Posts tagged resignation

• 12 May

  Blog: Veracifier

  Obama adviser who met with Hamas resigns

  Call me crazy, but I don't think this will help Obama with the Jewish vote. From the Chicago Sun-Times:May 11, 2008LYNN SWEET blogs.suntimes.com/sweetRob Malley, a Middle East policy adviser to likely Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, resigned after news surfaced that he had been me

• 10 Feb

  Blog: Veracifier

  Clinton Campaign Manager steps down

  Hillary Clinton's campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle has stepped down. Doyle has worked with Clinton since she was first lady of Arkansas. Maggie Williams, Clinton's former chief of staff, will take over. Doyle sent the below email to campaign staff this afternoon:Over a year ago Hillary launched h

• 27 Nov

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Racing For the Exit

  TPMtv: Racing For the ExitTrent Lott may not have been good for America. But he was pretty good for TPM. So in honor of his announced resignation from Congress, in today's episode of TPMtv, we take a walk down memory lane to remember some of Trent's best moments.TPM Election Central's Complete Tre

• 27 Nov

  Blog: Veracifier

  Hastert's Out Too

  Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert handed in his resignation yesterday evening, effective at 11:59pm. While he gave his farewell address to the House before the Thanksgiving recess, he held off in specifying the date of his departure - Illinois Republicans had been trepidatious about the ti

• 26 Nov

  Blog: Veracifier

  Lott Resigns. But Why?

  Does Trent Lott's resignation have anything to do with Larry Flynt of Hustler?Larry Flynt, editor and publisher of Hustler magazine, told FOX Business Network’s Neil Cavuto this morning that he’s “hoping to expose a bombshell” that will stand “Washington and the country on its head.”

• 26 Nov

  Blog: Veracifier

  Trent Lott to resign

  CNN, Fox News and MSNBC have been told that Trent Lott will announce today that he is resigning from the Senate. He will be the sixth Republican to do so this session. He has scheduled two press conferences in Mississippi later today where the formal announcemements are expected to come. Miss. Gover

• 05 Sep

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Larry Craig, Still Kickin'

  Larry Craig, Still Kickin'We thought it was all over when Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) announced his resignation Saturday following the eruption of his airport bathroom sex scandal. But stop right there - was it a resignation, or just the statement of an intent to resign? Now Senator Craig is saying h

• 28 Aug

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Unforgettable

  UnforgettableIt's over, it's... all over. Alberto Gonzales resigned as Attorney General yesterday. As Americans we cheer, but as muckrakers we shed a tear for the man who over the past 6 months taught us new things about how mendacious, incompetent, and ridiculous an attorney general could be. Today