| Long before President Obama ordered an escalation of troop levels in Afghanistan or Yemen almost instantly became the focus of America's al-Qaeda pursuit, clandestine Predator drone attacks were the main signature of the new administration's counterterrorism efforts. The Obama administration ordered 50 drone attacks on terrorism suspects around the world in 2009, up 19 from 2008. National Journal has released a two-part series on the faceless, nameless drone attacks: 'Wanted: Dead' and Are Drone Strikes Murder? A Boston Globe survey finds Martha Coakley, the Democratic nominee in the Massachusetts special election to fill former Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat, with 15-percentage-point lead over Republican rival Scott Brown. Meanwhile, a new Public Policy Polling survey finds Brown ahead by a percentage point. Election watchers wonder what influence the storied Kennedy family will have on the Jan. 19 vote. National Democrats fear a Brown victory kill health reform, or at least complicate matters due to the delicate number of members Democrats have in the Senate. Embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid has been in enough trouble lately in his homestate of Nevada, a state suffering from Detroit-level economic woes. Following reports in a new book about the 2008 campaign that Reid made some racially-inflammatory remarks of Barack Obama, the longtime Nevada senator is looking awfully wounded and possibly unelectable. Speaking of awfully wounded, Politico reports that many influential members of the GOP want to oust Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele after Steele released a new book that amplifies dissatisfaction with party leaders. Republican operatives say, though, that booting Steele, the most prominent African-American member of the party, would be tantamount to political self-sabotage for the GOP. The Washington Post dissects the moments and circumstances that made up the bombing of a CIA base in Afghanistan by a Jordanian double agent. |
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