Politics, Research, and Facts http://www.heartheissues.com Craig Della Penna, a Realtor who specializes in properties near or on rail trails, greenways, and conservation land joins us live in studio, we discuss conservation land and the building up of bike trails, tips for real estate buyers and sellers, real estate disasters, subprime mortgages, and much more, Senator Ted Stevens loses his Senate race in Alaska after being found guilty in a court of law, which gives the Democrats 58 seats in the Senate with two more races still pending, Hillary Clinton may be the next Secretary of State, but Bill Clinton is being asked to bare all before the position is offered to her, 4 million people might try to go to Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington DC this January 20th, Newt Gingrich says the Republican Party will be fine, even amidst many other Republicans saying otherwise, Al Qaeda insults Barack Obama with racial epithets, many conservatives insist the stock market has been down the days since the election because of Barack Obama, but the markets were actually in a free fall for weeks before the election, Circuit City files for bankrtupcty, and David Pakman looks back at his employee file from when he worked during high school, Sarah Palin continues the bogus interviews, this time with Wolf Blitzer, and she is still talking about William Ayers, Michael Savage finds it suspicious that Barack Obama's grandmother died the night before the election, we follow up on Proposition 8, including a whole bunch of wild claims, John McCain appears on The Tonight Show and talks about his lost election http://www.midweekpolitics.com David Simpson, Founder and Executive Director of the Commonwealth Center for Change & Storefront Art is live in studio; Greg Collins, President, and Jay Lincoln, Publicity Director, both from the University of Massachusetts Republican Club are live in studio; was Sarah Palin a mistake? wrapping up Joe the Plumber; exit polls suggest that voters want government to do more, not less; do we still not know of any ways that John McCain would have differed on policy from George W. Bush? The Barack Obama meeting with President Bush; statements from President Bush, Condi Rice, and many others about the election of Barack Obama; one Republican Congressman is already talking about filibustering Barack Obama's supreme court nominees; we discuss Proposition 8 from California, and talk about how the same African-American voters that supported Obama mostly voted against gay marriage; the conservative pundits quickly blame the stock market decline over the recent week on the election of Barack Obama, but does that make any sense? http://www.midweekpolitics.com Barack Obama wins the 2008 Presidential Election by a wide margin, becoming the first African-American President-Election in the history of the United States. We look at the results, exit polls, analysis, and so much more; Barack Obama's victory speech, John McCain's concession speech, and George W. Bush's congratulatory speech; is this a mandate? Will Republicans who said Bush had a mandate in 2004 agree Obama has one in 2008, given he won by twice as much as Bush; were there riots as many conservative media outlets predicted? We touch on local election issues and how the candidates who were on our programs did; Proposition 8 to eliminate gay marriage in California passes, and Michael Savage thinks you would only vote for gay marriage in California if you are insane, hate the family, hate your parents, and hate just about everything else; the Barack Obama national infomercial; the risk of assuming racism is fixed because Obama won; the Obama smears only get worse after his historic win; Ralph Nader asks if Obama will be an Uncle Tom as President, while Republican supporters start hedging the strength of Obama's victory; so much more about the election http://www.midweekpolitics.com Joel Spiro, co-coordinator for canvassing on the Barack Obama campaign is live in studio to discuss campaign strategy and getting out the vote; with less than one week to go, we take a close look at all the polls, and what will happen when on election night; John McCain does not believe the polls that have him down, but does believe the ones that have him ahead; the racism hoax where a McCain campaign worker claimed to have been assaulted and attacked by Obama supporters, and how the McCain campaign fed it to the media; Fox News starts scaring voters with talk of riots by Obama supporters on election day; previous statements by John McCain about it being okay for those who make more to pay a little more in taxes, as well as his comments about not being George W. Bush, being a maverick, and being a huge fan of Sarah Palin; McCain and Palin talk about elitisits, and McCain addresses the recent Colin Powell endorsement of Barack Obama; John McCain's brother, Joe McCain, calls 911 about traffic delays, then swears at the operator and hangs up; Joe the Plumber is now doing events for the McCain campaign, even after lying in his initial confrontation with Barack Obama, and the conservative media obsess over him and plumbers in general; Alaska Senator Ted Steven is found guilty on all counts in his recent trial; Senator John Kerry confronts a Swift Boat funder at a recent hearing; two men are charged with plotting to kill Barack Obama; former George W. Bush White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan endorses Barack Obama; Fox News continues to make stuff up, citing that about half of Barack Obama's tax plan would be a handout to people that do not pay taxes to begin with; Michael Savage believes people on welfare should not have the right to vote. