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The good news is that the latest Pew Research Center poll shows Bush’s approval rating at 33%. The bad news is that a major part of the reason why is his championing of the Dubai ports deal:
In the aftermath of the Dubai ports deal, President Bush’s approval rating has hit a new low and [...]

It’s entirely possible that there will yet be hell to pay for our Congress’ short-sighted, bilious cave-in to political grandstanding and xenophobia in the Dubai ports imbroglio. The Hill, in an article published Thursday, just before the deal collapsed indicated that the UAE leadership was furious for its treatment at the hands of congressional [...]

I couldn’t believe the puffery in today’s NY Times’ Republicans Hail Colleague Who Fought Bush on Ports (the article is nowhere to be found on the Times website nor in Google News so I don’t have a link; by the way, I’ve never seen such a thing happen before at Nytimes.com. UPDATE: there is [...]

Legacy of hate and mistrust caused by Congressional opponents of deal (cartoon: Mike Keefe/Denver Post)
This is a sad & outrageous day. A black day for America, for democracy, for tolerance and for commercial intercourse among nations. Surely, there will come a day when we will rue what we have forced Dubai Ports [...]

I’m not normally one to sing the praises of American business. As often as not, if there’s some financial skullduggery going on you’ll find some corporate executive with his hand in the till. But I am someone who believes in our economic system. I believe that trade is a good thing. [...]

The New York Times notes that Republicans are breaking with the president on the Dubai ports deal and appear intent on scuttling it no matter what the outcome of the 45-day security review:
Xenophobia? What xenophobia? (cartoon: Gary Markstein/Cagle.com)
Representative Jerry Lewis, the California Republican who is chairman of the Appropriations Committee, said he would [...]

Duncan Hunter: “give me just a few good men & we can unload our ports better those A-rabs any day!” (photo: Defenselink.mil)
There are, of course, many members of Congress opposing the Dubai ports deal. There are just as many saying patently stupid things about the deal. Members who I always thought were [...]

Smash at Indepundit writes a revealing post, Don’t Dump on Dubai, about his own personal experience as a U.S. Navy ports security officer who’s served in the Mideast and visited UAE often. I think he brings a perspective to the debate about the ports deal which no one who opposes the deal brings. [...]

I’ve read some wacky conspiracy theories suggested by “progressive” opponents of the Dubai ports deal, but I think what I read at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s Stakeholder blog last night takes the cake. The post titled Oy, linked to a New York Post (that’s Rupert Murdoch’s shmatte) story, QAEDA CLAIM: WE ‘INFILTRATED’ [...]

For the past week or more I’ve been doing a daily digest of news and opinion in the blog and media world that supports the Dubai ports deal. There is an overwhelming tide of opposition to the deal among both political parties, the right and left blog world, and the media. That’s why [...]