U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison of Minneapolis and House Judiciary Chair John Conyers have moments ago sent a letter to the acting U.S. attorney general demanding all communications from the staff of the Minnesota U.S. attorneys office to the Justice Department about Rachel Paulose’s management of the office, documents relating to the evaluations of her predecessor, Tom Heffelfinger that […]

The Associated Press is reporting that U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad will shortly announce that he will not seek another term.
Ramstad, 61, a moderate Republican representing the suburban Third Congressional District, is in the middle of his ninth term. Ramstad, who once described himself to me jokingly as a RINO (that’s “Republican in name only) was […]

Hold onto your hats ladies and gents.
The AP is reporting that Bush will announce in a Thursday evening address to the nation that he agrees to Gen. Petraeus’ suggestions.
(updated to add link. eb)

This post replaces the hasty one I threw together at noon, immediately after hanging up from a 45-minute conference call between Sen. Norm Coleman and Minnesota reporters about his weekend trip to Iraq.
During the call, Coleman endorsed Sen. John Warner’s recent proposal to bring 5,000 U.S. troops home by Christmas. That gesture is designed to […]

…says the AP, citing three anonymous Idaho Republican officials.
What think?

The Washington Post reports this morning that a GAO report, due out Tuesday, will find that the Iraqi government has failed to meet 15 of the 18 benchmarks that Congress and the Bush Administration had established to measure military and political progress.
It’s hard to escape politics, selective perception and confirmation bias when discussing the question […]

The AP is reporting that Peter Agre, the Minnesota native and Nobel Prize in Chemistry who had been publicly mulling a bid for the DFL nomination for U.S. Senate, has decided to quit mulling and not do it.
From the AP story:
“He said he encountered encouragement and skepticism, and he ultimately concluded a campaign would carry […]

Attorney Gen. Alberto Gonzalez will today announce that he has submitted his resignation, the New York Times reported at about 7 a.m. today.

I’ve been asked to appear on the Dan Barreiro program, that’s KFAN AM 1130, after the 6 p.m. newsbreak this evening.
Barreiro’s sidekick, Joe Anderson aka Mr. Phunn, is filling in tonight. He wants to talk about the Rove departure, among other things, and I’m working on a post about it. My entry question is this: Does […]