(Photo by Infrogmation, used under a GNU Free Documentation License ) With the advent of a new administration in Washington providing the long-beleaguered citizens of New Orleans, LA a new sense of hope (no doubt increased upon hearing that the President has promised to visit the region) it’s easy...

This is shaping up to be an interesting election. Let me say at the outset, I want a Republican Senate majority as much as anyone. I just don't see that this seat is in the bag. Mary Landrieu is widely regarded as the most vulnerable incumbent Democrat sitting for reelection in 2008. The diminution ...

The Bush Administration's pursuit of retroactive immunity for telecoms goes beyond just the "known" domestic wiretapping program. How far it goes, is an "unknown unknown". No Immunity for Unknown Unknowns Posted by Kurt Opsahl Today, Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell admitted that cor...

Mary Landrieu is in for yet another very close reelection campaign in 2008. Treasurer John Kennedy is the most well positioned opponent she has faced in a career which has seen her barely squeak past two far less palatable individuals. Landrieu narrowly defeated Uptown New Orleans society Republican...

The Senate passed an energy bill with overwhelming bipartisan support last night but only after a Republican filibuster threat forced Democratic leaders to ditch the bill's tax package, which would have extended tax breaks for wind and solar projects while reducing breaks for the biggest oil and gas...

The Senate passed an energy bill with overwhelming bipartisan support last night but only after a Republican filibuster threat forced Democratic leaders to ditch the bill's tax package, which would have extended tax breaks for wind and solar projects while reducing breaks for the biggest oil and gas...

After being grilled by the Senate intelligence committee for more than an hour Tuesday, CIA Director Michael Hayde n went to Vice President Cheney's annual holiday party, where he endured more interrogation for a full 20 minutes from the Fourth Estate....