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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, he acknowledged in an interview with a conservative Christian group.

"The honest answer is yes," Gingrich, a potential 2008 Republican presidential candidate, said in an interview with Focus on the Family founder James Dobson to be aired Friday, according to a transcript provided to The Associated Press. "There are times that I have fallen short of my own standards. There's certainly times when I've fallen short of God's standards."

Howard Dean takes the gloves off

Oh my. DNC Chairman Howard Dean pulls out the whooping stick and rips the administration over the Scooter Libby case as well as the Walter Reed scandal.

Talk about a dish of red meat...

Senator Dodd at My Left Nutmeg today

Have a question for Senator Chris Dodd?

Join the discussion with the senior senator and Democratic Presidential candidate over at My Left Nutmeg.

Scooter Libby video thread

In honor of Lewis "Scooter" Libby's guilty verdict, here's some highlights of the festivities that happened today.

This will be an ongoing post since events are still unfolding so be sure to check the post periodically.

...is it me or does Dick Cheney has some explaining to do?

Act 1: Libby trial juror, Denis Collins, answers questions regarding why the jury came to their conslusion, he personal feelings towards Libby, and the testimony of Tim Russert, Judy Miller and Matt Cooper.

Act 2: Patrick Fitzgerald press conference.

Libby's defender, former Bush 41 adviser Ed Rogers, stands by his man.

Jack Cafferty takes the politicians to the woodshed over Walter Reed scandal

I guess Cafferty isn't buying Senator "clueless" Lieberman's excuse that he didn't know anything about the deplorable conditions at Walter Reed.

President Bush's lagacy=9-11, Iraq, Torture, Katrina, Walter Reed.

Shame on everyone

Well said Bob.

Newt Gingrich: Katrina Victims Too "Uneducated" To "Get Out Of The Way"

Blame the victim.

How can you have the mess we have in New Orleans, and not have had deep investigations of the federal government, the state government, the city government, and the failure of citizenship in the Ninth Ward, where 22,000 people were so uneducated and so unprepared, they literally couldn't get out of the way of a hurricane.

Here's the audio...