http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx From Elizabeth Wilner, Mark Murray, Huma Zaidi, and Jennifer Colby.Gov. Mitt Romney (R) is signing up high-caliber advisors and staff.  Gov. George Pataki (R) was just in Iraq.  Sen. Barack Obama (D) is about to do Leno, address an evangelicalen-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16364Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:32:55 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16364Dave Tuten, Fort Atkinson, WI"If there are Republicans, for whom influence or power or money..." please, who is Mehlman trying to kid?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16399Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:53:38 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16399Hfinney, Philadelphia, PAThat old pesty Iraq war!! "Dificult" is not a word I would use to describe the deaths of so many people!http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16412Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:18:40 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16412Still Crazy After All these Years President Bush says "it's a hard job." Get with the program. We ain't leaving til job done. PERIODhttp://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16431Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:51:32 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16431amadeus,newport, rhode islandif the american forces can quell the violence in iraq, what makes bush think the iraqi's can. its time to leave and let them fight it out amongst themselves.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16448Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:04:04 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16448Still Crazy After All These Years Guess the Republican Party forgot to make Bob Nye resign after he was indicted in Ohio. He refused to resign until the end of October so he could get another pay check which the American people paid for.He's going to prison. Wait 'til Ambrmoff stops singing. Lots more Republicans will be caught in that net.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16469Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:44:02 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16469Steve Turner Cedar Falls IowaDid Mehlman replace Rumsfeld? Is he in control of the Iraq thing? Sound like he has improvements on the ground in mind. What are they? Is he going to enlist? Brevet General Mehlman? OK, I'll go along with that, if he puts his cookies on the line. Maybe broker a deal so one of the Bush twins marries Al-Sadr? Jenna Bush Al-Sadr, the power behind the Mahdi Army? Yeah, I'm confortable with that. Better than a truce. How about pardoning Saddam and marrying Barbara off to him? The Sunni's would like that. All that's left would be to give the Kurds some Polonium so everybody would leave them alone, and we'd all be one big happy family. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16490Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:13:40 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16490Still Crazy After All These Years. Senator Bromback (R) and his family are getting rid of hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets in companies that do business with Darfur. Funny thing, I never heard him actively press and demand action on Darfur with such fervor, i.e. loose money. Guess he needs a resume to run for office other than his evangelical position.Gotta pick somethin' Might as well be Darfur.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16491Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:14:19 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16491Mark Thieme, Daly City, CAMehlman, et al, are merely positioning the Republican Party for a rough two years with defeat in Iraq forgone, the humiliation of the nation in the eyes of the world a fait accompli. Finally, Republicans fear a Democratically controlled Congress with the power to probe into massive deceptions foisted upon America from within over the past six years. Conservatives are rallying around a "strict construction" of the impeachment clause in the Constitution. They have so soon forgotten that, as a practical matter, impeachment is a highly political instrument. They also put a glib gloss on the definition of impeachment. Impeachment is a trial, not a verdict. It is no more or no less than an accusation. If you have the votes in Congress, you can impeach. God forbid we go through another absurd politically motivated kangaroo court in this time of emergent global disintegration. Nonetheless, the questions are out there. The accusations are thick in the chaotic winter wind. And the Democrats have the votes. The chickens have come home to roost. The crowing is history. The clucking has begun. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16519Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:17:28 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16519Desmond Well, I lived through Watergate. Nixon resigend before he was impeached. I do not want Bush to be impeached unless Cheney goes with him.That is why Bush will be President until January 20, 2009. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16522Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:38:19 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16522Owen Vander, Evansville, INDoes it appear to anyone else Dubya's puppeteers have had a few strings break since the last week of the election? He appears to be trying to speak from his cranium, rather than just misspeak while quoting the company line. Alas, we became disillusioned with him a while ago, so his banal utterings stir only the most vocal of his dissenters, the rest of us seem to just roll our eyes, sigh and mark the days till Jan 2009. The term 'lame duck' may not be strong enough for what he will have to endure. I have 2 visions in my mind : Jack Nicholson "Truth, you can't handle the Truth" being led away in chains and Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) during his last recording sessions with the group, sitting alone in a stupor in a corner with his guitar covering him, intermittently crying and ranting "No one listens to me anymore." Sad state of affairs we are in. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16535Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:33:06 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16535Chad johnson, Sun City AZAbramoff will tar and feather more than just GOP folks, so look out America. Impeachment will not occur, but rubmlings and grubmlings will shake n quaske some shoe leather. Nobody is afe from Abramoff's accusations. If you had investments in any company that did biz in Iraq, you will be checked out. We have many members of Congress who have benefited from making money off defense contracts. no one is safe, it will get messy. Sadly, this detracts from real iisues, like global security, alternative fuel development, safe schools for our children, etc, etc. Congress will go through a "ethical reform" spurt then go back to same old way.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16538Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:45:05 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16538Mark Thieme, Daly City, CAWell said, Owen Vander.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16554Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:50:32 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16554Still Crazy After all These Years Chad , does that mean we will finally get to the truth about Haliburton? Praise the Lord. And Oh Yeah, Pass The Amunition.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16572Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:32:51 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16572Steve Turner Cedar Falls IowaGrand Old Reformed Party? GORP? I could get used to that. Are you going to vote "GORP" this year? Boy, the GORP really cleaned up their Act. Yeah, I like it.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16694Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:27:59 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16694Pete Caloger Bushkill, PAMr. Mehlman, please, please just shut up and go away. Having to listen to your never-ending spin and BS are painful to the extreme. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/30/16338.aspx#16723Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:53:53 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16723Mary Port Orchard WashingtonI don't understand why we spent the money to send this, President to the Jordan to talk to leaders, when in fact, he had already made his mind up that he was not going to change his view or even listen. Why spend the money, and this panel that is going to give him some pointers, why are we spending money there? This man and his administration should be accountable for what he has put this country through. Is there anything that this man has done, or appointed people to key post that has not been a complete disaster. He is an idiot, and every country in the world knows this. Mary.