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OHIOANS DON'T WANT BOEHNER AS SPEAKERBlog: Nearly half of Ohioans in a recent poll said they don’t want John Boehner as speaker...Date: 03 Sep 2010 18:00:48 ESTWAITING FOR THE BLITZVia Liz Benjamin, Carl Paladino's latest campaign finance numbers, which have him with a negative balance as he says he's gearing up for a $2 millio...Date: 03 Sep 2010 18:00:48 ESTDEMS HAVE FEW OPTIONS ON ECONOMYDemocrats desperate for quick policy action to boost the economy face an excruciating dilemma....Date: 03 Sep 2010 18:00:47 ESTSUNDAY TALK SHOW TIP SHEETSunday's television talk shows focus on President Barack Obama's recent Oval Office address....Date: 03 Sep 2010 18:00:47 ESTEX-NRCC AIDE ADMITS EMBEZZLEMENTProsecutors and Ward's attorneys recommended a 37-month prison sentence after he pleaded guilty.....Date: 03 Sep 2010 18:00:47 ESTREMAINDERS, 9.3Sarah Palin called out a reporter....Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:30:26 ESTDEMS COMPLAIN TO 'YOUNG GUNS' PUBLISHERDCCC claims web video on Simon and Shuster site may be FEC violation....Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:21:08 ESTTARGETING OBAMA, AND HEALTH CARE, IN W.VA.This shot at Manchin in West Virginia is the latest in a national trend of GOP spots increasingly invoking Obama as bogeyman....Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:21:08 ESTDEMS COMPLAIN TO PUBLISHER OF 'YOUNG GUNS' BOOKDCCC claims web video on Simon and Shuster site may be FEC violation....Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:10:50 ESTTARGETING OBAMA, AND HEALTHCARE, IN W.VA.This shot at Manchin in West Virginia is the latest in a national trend of GOP spots increasingly invoking Obama as bogeyman....Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:50:34 ESTEX-NRCC AIDE PLEADS GUILTY IN EMBEZZLEMENTProsecutors and Ward's attorneys recommend he be sentenced to 37 months in federal prison....Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:40:37 ESTREMAINDERS: DEATH CLAUSECharlie Cook says the Senate's in play.<br /> <br /> McMahon's wrestlers signed death clauses.<br /> <br /> Gina Loudon says the boy at a...Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:30:41 ESTAYOTTE MAILERS DRILL BINNIE ON IMMIGRATIONThe GOP Senate candidate is sending thousands of scathing leaflets to New Hampshire voters hammering Binnie on illegal immigration, a white-hot issue even in New England....Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:20:55 ESTDEFENSE CUT PROPOSALS DESERVE THOUGHTOpinion: It may be oxymoronic to talk defense budget cuts as the U.S. wages war, but it's sensible to do so....Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:10:38 ESTBREWER: NO MORE DEBATESShe doesn't want another engagement with her rival....Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:01:35 ESTCOLO. GOP TRIES TO PUSH MAES OUTTop Republicans presented him with "damaging evidence" not yet made public to try to convince him to withdraw....Date: 03 Sep 2010 15:51:21 ESTUNREADY IN ALASKAThe NRSC sends over this passage from an interview with Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Scott McAdams<br /> <br /> [I]n the interview wit...Date: 03 Sep 2010 15:40:37 ESTMEASURING PALIN'S ENDORSEMENT IN GOLD?Sarah Palin has endorsed three candidates in New York congressional races, but the two where her backing was most watched for potential weight were...Date: 03 Sep 2010 15:40:37 ESTHILLARY 2012...at least, in this ad....Date: 03 Sep 2010 15:40:37 ESTARIZ. REMATCH HINGES ON NAT'L PARTYThe fight over Arizona's 5th District is shaping up as one of the toughest holds for Democrats....Date: 03 Sep 2010 15:30:42 EST