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Massachusetts State Senator Stan Rosenberg and his 2008 opponent Keith McCormic go head-to-head in studio over their upcoming election; our run-in with Senator John Kerry and two US Congressmen at a recent event; New York state printed Barack Osama on absentee ballots sent to voters recently; we discuss the upcoming third presidential debate, and talk about the most recent polls; John McCain says he will bring up William Ayers at the third presidential debate, but it wasalso recently revealed that John McCain transition chief previously lobbied for Saddam Hussein; Barack Obama responded to questions about McCain and Ayers by saying that McCain was not willing to say it to his face at the second presidential debate; even the typically biased, heavily-Republican Frank Luntz Fox News focus groups thought that Obama won the second debate; at recent rallies, John McCain says that he has Obama right where he wants him, and refers to the audience as fellow prisoners; audience members at a McCain-Palin rally talk about how they believe Barack Obama is or may be a terrorist on their way out of the rally; in defending the vitriol from recent McCain rallies, campaign manager Rick Davis brings up McCain's previous POW experiences; at a Sarah Palin speech, some audience members were yelling for her to speak louder, and she scolded them for protesting at her speech. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Senator John Kerry joins us live to talk about the election, Sarah Palin, Ralph Nader, campaigning, and much more; we look at past vice-presidential debates, and the most recent one with Joe Biden and Sarah Palin; Sarah Palin's rambling answers on nuclear energy, knowing what the VP does, and of course, her repeated mentions of the word maverick; Joe Biden argued that he does not see the differences between Bush and McCain, and talked about his past as a single parent; Dick Morris, continuing his obsessions with the Clintons, says the loser of the VP debate was Hillary Clinton; the second presidential debate, which was in a town hall format. The candidates' best and worst answers, as well as whether or not McCain hates Obama, which his handshake denial seems to indicate; polling about the debate, whether McCain made a racist comment to a young black man who asked a question, and whether Obama was succint enough, or too longwinded once again; the last pieces of the hilarious Sarah Palin interviews with Katie Couri, including questions about the Supreme Court and the right to privacy; an Obama spokesman calls Sean Hannity out as a racist on Fox News, and the back and forth is fascinating. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Jesse Adams and Shawn Robinson from Young Democrats of America join us live in studio; John McCain insisted all of last week on canceling the debate because of the financial crisis, but did ultimately show up and debate in Mississippi, while Barack Obama insisted that the financial crisis was an important reason to still have the debate; debate problems, including Obama being too nuanced for his own good, McCain getting visibly upset with Obama, and Jim Lehrer begging the two candidates to talk to each other; some of John McCain's debate answers, including his analogy about earmarks as a gateway drug, creating a League of Democracies, and the random spending freeze suggestion; some of Barack Obama's longwinded answers during the debate; a few other Republican Senators' comments about the economic crisis and proposed bailout; Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi blame the Republicans and are blamed by the Republicans for the original bailout bill not passing; the two Sarah Palin interviews with Katie Couric, including her hilarious non-answers about McCain's accomplishments, Alaska being close to Russia, and which newspapers she reads; John McCain had to sit next to Palin for the second interview with Katie Couric, and Palin is bewildered at basic questions about global warming and the morning after pill. Lastly, McCain and Palin have a weird definition of gotcha journalistm; Palin makes fun of Joe Biden's age, although McCain is even older; the controversy over the upcoming Vice-Presidential debate starts with moderator Gwen Ifill's book about African American politicians including Barack Obama; a bizarre clip of a deep south woman going off about Barack Obama. