Saturday, May 12, 2007

Random News Roundup

So the theory about the mythic Republican Party discipline goes that it was forged under years in the minority. What about the Democrats? If a disciplinarian arose, would he amass power the way Gingrich and DeLay did? News flash- Rahm Emanuel's already here.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10141677&sc=emaf

Major leadership changes in France and the UK: Sarkozy in, Blair out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_presidential_election,_2007
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/13/blairh.xml

Sweden is experimenting with relinquishing public control of corporations
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2007/05/04/PM200705048.html