BEGALA AWARD NOMINEE

“I shouldn’t take it personally. Because what (the Bush) administration was attempting to do was turn back the progress of the entire 20th century. They were not just after Bill Clinton – they wanted to undo Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson, John Kennedy, Harry Truman, Franklin Roosevelt. They were on their way to Teddy Roosevelt. It was a bipartisan right-wing extreme agenda.” – Senator Hillary Clinton, earlier this week. More Sid, alas.

GALLOWAY AWARD NOMINEE: “With no weapons, no ties, and no truth, the capture of Saddam was merely the most massive and irresponsible police raid in modern times. We broke in without a search warrant.” – Derrick Z. Jackson, making a strong, late entry, in the Boston Globe.

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THE MIKE KELLY AWARD: Here are the details for a new award in honor of a great journalist.