Bush Countdown

Bush .. no one wants him! Nuclear Deal With India May Be Near Collapse - washingtonpost.com: "Nuclear Deal With India May Be Near Collapse Premier Cites Internal Opposition To Agreement Pushed by Bush By Robin Wright and Rama Lakshmi Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, October 16, 2007; Page A01 A controversial nuclear deal between the United States and India appears close to collapse after the Indian prime minister told President Bush yesterday that 'certain difficulties' will prevent India from moving forward on the pact for the foreseeable future. The main obstacle does not involve the specific terms of the agreement but rather India's internal politics, including fears from leftist parties that India is moving too close to the United States, according to officials and experts familiar with the deal. Besieged over the past two months by growing opposition to nuclear energy cooperation with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh indicated over the weekend that he would rather save his coalition government than the nuclear pact."

Al Jazeera English - News - Rice In Cairo For Peace Talks: "NEWS MIDDLE EAST Rice in Cairo for peace talks Rice is in Cairo to secure Egypt's support for the Annapolis peace conference [AFP] The US secretary of state has arrived in Egypt as part of her quest to nudge Israelis and Palestinians closer together before a Mideast peace conference. But Egypt's foreign minister has cautioned that the November meeting might have to be postponed unless a substantive agreement can be reached ahead of time. Condoleezza Rice arrived in Cairo on Tuesday and met Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, who has played a key role in mediating large and small conflicts between Israel and the Palestinians and among squabbling Palestinians factions. But in advance of Rice's stop in Egypt, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the country's foreign minister, accused some in Israel of trying to 'deplete American efforts' to have a real peace agreement between the two sides for the meeting, tentatively set for late November. Your Views 'The question is will Fatah be strong enough to contain such a powerful 'partner' or will it be just exploited and eroded over time? Werewolf, Micronesia Send us your views 'Without addressing these attempts, then we have to seriously think of postponing the conference"

HorsesAss.Org» Darcy Burner Outraises GWB : "Looking more closely at the FEC paperwork reveals how truly anemic the Bush fundraiser was. The FEC rules require that joint fundraisers, like the event held for the Washington State Republicans and Reichert, be handled independently of either group. The Bellevue Bush fundraiser was handled by an entity known as The Reichert Washington Victory Committee. This FEC form 3x documents the donations and disbursements from the Bush fundraiser. What the form clearly shows is that the event only raised $135,025! That was $127,025 from individual contributions and another $8,000 from a political action committee. A grand total of $127,025 in individual contributions at a Bush fundraiser in Bellevue, Washington??? That’s fucking pathetic! But…there you have it (maybe—see below). Somehow or another, the media got the wrong estimate from this event."