Our Beloved Facebook

Ever wonder how our beloved Facebook got started. The creator of Facebook, 23-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, is on the cover of this week's Newsweek and you can read the article all about how he came up with the site and what he's got planned next. Facebook has undoubtedly become a big part of college life. You can read the full article here.

Gay Couple Coming To Wisteria Lane

Tuc Watkins

Desperate Housewives is getting a gay couple in the neighborhood. Tuc Watkins from One Life to Live and Kevin Rahm from Judging Amy will join the cast as the gay couple for recurring roles this coming season.

Kevin Rahm

Defending Hillary from Ben Smith

This article by Ben Smith from Politico once again shows me how biased he is and how much he doesn't like Hillary Clinton. When Hillary Clinton spoke at YearlyKos, Smith only focused on the fact that she was booed twice and did not provide even a semi-decent account of her speech, unlike Roger Simon, who reported on everything regarding her speech...the good and the bad. You can my article about Simon vs Smith at YearlyKos here.

Anyways, as I posted yesterday, Hillary Clinton has released her first campaign ad commercial to run in Iowa. Now...Ben Smith is at it again. In the short article, Smith writes, "No points for figuring out why Hillary picked Iowa for her first ad. Not only is she trailing there (or running roughly neck-and-neck with Edwards and Obama, depending on which poll you read) but she had to put out a fire this spring when an aide suggested she essentially ignore Iowa." That's all Smith writes before describing what is in the ad. Why wouldn't Hillary choose Iowa first? It is the first nominating state. Iowa has not been ignored by Hillary. She started off July campaigning there with President Clinton for 5 days. Also, Hillary has NOT been trailing in Iowa. Some polls (and there are many posted here at The Green Room) show her in a three way tie with Obama and Edwards while others show Obama narrowly leading and others show Hillary narrowly leading. So the word trailing is just flat out WRONG. Also, another reason the ad will run in Iowa....John Edwards and Barack Obama have already been advertising there with commericials for months now and both candidates will tour the state this week. Hmm...another reason...how about there is a big Democratic debate on Sunday...IN IOWA. If you are going to misinform your readers Ben Smith then make sure it's not so easy to refute what you are writing. That's all.

Pollspot: Ooo Baby Baby

I think this is the best poll I've seen!

A new CNN/Opinion Research Poll quizzing respondents on the various attribute of the Democratic presidential candidates holds some good news for Hillary Clinton. 59% of respondents felt Clinton had the best experience for the job, compared to
only 11% for Edwards and 9% for Obama. 47% thought Clinton was the strongest leader. Only 22% gave that honor to Obama and 13% to Edwards.

In a potential blow to Obama’s message of bringing change, 40% or
respondents felt that Clinton had the best chance of creating change, with only 27% giving Obama the best chance and 13% citing Edwards. Voters slightly favored Clinton as the most honest candidate (28%) with Obama polling second with 24%. Obama was thought by 34% of those polled to be the most likable, however, despite a large gap in Clinton’s and Obama’s unfavorability rating, this poll showed only a small gap in voters likability, with Clinton receiving 31%. And finally, Clinton was viewed by respondents as having the best shot at getting elected in November 2008, with 55% choosing her compared to only 19% or Obama and 12 % for Edwards.

A new American Research Group poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton continues to lead among Democrats in the presidential race with 36% support, followed by Sen. Barack Obama at 21% and John Edwards at 16%.

Among Republicans, Rudy Giuliani stays in front with 27%, followed by Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney with 16% each. Sen. John McCain is now in fourth place with 13%.

She rises slightly in the poll while Obama falls slightly. Mitt Romney is on the rise. In the other one, Hillary is doing awesome!!! I hope her unfavorables are coming down! The fact that she is polling at 40% for bringing change, 59% for experience, and that her likability rating is close to Obamas is truly awesome.

Courtesy of Political Wire

OJ's If I Did It To Be Released

OJ Simpson disgusts me. His book If I Did It, about how he would have killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman had he been the murderer, is finally being released. Guess what OJ? We all think we know what happened already. The new development is that the family of Ron Goldman will add commentary to the book and they will most likely get all the cash benefits because OJ owes them $38 million from a civil suit. OJ Simpson was acquitted of murder in 1995. Full story here.

Chinese Bridge Collapses

Courtesy AP

I'm sure this will get a lot less press than the Minneapolis bridge collapse for obvious reasons but I thought I would bring to your attention that another major bridge has collapsed. This time in China and with 22 confirmed dead so far. Already worse than the recent American disaster. Read the full story here.