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AP ISSUES STANDARDS MEMO: 'COMBAT IN IRAQ IS NOT OVER'At some point in the last two weeks, you may have been told by someone in the news that combat operations in Iraq were over, and that the last combat troop had left the country. Well, the Associated Press is not having any of it, and in a memo from their standards editor, Tom Kent, the law...Date: 03 Sep 2010 18:00:36 ESTMARK OLMSTED: SE HABLA FEAR: MONOLINGUALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTSI find it highly amusing to keep hearing the leaders of Tea Party America hold up Western European Social Democracy as the type of society we must avoid becoming at all costs. What is it, exactly, they find so horrific? The universal health care? The excellent public transportation? Four...Date: 03 Sep 2010 18:00:36 ESTDAN MAES WILL STAY IN COLORADO GUBERNATORIAL RACE DESPITE GOP PRESSURE TO DROP OUTDan Maes has told multiple sources that he's not dropping out of the Colorado governor's race despite pressure from his own party to do so. Maes, who won the GOP nomination in August after a scandal-plagued primary season, has been under pressure to end his campaign since reports surfaced...Date: 03 Sep 2010 18:00:36 ESTTANF EMERGENCY FUND, WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAM THAT CREATED 240,000 JOBS, NEARS ENDAdvocates of a welfare-to-work program created by last year's stimulus bill are calling on Congress not to jeopardize some 240,000 jobs by letting the program expire at the end of September. Republicans and a handful of moderate Senate Democrats blocked a reauthorization of TANF Emergency...Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:50:24 ESTJOHN PERKINS: MR. CEO, CAN YOU SPARE A JOB OR A FREE LUNCH"An economic policy which does not consider the well-being of all will not serve the purposes of peace and the growth of well-being among the people of all nations."(Eleanor Roosevelt) In case you are tempted to feel sorry during these troubled times for the corporatocracy . . . this just...Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:50:24 ESTHUFFPOST HILL - SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2010We were worried that this morning's job report was the harbinger of an uncharacteristically staid recess Friday. Thank goodness that wasn't the case: Jim Gerlach's spokesman accused his opponent of playing the race card by not being white around other non-white people, Jan Brewer took unpre...Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:21:03 ESTAL LAWSON, TOP DEMOCRAT IN FLORIDA'S STATE SENATE, ENDORSES CHARLIE CRIST OVER KENDRICK MEEKRep. Kendrick Meek, Florida's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, received some discouraging news Thursday when a top Democrat in the Florida State Senate chose to endorse independent Charlie Crist over him. Al Lawson, the Florida State Senate's Democratic minority leader, said that Cris...Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:21:03 ESTTONY BLAIR'S BIG LIE OF OMISSIONIn his new book, the former British prime minister asks for a fair hearing on the Iraq war. But he ignores a key meeting where George Bush suggested they con their way to an invasion....Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:00:56 ESTPABLO MANRIQUEZ: WHAT IS 'BACK OF THE LINE' CITIZENSHIP FOR UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRANTS IN THE U.S.?Last month, after a quick, quiet, morning vote approving approximately $600 million in border security funding, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office issued a statement calling for "comprehensive immigration reform that secures our borders, cracks down on unscrupulous employers, and re...Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:00:56 ESTJOE MILLER CAMPAIGN FUNDED BY GOD, K STREETAlaska Republican Joe Miller is telling his supporters that he is refusing to take corporate and out-of-state money, yet the Tea-Party-backed candidate has hired a prominent K Street fundraiser to help with his bid for the Senate. Miller, to date, has relied extensively on the Lord to rai...Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:00:56 ESTJAN BREWER: NO MORE DEBATES FOR MEArizona Governor Jan Brewer is apparently done with participating in gubernatorial debates, because she is terrible at them. Per Jillian Rayfield at TPM: Gov. Jan Brewer (R) has put the kibosh on all future debates with her Arizona gubernatorial opponent Terry Goddard (D), after her rathe...Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:40:29 ESTMILLER CAMPAIGN FUNDED BY GOD, K STREETAlaska Republican Joe Miller is telling his supporters that he is refusing to take corporate and out-of-state money, yet the Tea-Party-backed candidate has hired a prominent K Street fundraiser to help with his bid for the Senate. Miller, to date, has relied extensively on the Lord to rai...Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:40:28 ESTTHE MOST UNFORGETTABLE LIES FROM PROMINENT AMERICANSGlenn Beck may have been caught lying, but he's far from the first American to do so. Plenty of prominent people in American history have stretched the truth at one time or another. Sometimes the "untruth" is minor; others its effects are wide-reaching. Here are some of the most memorable...Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:20:49 ESTPRESIDENT OBAMA HAS 'FEW OPTIONS' IN COMMEMORATING 9/11... REALLY?The White House has apparently not yet made public where President Barack Obama will spend his day on September 11. But this absence of information is apparently no impediment to Politico writing a 16-paragraph story explaining why this is important because, as it turns out, the president...Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:20:49 ESTSUSIE HOELLER: LET THEM EAT EGGS AT THEIR TEA PARTIESTea Party members object to what they see as excessive federal government intrusion in the lives of Americans. I had a pleasant conversation with a Tea Party member last evening at a local forum on immigration policy. There was no personal rancor although we publicly disagreed on immigratio...Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:20:49 ESTJOHN ODUM: LOOKING TOWARDS THE "FAULT TOLERANT SOCIETY"It wasn't the collective gasp, followed by the sigh of relief I expected. Instead, the response among those I spoke with to the news of another oil rig disaster in the gulf, along with the follow-up report that its impact appeared to be minimal, was something more akin to a collective deer-...Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:01:14 ESTDAVE JOHNSON: LABOR DAY: LABOR GOT IT RIGHT -- WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN?This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF. "Who could have known?" That's the cry from the big-corporate and DC elite as the economy and the environment and so many...Date: 03 Sep 2010 15:51:03 ESTHANS JOHNSON: EXTREMISM, THE MAKEOVER, AND ELECTION 2010Not long ago, a passing familiarity with Bible verses, a flair for rhetoric, and hunger for a following could be enough to land someone in a small-town pulpit. Today, it seems, they are the right stuff for a top-tier Republican candidacy, perhaps even for President. This defining downward...Date: 03 Sep 2010 15:51:03 ESTWILLIAM BRADLEY: ENTER THE MOONBEAMHere comes Jerry Brown. After months of Zen rope-a-dope against billionaire Meg Whitman's biggest spending non-presidential campaign in American history, Brown is spinning up his campaign to succeed term-limited Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California. Attorney General Brown made t...Date: 03 Sep 2010 15:20:57 ESTDAVID CICILLINE: PUTTING AMERICANS BACK TO WORK: CONGRESS SHOULD EXTEND EMERGENCY JOBS FUNDFor the nearly 15 million unemployed Americans who seek the dignity of work and pride of a paycheck, a jobless economic recovery is no recovery at all. As the Mayors of San Francisco, California, and Providence, Rhode Island, we know intimately that cities are grappling with this reality...Date: 03 Sep 2010 15:20:56 EST -
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ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS TO MEET EVERY TWO WEEKSIsraeli and Palestinian leaders opened direct peace talks under U.S. auspices on Thursday and agreed to meet every two weeks to try to forge a deal within a year. Israel - Palestinian people - United States - Middle East - Warfare and Conflict...Date: 02 Sep 2010 22:40:42 ESTARMY 'BIRTHER' LOSES RULING ON EVIDENCEAn Army judge rules that proof of President Barack Obama's eligibility to be president isn't relevant to the defense of an Army doctor accused of failing to obey a lawful order. Barack Obama - Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories - United States - President of the United States -...Date: 02 Sep 2010 22:40:42 ESTDID OBAMA'S AGENDA HOBBLE THE RECOVERY?The economic