Couldn’t Help But Notice (120607)
This story about Hillary (”Clinton’s Endorsement List Debatable“) isn’t all that significant in and of itself. The significance is that the usually Hillary lapdog Associated Press is actually willing to run it. Additionally, Google web and news searches appear to indicate pretty heavy coverage.
Mrs. Clinton as “the anointed one” appears to be in serious jeopardy. Yesterday’s Evans-Novak Political Report has this stunner (typos and “grammos” corrected; bold is mine):
Obama leads in the latest Iowa polls, and a victory there would set up a legitimate one-on-one between him and Hillary. It will be difficult for Hillary to recover in the last month. The question now is: Will she beat former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) for second place in the caucuses?
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William Rusher: “At Last, the Final Word on Joe McCarthy.” Coming to a college campus near you — In 50 years, if that.
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Great point (yeah, it happens once in a while) in this Associated Press piece’s intro, especially in light of the ARM-freeze news:
Homeowners started losing hold of their homes years before spiking foreclosures and the housing slump slammed the economy.
Piece by piece, some gave away their homes by tapping equity to take cash out to pay for cars, weddings and vacations. Others never owned one brick. During the country’s most recent housing boom, the term “homeowner” became a misnomer as lenders offered 100 percent or more home financing to some buyers.
The potential for long-term damage to the mortgage market can’t be underestimated. If there is an ongoing expectation that at the first sign of consumer distress the government is going to intervene with what used to be private contracts, lenders are going to have to put higher rates on their variable and subprime products. This will shut some borrowers out.
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Who said this on July 11, 2007? (HT Captain Ed; bold is mine)
Iran and North Korea are the states of most concern to us. The United States’ concerns about Iran are shared by many nations, including many of Iran’s neighbors. Iran is continuing to pursue uranium enrichment and has shown more interest in protracting negotiations and working to delay and diminish the impact of UNSC sanctions than in reaching an acceptable diplomatic solution. We assess that Tehran is determined to develop nuclear weapons–despite its international obligations and international pressure. This is a grave concern to the other countries in the region whose security would be threatened should Iran acquire nuclear weapons.
Answer: Thomas Fingar “one of the three officials who were responsible for crafting the latest NIE (National Intelligence Estimate)” that just downplayed the possibility of Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions.
The Israelis think that this is not a correct assessment. So there is not a “consensus,” ladies and gentlemen, in the intelligence community. Frankly, I’d more trust what the Mossad had to say about this than I would trust the 16 agencies.
Yup.
