Israel appears poised to deliver a crushing blow to the Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
Even an ax murderer deserves a fair trial. And it's time to consider whether Gov. Blagojevich is getting a fair hearing in the impeachment proceedings in Springfield.
The surprise Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip has killed scores of Hamas leaders, terrorists and allies, reduced their key installations to rubble and stunned the Islamist fanatics and their supporters with the magnitude, fury and success of the attack. While we hear complaints from the usual suspects about a "disproportionate" Israeli response to Hamas provocations, the real issue is whether in the end the offensive will have been strong and decisive enough to constitute a "terrible swift sword" cutting down Hamas' ability to wage terrorism.
That fetid odor you smell rising from the wreckage of Rod Blagojevich's political career is the stench of politics as usual, and not even President-elect Barack Obama can escape it. The once bright prospect of voters having a role in clearing the air of this latest Illinois political scandal has crashed on the determination of the state's Democratic Party hierarchy to hold on to Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat at any cost.
No wrongdoing can be laid at the feet of President-elect Barack Obama in what the New York media call Blagogate and Blagobroglio. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald made clear that Gov. Blagojevich found no bidder in Obama for Illinois' open U.S. Senate seat. Still, it will be interesting, to say the least, to learn the details of the communications between Obama's staff and Blagojevich.
The national Republican Party that long shunned Illinois as a hopeless cause is facing a golden opportunity -- the possibility to capture a U.S. Senate seat in this decidedly blue state.
Public ire over management failures behind our economic troubles is focusing on GM CEO Rick Wagoner. Some critics say he should lose his job in any federal bailout of the automaker. Leading the charge is Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.). OK, bosses should be held accountable for the troubles of their companies. But shouldn't that same standard apply to government honchos like . . . Dodd?
