Friday, July 30, 2010

Today in the Washington Examiner July 30, 2010



The Delaware primary is an example of the fight going on inside the GOP. A great opportunity is approaching. There's an older, established, and, in the view of many, squishy candidate running against a younger upstart who has flaws the opposition can exploit.

Kate Tummarello - Shirley Sherrod unlikely to succeed in court against Andrew Breitbart

Ousted former federal agricultural official Shirley Sherrod made news Thursday by announcing a lawsuit against conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart who, she claims falsely accused her of being racist against white people.

Although it would make for an interesting showdown, media lawyers contacted by the Examiner said that that Sherrod’s case stands little chance of succeeding or even making it to trial.

Matthew Sheffield - Mary Frances Berry: Tea Party not really racist but so what?

Ever since the NAACP began stepping up its attacks on the limited government movement through charges of racism against the Tea Parties, it’s become rather apparent that there was a concerted effort behind this rhetoric.

After reading the words of Mary Frances Berry, one of the more prominent leaders in the far-left black political scene, one need no longer merely surmise this.

Julie Mason - Obama looks to 'The View' for elusive popularity bounce

President Obama often complains about the frivolous obsessions of Washington and bristles impatiently at questions he considers trivial from the White House press corps.

But on Thursday he cheerfully fielded inquiries about Mel Gibson's anger issues and Chelsea Clinton's wedding on a prerecorded showing of ABC's "The View."

Sara Carter - Evidence grows that soldier leaked secret military documents

Evidence is mounting against a 22-year-old soldier in connection with the 90,000 classified documents published by the Web site WikiLeaks that exposed internal rifts between the United States and Pakistan and other secrets.

Spc. Bradley Manning, who is being held in Kuwait on previous charges of leaking a classified video of a U.S. military helicopter firing on a group of people in Baghdad, is "one of the suspects" in the investigation, said Christopher Grey, director of public affairs for the Army's Criminal Investigation Command.

Susan Ferrechio - Rangel faces historic ethics trial after panel issues charges

A House ethics panel on Thursday brought 13 charges against 20-term Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel, setting the stage for what could be an historic trial into what his accusers describe as a pattern of corrupt behavior.

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