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Bill Scher, from Campaign for America's Future and LiberalOasis, and Isaac Mass, Republican political veteran, are live in studio to talk about their experiences at the DNC and RNC, and the upcoming election; Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research at the Pew Reserach Center joins us live to talk about the latest polls, Palin-mania, and more; will McCain campaign manager Rick Davis' involvement with an advocacy group for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac become a big deal? Interesting ballot measures from the upcoming November election; funny moments from past presidential debates, and we discuss the upcoming debates, if they'll still happen; John McCain suspends his camapaign to go to Washington and work on the economic crisis, but how much of a political stunt is it? Larry Kudlow, Neil Cavuto, and others blame the economic crisis on minorities; John McCain plays dumb when asked about adviser Carly Fiorina's golden parachute from HP; Sarah Palin, at her first town hall meeting, stumbles badly when asked a simple question about her national security experience; on The View, Bill Clinton says that Hillary Clinton did not really want to be Vice President, and that he did not really have an opinion on it either way, but is that really believeable? He also talks about whether there was sexism during the primary campaign; more smears that Barack Obama is a Muslim, is misrepresenting his ethnicity, and might be a political Muslim. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Nathan Bech, Republican candidate for US Senator from Massachussets, 2008, joins us live in studio; Midweek Politics will also be heard on Massachusetts talk radio station WHMP as of next week's show; Sarah Palin's first interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson, and the controversy over the Bush doctrine question; clips of Sarah Palin saying that the US going into Iraq was God's will; the Obama campaign is sticking with the McCain means more Bush idea; an alleged media analyst attacks MSNBC for bias, especiall their new lesbian Air America host Rachel Maddow; Fox News threatens to shut down the microphones if a guest recites so-called Obama talking points before proceeding directly to reciting McCain talking points; KSFO says that Obama's lipstick on a pig comment just might be his Muslim father's DNA talking; John McCain is surprisingly grilled by Joy Behar and Barbara Walters on The View; former Midweek Politics guest and former terrorist Walid Shoebat says that Obama is definitely a Muslim; attackers say Obama thinks 9/11 was an inside job, citing no evidence; is Hillary Clinton not campaigning as fervently for Barack Obama as some say she should or could be? http://www.midweekpolitics.com Kenny Gamble, legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member and writer of the new song I Am an American joins us live; wrapping up the Republican National Convention, including all the speeches and rhetoric; Rudy Giuliani's speech at the RNC, which focused on Obama as a flip-flopper, and making fun of Barack Obama's past role as a community organizer; Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's speech, including her bizarre delivery; John McCain's RNC speech, and the analysis of it from the media; a look at some of the comments made about the various protesting groups at the RNC; John McCain answers about the lack of diversity in the Republican Party, but by talking about something completely unrelated; Jon Voight gets used by thge conservative media as an actor that supports Republicans, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck absolutely loves it; Joe Biden explains that to him, it doesn't seem at all surprising that there are strong woman politicians, he just doesn't understand a thing about Sarah Palin; a close look at Sarah Palin's positions on a number of issues; the fake drama regarding American flags and the Democratic and Republican conventions; Fox News criticizes MSNBC for hiring a lesbian to host a show, and also threatens to turn of a guest's microphone if they recite talking points, right before reciting talking points themselves; is Hillary Clinton wholeheartedly campaigning for Barack Obama? Republican frenzy over Sarah Palin. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Joseph Farah, editor, founder, and CEO of WorldNetDaily, joins us live; a Republican delegate calls in live from the Republican National Convention; Hillary Clinton halts the roll call at the Democratic National Convention; John Kerry continues to talk about Senator McCain versus Candidate McCain; Bill Clinton's DNC speech, as well as Al Gore's, who says recycling's great, but not when we're talking about Bush administration policies; Joe Biden officially accepts the Vice-Presidential nomination and gives his speech at the DNC; Barack Obama's speech from the DNC; -Pat Buchanan surprisingly says he absolutely loved Barack Obama's DNC speech; Caroline Kennedy tells Wolf Blitzer she simply won't tell him about the vetting process for vice-presidentia picks; Sarah Palin is picked by John McCain as his running mate for the election, but isn't she even more unqualified than Republicans have been saying Barack Obama is? George W. Bush insists McCain is very independent during his satellite RNC speech; Sarah Palin said, as recently as July, that she does not even know what the Vice President does; John McCain calls Sarah Palin his soulmate; Karl Rove said that Governor Tim Kaine does not have enough experience to be Obama's Vice President, yet he still has much more experience than Sarah Palin; Fox News quickly sets up a false contrast between Palin and Biden, BOTH of whom have sons going to Iraq; Donald Trump, as critical as he has been of George W. Bush, says that Barack Obama would make everybody pay double and triple the taxes; Dick Morris insists there's no difference in the percentage of the time that McCain and Obama vote in agreement with George W. Bush. http://www.midweekpolitics.com The 2008 Democratic National Convention begins and Joe Biden is chosen as Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate; Hillary