My schedule will not be my own, but wanted to give some updates on cities I will be in in case it is “easy” for bloggers and/or TWN readers to enjoy a cappuccino and politics chat.

Tom DeLay has beaten three primary challengers tonight in Texas elections — and this is actually good news for Democrats who want to run against DC’s structural corruption. Frankly, I think it’s good news for Republican moderates who want to run against the DeLay faction as well.

(photo credit: Skip Kaltenheuser) A phenomenal photographer, gifted writer and loyal TWN reader, Skip Kaltenheuser, sent me this guest blog-ed (the blog side of an op-ed) today. I am printing it in full below — and let’s just say that we are very glad to have beat out the New York Times and Washington Post….

Just posted this over at Bolton Watch in response to Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Lee Feinstein’s call for a jousting match between our positions on Bolton and the UN Human Rights Council.

Air Force Two flew into Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport late this morning and just shut the ENTIRE airport down. Nothing could leave. Nothing could land. I was there, one of those stuck while our imperial and imperious Vice President and his team, shut down an entire airport.

The Dubai Ports World controversy has unfortunately demonstrated that the only bipartisanship out there right now is in matters of fear. Many leaders in both parties have condemned the deal that would turn over operations and management of several major U.S.

There are numerous legitimate concerns about Russia’s slip back towards authoritarian-style governance, but at the same time, Russia turns out to be an increasingly important global player. On Iran, Russia has been diplomatically creative and courageous in the deals it has offered to relieve stress in a brewing Iran-U.S./Europe stand-off on Iran’s nuclear pretensions.

A loyal reader sent me this picture taken by his friend of Boston Mayor Tom Menino. First of all, the guns pointing at the Mayor are scary enough, but over his right shoulder, check out the billboard depicting President Bush’s eyes with the line “Little Brother is Watching”.

John Bolton is a very smart guy — a tough, pugnacious, thumb-in-them-there-foreigners-eye kind of guy. A few days ago, remarkably both the New York Times and the Washington Post lauded our recess-appointed American Ambassador to the United Nations for holding out for a UN Human Rights Council that met a higher bar.

One way to find out is to file a Freedom of Information Act request to find out. FOIARequest.org looks like an intriguing new site.