaffe (Bush) or…maybe not.
Carter speaks with typical softness in explaining that he sometimes ties his Sunday school lessons to public issues, such as our country’s unwarranted invasion of Iraq. The religion writer then asks something that strikes me as a tad from left field: “Which president […]

 Former Justice official says Congress misled about Griffin

A former Justice Department official testified Wednesday that the No. 2 man at the department misled a Senate panel about his knowledge of Tim Griffin’s hiring as a federal prosecutor, as new correspondence made public showed that Griffin boasted to former colleagues about a published “swipe” at Sen. […]

Monica Goodling concedes that a political line was crossed in hiring at the Justice Department.
WHEN HE TESTIFIED before a House Judiciary subcommittee this month, former deputy attorney general James B. Comey said he was horrified by reports that the department was examining the political affiliations of lawyers being considered for career positions. “If that was […]

 David Broder doesn’t know Huck like we know Huck.
Two Long Shots Liven Up a Race 
The liveliest pair of candidates in the large fields of Democratic and Republican long shots, Bill Richardson and Mike Huckabee, are also — not coincidentally — the likeliest to break through into the top ranks of their parties if anyone ever does.
It helps […]

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