House Editorial: Give Pelosi a fighting chance

Nancy Pelosi has had a tough first week. Party operatives say the Democratic speaker-in-waiting suffered an embarrassing blow pertaining to her colleague John Murtha, who lost in a party ballot for majority leader, despite Pelosi’s support and lobbying for him. Murtha, a Vietnam veteran, is calling for an immediate pullout of troops in Iraq. More...

Breeze Perspectives: Wasting away our elections
By Kevin Irby, contributing writer

The federal government of the United States of America, bastion of freedom and democratic thought, has just undergone a mighty shift toward the left. This election cycle’s many midterms have long since passed us by in the usual manner of mud-slinging madness. The people have spoken, and the Senate and House of Representatives now belong to the Democrats. Voters from both sides of the fence turn their faces toward Capitol Hill, expecting the winds of change to emanate from the hallowed halls of representative government. I would not recommend waiting up for it. More...

Between the Lines: Time to talk to the ‘Axis of Evil’
By Patrick Callahan, senior writer

British Prime Minister Tony Blair mentioned last week the possibility of bringing Iran and Syria into direct talks concerning the future of Iraq, ideas that were met with frustration by some officials in the United States. However, the recent election results may prove to be a crack in the levee of repressed opinions by an administration that has vehemently enforced “staying the course.” According to The Washington Post, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week, CIA director Gen. Michael V. Hayden was quoted as saying of Iran and Syria, “clearly, both governments could do more. If our dialogue with them could convince them to do more, that their interests are not served by a fracturing of Iraq, then I would say that might be useful.” Former Secretary of State James Baker and the Iraq Study Group are likely to express similar opinions when the findings of their report come out next month. More...

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