Political contribution reform and all of its due glory has its ups and downs, but like other things, when manipulated it will become exactly what it is seemlingly posed against — partisan warfare. Enter the Democratic Congressional and Senatorial Campaign Commities.
In what has exploded throughout the political world, a June fundraiser for these committees turned into a give and take offer for the president — to speak at the event in exchange for a ban on PAC and Lobbyist donations — for one day. Pundits, the partisan media, politicians and …

Washington is a very confusing place. 
In the past week, the public has seen the story of waterboarding explode into literately hundreds of pieces. President Barack Obama and his cabinet have almost fatally contradicted themselves and the main stream media’s supposed unbiased analysis of the waterboardings have flown hand in hand — and in some cases have assumed the form of — their own talking heads. And of course, this all comes in great time of President Obama’s 100 day celebration. 
So how can this all be politically interpreted? In some ways, it can’t. 
As John Dickerson writes, we …

June 5, 2008. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich publishes a piece on the upcoming presidential election in Human Events – the self described headquarter of the conservative underground. It is titled: “My Plea to Republicans,” and ties the recent loss in a Louisiana Congressional election to what he warns could end in disaster in the coming November election. His strategic piece highlights painful figures for the GOP – an 18 point Congressional polling  deficit “reminiscent of the depths of the Watergate disaster.” He warns the GOP’s current attack ads and …

Recently, after a quiet few months on the subject, President Obama ordered the Department of Justice to release memos on interrogation, and of course — the infamous waterboarding. Many of the the liberal media outlets cried out to exploit the supposed unconstitutionality of the Bush administration, while the conservative media spoke relatively quiet on the subject. 
So in a short post — I’d like to open this up to the commenters: what means of torture (if any) is acceptable — even if it gives valuable information?