Daily Kos

by Walter Alarkon - 03/31/08 9:43 AM ET

smintheus contends that “it’s fair to say that there is no government in Iraq, only the mirage of one,” now that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has “admitted defeat” in Basra by extending his deadline for Mahdi Army forces to lay down their arms. mcjoan, in posting a long interview with Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), calls on the public to demand hearings into the Bush administration’s intelligence operations and require Democrats, especially Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), not give an inch to the White House in the FISA battle.