Clinton's speech at the DNC, trying to convince her primary voters to vote for Obama in the November election, and her comments about Joe Biden being chosen as Obama's running mate; John McCain says Biden wants to break Iraq into three separate countries; Joe Biden jumps right into the McCain housing gaffe during his first campaign appearance; Nancy Pelosi comments on the McCain housing gaffe, while the Fox and Friends crew on Fox News covers for McCain; on the Tonight Show, McCain responds to the housing controversy by talking about his POW experience, a tactic that strategists are suggesting might not work that well for McCain; conservative radio continue to make comments about Barack Obama's half-brother in Kenya, although George Obama himself has refuted the claims being made; concern over whether John McCain wants to reinstate the draft, and McCain's abortion situation; analysis of Obama and McCain's tax plans, and how they affect people at each income level; Jonathan Hoenig makes unbelievable comments about brain aneurysms; Michael Savage insists the Democratic Party is made up of mostly minority grups of all kinds, and that each minority group hates white people; Dick Morris insists we're in Iraq because they want us there, a story that seems hard to believe for most, especially lately; Spike Lee and Ben Stein on the DNC; Bill Maher's new documentary Religulous. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Ed O'Reilly, who is running against Senator John Kerry for US Senator from Massachusetts, joins is live; this week's Saddleback Forum with conservative Pastor Rick Warre, during which he asked Barack Obama and John McCain questions about their positions, and all the bias and controversy that came with the event; was or wasn't John McCain able to hear the questions ahead of time, as they were being asked to Barack Obama? Obama and McCain's answers about abortion; McCain talks about how rich is rich; Jerome Corsi's controversial book about Barack Obama, and the countless questionable statements included in the book; a confrontation about the book on Larry King Live, as well as Corsi's suggestion that Obama is still using drugs; Corsi's promotion of the book on a "pro-white" radio program, and Pat Buchanan's appearances on that same program; biased questions about Obama "caving in" by letting Hillary Clinton speak at the upcoming Democratic National Convention; John McCain sees the Georgian conflict as the first serious crisis since the Cold War; more making fun of Barack Obama's statement that properly inflated tires provide just as much gas price benefit as offshore drilling would; more of the crazy suggestions that women on welfare have more children just to receive higher welfare benefits. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama in the 2008 election at the Democratic National Convention; the Beijing Olympics, including the controversy over the opening ceremony, George W. Bush's interview with Bob Costas during which he said America does not have problems, and more; suggestions that oil spills clean up after themselves; many in the media continue to suggest that ANWR would provide oil much more quickly than all experts think it would; Brian Kilmeade says that George W. Bush never said there was any link between Al-Qaeda and Iraq, but who on earth would still believe that at this point? The John Edwards affair story...what if he had won the 2008 nomination on the Democratic side? Criticism of the Democrats based on Edwards' affair is turned around on John McCain, who did the same thing years ago; immediately, talk of Edwards' affair as a liability to Barack Obama in the presidential race begins; would John McCain provide as many funny sound bytes as George W. Bush? NPR journalists say that a Democrat talking about their faith is ironic, and that Obama going to Hawaii for a vacation may be too exotic, and even more strange comments; Fox News finds a way to turn a story about a heckler at an Obama event into a criticism of Barack Obama's patriotism; a questionable large donation is made by a Queens couple to the John McCain campaign; more allegations from conservative media that no one on the Republican side has made Barack Obama's race an issue. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Ted Stevens, the Republican Senator that wanted to build a bridge to nowhere and said the internet was a series of tubes is indicted on seven varied counts; more false statements that no oil was spilled during recent hurricanes; President Bush says that the reason for recent economic turmoil is that Wall Street got drunk; Congressman Robert Wexler's comments about impeachment during a recent House hearing, and the Fox News ambush of Robert Wexler at his house; former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan says the White House gave Fox News commentators talking points; more on Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East and Europe, including all the media questions about whether the fact that Europeans like Obama is a bad sign for the US; Ben Stein thinks having Obama make a speech in front of so many people at the Democratic National Convention is reminiscent of Hitler; the McCain campaign criticizes the Obama camp for setting up a transition team too early, but Bush did the same thing, months before the election; McCain says he knows how to capture bin Laden, but doesn't want to say publicly as it would hurt his ability to do so...but if he knows this, why won't he tell the White House now, rather than waiting to capture bin Laden if he's elected president? On the issue of gay adoption, McCain stumbles again, saying his position is that two parent families are best for America; James Dobson is considering voting for McCain because he understands the Muslim threat; Republican Senator Chuck Hagel thinks McCain is treading on thin ground by talking about which candidate is more patriotic; Black hole is called a racist term, along with black sheep, and devil's food cake, among other things, by a judge and a commissioner; Journalist Robert Novak's running over of a pedestrian with his car in Washington DC. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Lawrence Alexander / D.W. Buffa joins us live to discuss his political thrilled Rubicon; Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East, and media coverage of it; more talk about Obama's lack of experience from conservative pundits, and a suggestion that the White House wants a Republican to win since there would be too much evidence still around if a Democrat were elected; John Ashcroft responds to questions about torture and waterboarding in typical fashion; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen says that he's already fighting two wars, and a third one in Iran would not be a good idea; Al Gore talks about gas prices and the oil situation at Netroots Nation, the conference that Bill O'Reilly compared to a KKK meeting; Mike Huckabee and Trent Lott both say that not a drop of oil was spilled during hurricane Katrina; Republican Texas oil man T. Boone Pickens, of all people, is at the center of a campaign to reduce dependence on foreign oil, but what's the root of that plan? Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says that two oil men in the White House are the cause of high oil prices, and calls President Bush a total failure; John McCain says that oil executives, not surprisingly, think his energy plan is just great; the Michael Savage autism controversy. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research at the Pew Research Center joins us to talk about the latest 2008 election polls, how much July polls means, and what might swing polls towards either candidate; the Jesse Jackson - Barack Obama controversy; the controversial New Yorker Barack Obama cover, and G. Gordon Liddy's reaction to it; South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford goes hilariously blank when asked about the differences between John McCain and George W. Bush; Carly Fiorina, who supports McCain, claims McCain didn't always support President Bush on the war; John McCain has basically no answer to a question about insurance coverage of Viagra, but not birth control; on The View, Elisabeth Hasselbeck gets involved in another political discussion about Barack Obama with Whoopi Goldberg; ABC asks John McCain to comment on Barack Obama's changes of position, but doesn't even ask him about his own; false ideas from Sean Hannity about Barack Obama's tax plans; John McLaughlin calls Barack Obama an Oreo; President Bush lifts the offshore drilling ban. Why, will anything change, and what was the point? General Motors confirms they're cutting jobs and car models; Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke talks about the bad state of the economy, and what the Fed might do; we follow up on a project to get a viable solar car built and available; one pundit says that withdrawal of troops in Iraq would help John McCain in the 2008 election. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Gas prices keep rising as GM says it will cut certain models and many white collar workers; George W. Bush insists drilling domestically is the solution to the gas price situation, and has a recent speech interrupted by protesters numerous times; Iraq is requesting a timetable for withdrawal of troops from the US; in the middle of the overwhelming disapproval on Iraq, Condi Rice is still proud that the US invaded Iraq, while President Bush is confident that the strategy in Iraq will work...but what is the strategy this week? US exports to Iran have increased under the Bush White House, and responding to a question about it, John McCain made another poor taste Iran-related gaffe, and then suggest he hates bloggers at one of his town hall meetings; Senator John Kerry again says that there are two John McCains; more suggestions that McCain is a maverick straight-talker, and even more confusion about just what McCain's position on the new GI Bill is; a Fox News panelist suggests that gay-bashing might be McCain's best strategy going forward; more inaccurate explanations of the Wesley Clark - John McCain controversy over McCain credentials to be president; the false claim that unemployment is lower now than under Bill Clinton is pushed by Bill O'Reilly; Michael Dukakis says that suggesting Obama is a far-left candidate is delusional; Chris Matthews, in what's become his trademark type of statement, asks if Obama can win over regular, white voters. