The race for city controller has become a two-party contest with the announcement of a Democratic write-in candidate. Cassandra L. Werst, 26, of 665 Krouse Ave., is seeking the nomination of the Democratic Party to succeed retiring controller Rose Choate in the May primary election.

  
How steel is made
Justin Had this to say:
Rosie for the first time mentioned her September 11 conspiracy theories on “The View.” Note that she has “no idea” who attacked us on that tragic day.
HASSELBECK: Do you believe that the government had anything to do with the attack of 9/11? Do you believe in a conspiracy […]

MS. O’DONNELL: Senator, you have broken with your former party, the Democratic Party specifically, on the Iraq war. There have been questions. Can you rule out that you may switch to the Republican Party? SEN. LIEBERMAN: I wouldn’t rule it out, but it’s certainly not my intention, it’s not my desire - –meaning, presumably, he’d be “forced” to do so by powers out of his control. I hear ya, …

MS. O’DONNELL: Senator, you have broken with your former party, the Democratic Party specifically, on the Iraq war. There have been questions. Can you rule out that you may switch to the Republican Party? SEN. LIEBERMAN: I wouldn’t rule it out, but it’s certainly not my intention, it’s not my desire - –meaning, presumably, he’d be “forced” to do so by powers out of his control. I hear ya, …

Northwest senators split mainly along party lines in their votes on the $123 billion spending package for the war and other pet domestic projects.

McCAIN A DEMOCRAT?….Did John McCain seriously consider switching to the Democratic Party in 2001? Seriously enough to discuss it with Democratic leaders for two full months? That’s what former Senator Tom Daschle and former Rep. Tom Downey say. And McCain?…

Mississippi’s Democrats must be on a self-destructive mission to make themselves an irrelevancy in state politics. The Democratic Party, once a monolithic force in this state, has once again struck a blow for driving conservatives to the Republican side.

Government troops have ransacked the party offices of Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, which also host his radio and televisions stations, Bemba’s supporters said Thursday.

BRIDGEWATER — About 300 members of the Somerset County Republican Organization will vote on endorsements for state legislative and Somerset County freeholder positions during the party’s meeting tonight at the Somerville Elks Lodge here.

Did you hear that Senator Dianne Feinstein has resigned from the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee?   Michelle pointed out that “The NYTimes is demanding an investigation. Arianna Huffington has launched ads lambasting Feinstein. The left-wing blogosphere is an uproar over Feinstein’s war profiteering.” Kidding.  It seems this stems over some war profiteering that was done by here […]

THE REPUBLICAN IMPLOSION….John Quiggin, commenting on that Pew poll that I highlighted the other day, offers an explanation for the Republican Party’s cratering support:Republican support is contracting to a base of about 25 per cent of the population whose views…