Below The Beltway

The Washington Post reports that Virginia Republicans have been holding secret talks aimed at maintaining unity heading into the 2007 elections:
RICHMOND, Dec. 28 — Top Republicans in Virginia, including the state’s attorney general and the party’s former national chairman, have been holding secret meetings for weeks in the hopes of finding an end to the [...]

The Scarlet Knights won their first bowl game in school history last night with a 37-10 blowout of Kansas State in the Texas Bowl:
HOUSTON — Like a true Texas hero, Ray Rice donned a white cowboy hat after leading Rutgers to one more milestone victory.
Rice ran for 170 yards and a touchdown, Tim Brown caught [...]

If ever there is a reason to celebrate the start of a new year, the prospect that a murdering dictator will receive the justice he richly deserves is surely one of them:
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, sentenced to death for his role in 148 killings in 1982, will have his sentence carried out by Sunday, [...]

It might sound like something out of The Onion, but John Edwards announced his candidacy for the White House and took up the mantle of the man of the people:
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 28 — Former North Carolina senator John Edwards this morning declared his candidacy for president in 2008, sounding a populist call for citizen [...]

After an incredible season, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights face off against Kansas State in the Texas Bowl.
Thanks to the evil-cable-company-known-as-Comcast, I don’t think I’ll be able to watch this at home tonight and I’m not really in a mood to go to sports bar after driving for the past eight hours. So, I guess I’ll [...]

It’s a rare exception when someone who probably never intended to become President actually finds themselves elevated to that office, but that’s exactly what happened to Gerald Ford, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 93 and only a few weeks after having become America’s longest-living former President.
Today, the Washington Post has [...]

Kellie and I returned earlier this afternoon from another Christmas family gathering. This year, instead of enduring the cold of Cleveland, Ohio, we started out in the suburbs of Atlanta, where my brother-in-law and his wife live, and then made our way, in three cars, to Hilton Head, South Carolina where we spent Christmas and [...]

As I did last year, it’s time to declare Christmas hiatus time here at Below The Beltway. I may post one or two things at The Liberty Papers tonight or tomorrow, but other than that, this will be the last post until sometime next week.
Have a great Christmas

Note: Because of what seems to be an [...]

In light of the success of the Ohio State Buckeyes this year, your new dollar bill will look like this:

The latest video from Osama bin Laden’s # 2 man is a little bit different:

Heh.
H/T: Winds of Change