The Passage of Power, the fourth of Robert A. Caro’s Lyndon Johnson books is coming out in May, the AP reports.
And a fifth volume will be written for what was supposed to be a three-, then four-part series.
Cain’s Story Keeps Changing
Herman Cain told an interviewer today there had been “a couple of other things” in the sexual harassment complaint filed against him in the 1990s, though he claimed not to remember the specifics, Politico reports.
Said Cain: “I don’t even remember. They were so ridiculous, I don’t remember what they are.”
When pressed, he added: “The reason I forgot them is because they were ridiculous. I dismissed them out of my mind.”
Corzine’s Firm Questioned Over Loss of Money
MF Global, the brokerage run by former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D), collapsed into bankruptcy when a potential buyer noticed that hundreds of millions of dollars of customer money couldn’t be accounted for, the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The probe is at an early stage, and it isn’t clear if the money is
missing or if the inconsistencies relate to sloppy bookkeeping.”
Said one person familiar with the situation: “They still don’t have it figured out.”