The grandson of former President Richard Nixon is running as a Republican for Congress in New York. CNN has a good story about Chris Cox, and in the video above, Cox is interviewed on Fox Business Channel:

CNN: You may not have Richard Nixon to kick around anymore, but they do on Long Island.

Meet Christopher Nixon Cox, congressional candidate from the Hamptons and grandson of the nation’s 37th president. Cox, a 30-year-old Republican business consultant, is hoping to ride a wave of voter anger all the way to Washington.

And in a race where he’s trying to emerge from a crowded primary field and topple a four-term Democratic incumbent, he’s not shying away from his family’s controversial political past.

“When voters think about it, it’ll be a big positive,” he predicted. . . . Read More

Good News. ABC News’ Jake Tapper is reporting tonight that Al-Qaeda No. 3 – Sheikh Sa’id al-Masri has been killed in Pakistan:

Political Punch:US officials tell ABC News that al Qaeda’s No. 3 — Mustafa Ahmed Muhammad Uthman Abu al-Yazid, known as Shaikh Sa’id al-Masri and Mustafa Abu al-Yazid – has been killed. Al Qaeda released a eulogy of Shaikh Sa’id tonight, officials said.

“Word is spreading in extremist circles of the death of Sheikh Sa’id al-Masri, widely viewed as the number three figure in al-Qaeda,” a US official told ABC News. “We have strong reason to believe that’s true, and that al-Masri was killed recently in Pakistan’s tribal areas. In terms of counterterrorism, this would be a big victory.”

US officials believed him to have been killed about a week ago in Pakistan.

Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri are the spiritual founders, and considered No. 1 and No. 2 of al Qaeda list, but Shaikh Sa’id is considered the link between those two and rest of the operation, and for all intents and purposes the one running the organization day to day. . . . Read More

Here is video of Karl Rove saying he does not believe the story put out by the White House and Rep. Joe Sestak to explain away the controversy over a “job offer” made to Sestak by the White House. Rove said it is “not plausible’ to believe the White House – through former President Bill Clinton – offered a non-paying appointment to an Executive Branch Policy Group when they knew that appointment would have to be approved by Congress. Sestak is a Congressman, and would be ineligible for such an appointment as a member of Congress. Rove said the White House, Bill Clinton and Sestak would all be aware of that fact.

In other words, Rove is saying they are covering up the real story. Something else was offered to Sestak, and they don’t want the truth to get out. That’s what Newt Gingrich said in a clip played in this video. Gingrich said their story is not believable, and that the White House must have reached out to Sestak and convinced him to “take the fall” to get them out of this trouble.

Here is video of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking from Canada about the Israeli raid on a Turkish ship carrying Pro-Palestinian activists and supplies for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu said Israeli forces boarded six ships to search them for weapons. On five of the ships, Netanyahu said things went smoothly. But on the sixth ship – the largest in the flotilla – a mob of people attacked the Israeli troops with clubs and knives, beating and stabbing several Israeli soldiers. The troops defended themselves, resulting in at least nine people being killed.

The ships were boarded as part of an ongoing blockade of supplies going into the Gaza Strip. Prior to imposing a blockade, pro-Palestinian groups would send rockets and other weapons into Gaza disguised as humanitarian aid.

The Jerusalem Post is reporting that President Obama, in a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told him the U.S. needed the “facts” on the Israeli raid on a ship carrying Pro-Palestinian activists and supplies for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip:

Jerusalem Post: US President Barak Obama postpones Oval Office meeting with the prime minister, presses for IDF flotilla-raid details, expresses “deep regret at loss of life.”

US President Barack Obama spoke by telephone with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Monday after the latter cancelled a planned Oval Office meeting scheduled for Tuesday. . . .

The two leaders also agreed to reschedule their meeting at the first opportunity. “The president expressed deep regret at the loss of life in today’s incident, and concern for the wounded, many of whom are being treated in Israeli hospitals,” a statement put out by the White House read. “The president also expressed the importance of learning all the facts and circumstances around this morning’s tragic events as soon as possible.” . . . Read More

Here is video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declaring emphatically that Democrats will remain in the Majority in the House of Representatives after the Midterm Elections.

An audience member asked Pelosi if she “ever worries” about losing the Majority in the Midterms. Pelosi responded:

“No. Let me declare that the Democrats will be the Majority after the Midterm Elections.”

This smug, arrogant statement should make its way into Republican Campaign Ads this Fall. I can hear it now:

“Democrats are taking you for granted. They think you haven’t been paying attention to what they have been doing in Washington. But you have. Let Nancy Pelosi hear from you on Election Day.”

Here is video of Vice-President Joe Biden leadiing Memorial Day Observances at Arlington National Cemetery today. Biden placed a Wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, and then delivered an address.

This was the best speech I have ever heard Biden give. I give him credit for doing a fine job today.