Highly influential open source intelligence organization Stratfor makes the case for a Tiananmen-style end game. ***************** Reposted on FV with prior permission from STRATFOR The Iranian Election and the Revolution Test By George Friedman Successful revolutions have three phases

Senators try to keep co-op hopes alivePolitico, DCand said Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee have rejected proposals to make the co-op plan more appealing to Democrats. “Despite the good efforts of Sen. Conrad, when Republicans talk about the co-op model, it’s clear they are not talking …

Obama a fan of ‘the great Urdu poets’ from Politico reports that President Obama is continuing his Pakistani cultural outreach with his professed love of Urdu poetry. ‘I would love to visit

The protests have the hallmarks of the CIA orchestrated protests in Georgia and Ukraine. It requires total blindness not to see this. Reposted from Pak Alert Press By Paul Craig Roberts June 22, 2009 “ Information Clearing House “ — -President Obama called on the Iranian government to allow protesters to control the streets in Tehran

Politico – It was always going to be hard for President Barack Obama to pass health care reform by the fall. Lately, there are signs it’ll take a political miracle. 

Along with celeb Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom , L.A.’s Latino mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (and co-star of telenovela-like love dramas ) … for L.A. looking like? Let us know in the comments. Via / Los Angeles Times and Politico

Politico reports that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigossa will not run for California Governor in 2010. First time I met him, he was a freshman legislator promising to end poverty

I’ve been getting hits for a couple of days now, with search terms like: Mark Sanford Suicide? … the Governor’s disappearance. I finally saw it on POLITICO, and now that the story has been picked … . The Sanfords have four sons. Translation: Even his kids don’t like him. Politico reports: Staff

Over at Politico, Carl Owen gives Obama credit for what’s been happening in the Muslim world: Since Barack Obama has taken the presidential oath of office we have witnessed: a) Hezbollah lose

by Mike Lillis The Washington Monthly Playing off of our story today on yesterday’s TARP oversight hearing, here’s a fascinating exchange between Sen. Richard Shelby (Ala.), the highest ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Elizabeth Warren, who chairs the congressional TARP oversight panel