Fox primary: complicated, contractual
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:37 am PDT
 Politico - With Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee all making moves indicating they may run for president, their common employer is facing a question that hasn’t been asked before: How does a news organization cover White House hopefuls when so many are on the payroll? Full Story | Top |
Lazio drops out of NY governor's race, helping GOP
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:08 pm PDT
 AP - The unpredictable race for governor in New York got wilder Monday after Conservative Party candidate Rick Lazio withdrew, boosting the chances of the tea party Republican who is taking on the once-unassailable Democratic nominee, Andrew Cuomo. Full Story | Top |
Obama calls for longer school year
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:22 am PDT
The Upshot - President Obama said on the "Today" show Monday morning that American students attend school a month less than kids in other countries -- contending that the school-year gap puts them at a competitive disadvantage in the global economy. "The idea of a longer school year, I think, makes sense," he said, when asked if kids [...] Full Story | Top |
House Republicans at risk? Districts where Democrats hope for upsets
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:53 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - At a house party for Ami Bera's congressional campaign, attendees peppered the candidate, a doctor, with questions about education and health care. His voice raspy from constant campaigning, Dr. Bera answered gamely, but he really hit his stride when the questioners mentioned his opponent. Full Story | Top |
Spill panel: Federal confusion lost public trust
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:39 pm PDT
 AP - The Obama administration's repeated low estimates of the huge BP oil spill undermined public confidence in the government's entire cleanup effort, leaders of a White House-appointed commission declared at an investigatory hearing Monday. One likened the mistakes to Custer's disastrous decisions at Little Big Horn. Full Story | Top |
DeMint vows roadblock
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:41 pm PDT
Politico - He will block any and all legislation not cleared by his office in the session's final days. Full Story | Top |
Emanuel decision near; likely to leave White House
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:15 pm PDT
AP - White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, widely expected to leave the White House to make a long coveted run for Chicago mayor, could make an announcement on his decision as soon as Friday, a source close to him said. Full Story | Top |
Peace talks in jeopardy, Clinton and Abbas meet
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:27 pm PDT
 AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spent nearly a half-hour Friday meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the Obama administration tried to prevent Israeli-Palestinian peace talks from collapsing. Full Story | Top |
Fiji strongman defends policies at UN
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:39 am PDT
 AFP - Fiji's military ruler Voreqe Bainimarama on Monday demanded "respect, dignity and equality" as he justified his isolated government's efforts to seek new allies before the United Nations. Full Story | Top |
Obama hits the road in hopes of firing up voters
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:15 pm PDT
Reuters - President Barack Obama travels across the United States this week to try to regenerate enthusiasm among voters -- particularly young ones -- whose support Democrats desperately need if they hope to hold onto their majorities in Congress on November 2. Full Story | Top |
IT WAS NOT POLITICIANS WHO 'TOOK OUR COUNTRY'
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:55 pm PDT
Richard Reeves - WASHINGTON -- More than 30 years ago, Martin and Susan Tolchin wrote a book called "To the Victor," about political patronage in the days when the mayor of Chicago could hand out jobs as city sewer workers or even cops and firefighters. Looking back, that volume reads like "Goodnight Moon." Full Story | Top |
LCG Election Monitor: Midterms are an electoral hurricane for Democrats
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:05 pm PDT
Daily Caller - The race is on. No, I’m not referring to the one between Republicans and Democrats; instead, I’m talking about the race between pollsters and media organizations to project this November’s GOP margin of victory. There have been some pretty smart analyses produced over the last several weeks, including ones by Cook, Rothenberg, RealClearPolitics, FiveThirtyEight and, most recently, the vaunted NBC political unit with its Voter Confidence Index. Full Story | Top |
Palin's Secret Rival
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:43 pm PDT
The Daily Beast - Jim DeMint is a prickly character not well-liked in Washington. But his Tea Party street cred makes him a serious alternative to Palin in 2012. Full Story | Top |
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