Today's Issues

We've got some hopeful news, and some chickens comin' on home to roost. Firstly - again, if you're not watching the Daily Show on Comedy Central, you really should start. (11pm Eastern, Monday-Thursday, repeated 7pm the following day). Last night, Utica's own John Zogby predicted Kerry would win. (After predicting a Bush win earlier in the day.) Why the flip flop? Kerry's numbers are going up, while Bush is stuck at 48%. It's tied in yesterday's horse race at 47-47 after a 3-point Bush lead on Monday. (Next Tuesday: Live at 10pm is Indecision 2004 - the Run-up to the Recount) Secondly - The no-bid, $7 billion contract that Halliburton received for Iraqi oil & infrastructure reconstruction is (finally) being investigated by the FBI. Indictments to follow. Thirdly - Don't let anyone tell you that the Republicans are gunning for a fair election and want to make sure that every vote counts: It's happening in Ohio, too. Fourthly - a NASA physicist at the JPL stakes his reputation on the fact that Bush was wearing a wire during the first debate. ("Let me finish.") Fifthly - al QaQaa GAME, SET, MATCH.

David Kay, Iraq weapons inspector for the Bush Administration, just appeared on CNN and was asked by Aaron Brown to review the new video filmed on April 18, 2003, one month after the invasion and 8 days after US Troops first arrived at Al Qaqaa. He was asked about the video which shows the seal. He said that they are indeed IAEA seals and he's seen nothing else like them in IRAQ. He then went on to say that only the explosives in question would have been sealed because of their potency. He then said that other parts of the video show clearly that these were the types of explosives in question. He was asked if it was "Game, Set, Match". He replied yes, "Game, Set, Match". In a final blow to recent conservative spin he was asked if they were classified as WMD. He replied point blank, "absolutely not."

Sixthly - In the Kentucky Senatorial race, the Republican candidate is sinking so quickly in the polls, that he's begun to call his opponent gay. (Thus underscoring the glaring bigotry of the GOP with the whole Mary Cheney "issue.") It's going to be an interesting five days, that's for sure.