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Steve Baldwin, co-author of From Crayons to Condoms, joins us live to discuss the book; Imus once again in the news comments about race, and his explanation might as well have been in another language. Also, Barbara Walters defends Imus; John McCain says more oil drilling might not change the price of gas much, but it would have a psychological effect; Glenn Beck inflates the estimated ANWR oil production by almost 70 times; one of John McCain's advisors says that a terrorist attack would be a big advantage to McCain in the presidential election; John McCain is very into eBay as a possible solution to the recession, but McCain seems to know so little about computers that his campaign's recent statement could only go as far as to say that McCain is "aware of the internet;" Condi Rice says she's not interested in being McCain Vice-President; Michelle Obama's appearance on The View; 3 in 10 Americans admit to having a racial bias when it comes to Barack Obama and the presidential election; many members of the media have been claming that "suburban women," which may be a code for white, don't like Barack Obama; James Dobson's bizarre comments about Barack Obama's interpretation of the Bible; Bill Kristol suggests that if George W. Bush believes Barack Obama will win the election, he may try to bomb Iran himself before Obama takes office; Dick Morris is still suggesting that Barack Obama might be a sleeper agent or Manchurian candidate. http://www.midweekpolitics.com President Bush accuses a UK journalist of slander just for mentioning GITMO and Abu-Ghraib; even though Hillary Clinton is out of the presidential race, the crazy attacks against her continue; Fox News admits that a McCain town hall that supposedly was made up of Republicans and Democrats was actually just Republicans with some conservative independents; joining Michelle Obama, John McCain also says that sometimes it's tough to be proud of America; Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is afraid of John McCain because of his views on abortion, women's rights, and other issues; Al Gore endorses Barack Obama for President; the newest possibly racist term for Barack Obama: exotic; Chris Matthews' latest weird comments, this time about Governor Ed Rendell, Obama needing a patriotic running mate, and Democrats not wanting to reduce the number of abortions; more calling Obama the most liberal member of the Senate, as well as bringing on disgraced former Congressman Tom DeLay to bash him, and Ben Stein making stuff up about Obama's tax plan; Congressman Bobby Jindal thinks that intelligent design should be taught in schools alongside evolution; gay marriage, an openly gay former ambassador, and more allegations about the so-called homosexual mafia; Ben Stein suggests the best way to reduce gas prices is by taxing the rich; the un-green Carbon Belch Day set up by a conservative group; John McCain gets a little confused about the price of gas; British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledges his support in the war in Iraq; Senators Carl Levin and Lindsey Graham address the White House and torture. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Frances Moore Lappé joins us live to discuss her recent book Getting a Grip, which the New York Times Sunday Book Review said all candidates for president in 2008 should read; Hillary Clinton finally concedes the Democratic presidential nomination to Barack Obama, but she only suspends her campaign for now; Hillary's official endorsement of Barack Obama, and a bunch of other stuff she said; one Republican strategist says Hillary Clinton ran as a man; accusations that black voters only want to vote for Obama because he's black; Barack Obama's confrontation of Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor; John McCain wants to hold town hall meetings with Barack Obama, and also says he will "veto every beer;" Laura Bush on Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama; an unbelievable segment on Fox News about whether spelling many English words is too hard; when asked about when troops will be coming home, John McCain said that it's not really that important; more controversy over the latest GI Bill proposed by Senator Jim Webb; Dennis Kucinich introduces articles of impeachment for President Bush. http://www.midweekpolitics.com Barack Obama gets the delegates he needs to secure the Democratic nomination for President, but Hillary Clinton still won't concede; the recent iCap bill proposed by Massachusetts congressman Ed Markey, as well as the Climate Security Act from the Senator, and reaction to it; more on the controversial Scott McClellan book, including a bunch of stuff Scott himself said, including that Karl Rove should have been fired for his involvement in the Valerie Plame case; one journalist calls McClellan naive for believing the President Bush would be a uniter; a CNN correspondent says there was pressure from news executives to make George W. Bush look good during the leadup to the war; Bill O'Reilly's interview with McClellan about the book; Dick Cheney's bad joke about incest in West Virginia, and of course the apology that always follows it up; Obama's statement about being the nominee, and comments about whether the Democratic Party is divided; Harold Ford's comments about Cindy McCain's wealth, and the recent McCain speech, which he thought was simply great. Then we actually listen to some of the McCain speech; more typical talk of Hillary being a bitch and Obama only doing well because he's black; accusations that it's the Democratic Party that is racist and sexist; John McCain gets caught off guard about his ties to lobbyists by Chris Wallace. http://www.midweekpolitics.com