Countdown Wednesday: Craig's Twist
Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:00 PM by Countdown
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Will Craig Resign?: It is unprecedented to the degree, that the office of the official historian of the U.S. Senate, cannot come up with another example of it, anywhere in its 218 years of operation. A Senator resigning... and then announcing "uhh... maybe not." Our fifth story on the Countdown: it's not as if Larry Craig resigned on Saturday and, three days later, suddenly had a change of heart.
The Jones Report: An independent Congressional report tamping down the administration's hype about Iraq...Robert Draper on the context and color of his biography of the President... Pulitzer Prize Winner Carl Bernstein, in the wake of his biography of Hillary Clinton, on her campaign, and if she's finally figured out how best to use... you-know-who.
ODDBALL: A guy eats firecrackers, a mascot gets hit in the jimmies, and the greatest show on earth.
Hillary 2.0: It only strains hyperbole -- rather than breaking it -- to suggest that before the presidential nomination is over, President Clinton and would be President Clinton will have appeared on every popular non-news television program except "The Price Is Right." Our third story tonight.. the countdown to 2008... and the Clinton campaign dominating the airwaves again today.
The Search for Fossett: Two and a half days after he took off on a solo flight in the Nevada desert - there is still no sign of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett. But in our number two story on the Countdown -- rescuers are hopeful that the skills he honed while sailing, flying, gliding, skiing and driving around the world -- will help his survival chances.
WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: A guy named Zhang Shaocang, Michelle Malkin, and a Colorado Congressman vie for tonight's top honors.
The Trouble with Trouble: When real estate terror Leona Helmsley bequeathed twelve million dollars to her dog, Trouble... her wishes were clear. Helmsley wanted Trouble in Paradise... expecting that the eight-year old Maltese would live out its life in luxury, before joining Helmsley in the family mausoleum. Now, although the pooch is far from being in peril... it may be in a state of doggie limbo.