AP News Alerts
8:20AM
WASHINGTON (AP) An administration official said Tuesday that White House chief of staff Andrew Card has resigned and will be replaced by budget director Josh Bolton.
Andrew has lasted longer than most in this job.
9:00AM
It's official:
WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush has announced the resignation of Andy Card as his White House chief of staff. Card is to be replaced by budget director Joshua Bolten.
Well, once newspapers start writing stories about how tired you are, it is pretty much over...
12 Noon
WASHINGTON (AP) Caspar W. Weinberger, a Republican stalwart who served in the Cabinets of Presidents Nixon and Reagan and was a central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, has died. He was 88.
Earlier today, I read that a Reagan press secretary had also died. Not a good day to have been a Reagan staffer. Has anybody seen
Hewitt today? Peter Robinson?
12:10PM
HOUSTON (AP) Prosecutions rests its case in the fraud and conspiracy trial of Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling.
If half the stuff that these guys are accused of is true, these guys should go down hard.
Other Stuff
WHERE'S MATT? I have been
extremely busy at work during prime blogging hours. Things should return to "normal" here shortly. Thankfully, Mark has been picking up the slack.
8:45AM
UHH...OKAY. WMD is #1 in the
Google rankings for "i am a polotician i have to write a speech defending the governments purchase of a $100 million dollar painting i need help" - I'd start with a spell-checker for starters... Man, this guy sure is in deep trouble!
