New Developments

>The rumor mill on the internet has Karl Rove being indicted this week. However, Patrick Fitzgerald's grand jury work has gone on with few leaks. Is it possible that someone else has leaked the Rove info? If Rove gets indicted, would Bush's scheduled Monday evening speech appear as a diversion to the bad news?

>It was a horrible weekend for American troops in Iraq. A reporter needs to ask the President why he sent troops to Iraq.

>As the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Ted Strickland is meeting a lot of very receptive crowds. Why? Strickland makes sense and he knows that the time is ripe for change in Ohio. The Toledo Blade had a story about Strickland's campaign and here are some excerpts:
For Ted Strickland, Republican leaders have squandered Ohio's natural resources, its universities, and the talents of its 11 million residents, "just about everything a state would want to be successful."

"These people are absolutely shameful," the Democratic candidate for governor said yesterday at the Firefighters Local 92 union hall in Toledo. "Those of us who care about this state have been wandering in the wilderness for quite a while."

...Mr. Strickland said an increased minimum wage, more funding for education, and state assistance for developing alternative fuel sources would help reverse the outflow of jobs...