Shortly after I wrote this post yesterday, I received a note from Gary Trauner, whose campaign for Wyoming’s at-large seat in Congress fell 500 votes short in 2006. Gary is a regular TWN reader and offered to take a few turns with me down the mountain.
Hillary Clinton supporters Warren Lowman and Russell Totten caucus for Hillary Clinton in Carson City, Nevada and sent this picture into The Washington Note Hillary Clinton wins the popular vote in Nevada’s Democratic caucus, but Obama’s team may be suggesting that he won because he may have pulled one more delegate than she did.
I’m taking a long weekend away from the Law of the Sea Convention and other related issues here in Jackson Hole, WY. My view from the Jackson Hole Gondola was a bit less clear this morning than in this picture, but it was wonderful nonetheless.
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns speaking at New America Foundation/American Strategy Program Salon Dinner, 2 July 2007 (photo credit: Samuel Sherraden) R. Nicholas “Nick” Burns is a stunningly effective diplomat. There is Dean Acheson DNA in the kind of work he does — but also a little John Foster Dulles….
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns is stepping down from his position in March and retiring in May after 26 years in the foreign service and three in his current position. US Ambassador to Russia William Burns will be leaving Moscow and has been nominated to take Nick Burns’ position.
A loyal TWN reader sent me this short clip of Ambassador John Bolton‘s appearance on the Jon Stewart Show Tuesday night — and it’s well worth watching.
Romney and Hillary Clinton win in Michigan. . . However, the efforts by all — on both sides of the political aisle — to achieve political definitiveness are being firmly rejected by Americans.
Despite rising concern in “the West” over CO2 emissions and climate change, the booming consumer demand for cars has emerged as a central and visible feature of India’s rising economic growth.
Via ElectoPundit, I just watched this — and I’m stunned that more of us didn’t see what these creative commentators foresaw and posted back in May 2007.
(Click on picture to watch the Ad) A number of Citgo commercials lauding the Venezuelan government for supporting poor Americans with discounted heating oil have been appearing on prime time television, some even featuring former Congressman Joseph Kennedy.