hard times are so persistent that observers who supported the Recovery Act might be feeling twinges of guilt about President Obama's stimulus package. Barack Obama - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - United States - President - History...Date: 02 Sep 2010 12:30:35 ESTMIDEAST PEACE TALKS OPEN TO QUALIFIED OPTIMISMIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas his "partner in peace" at a dinner kicking off long-delayed Mideast peace talks. Barack Obama - Israel - President - United States - President of the United States...Date: 01 Sep 2010 21:10:26 ESTNETANYAHU CALLS ABBAS HIS 'PARTNER IN PEACE'Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas his "partner in peace" at a dinner kicking off long-delayed Mideast peace talks. Barack Obama - Israel - President - United States - President of the United States...Date: 01 Sep 2010 20:01:09 ESTOBAMA URGES MIDEAST LEADERS ON 'PATH OF PEACE'The presidentconvened an ambitious new round of Mideast peace talks and told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they faced a fleeting chance to settle deep differences. Barack Obama - Israel - President - United States - President of the United States...Date: 01 Sep 2010 19:30:33 ESTOBAMA: MIDEAST LEADERS SAY PEACE DOABLE IN A YEARPresident Obama opened a new round of Mideast peacemaking, saying after separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders that both sides believe a two-state solution is doable "within one year." Barack Obama - Israel - President - United States - President of the United States...Date: 01 Sep 2010 18:30:53 ESTOBAMA OPENS MIDEAST TALKS, WARNS HAMASPresident Barack Obama is opening a new round of Mideast peacemaking, bringing Israeli and Palestinian leaders together for talks aimed at forging an agreement within one year. Barack Obama - Israel - President - United States - President of the United States...Date: 01 Sep 2010 14:10:40 ESTOBAMA OPENS LONG-SHOT TALKS ON MIDEAST PEACEPresident Barack Obama is opening a new round of Mideast peacemaking, bringing Israeli and Palestinian leaders together for talks aimed at forging an agreement within one year. Barack Obama - Israel - President - United States - President of the United States...Date: 01 Sep 2010 05:40:41 ESTFACT CHECK: IS IRAQ COMBAT REALLY OVER FOR U.S.?Despite President Barack Obama's declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead. Barack Obama - United States - Iraq - President of the United States - President...Date: 31 Aug 2010 21:50:26 ESTOBAMA'S FULL SPEECH: 'OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM IS OVER'The full text of the president's Oval Office speech on Iraq, as prepared for delivery. Oval Office - Iraq War - Iraq - United States - Barack Obama...Date: 31 Aug 2010 20:30:40 ESTOBAMA DECLARES END OF IRAQ COMBAT MISSIONClosing a divisive chapter of American history, President Barack Obama marked the end of the nation's combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday without declaring victory, winding down the U.S. role in a war he considered a terrible mistake. Iraq - Barack Obama - United States - President - Histo...Date: 31 Aug 2010 18:40:33 ESTHOUSE PANEL RECOMMENDS 3 FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATIONHouse investigators have recommended that three lawmakers be further investigated to determine whether political contributions were improperly linked to votes on a huge financial overhaul bill. House - Campaign finance - Business - Security - Investigation...Date: 31 Aug 2010 17:20:45 ESTBLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION TO PROBE ITS SCHOLARSHIPSThe Congressional Black Caucus Foundation will investigate its scholarship program following the admission by a House member that she wrongly steered scholarships to her relatives and the children of a staff member, the longtime attorney for the tax-exempt group said Tuesday. Scholarship...Date: 31 Aug 2010 15:01:44 ESTOBAMA: END OF IRAQ COMBAT MISSION NOT VICTORY LAPHours before addressing the nation, President Barack Obama told U.S. troops just back from Iraq that his speech outlining the withdrawal of combat forces "is not going to be a victory lap" nor a cause for celebration. Iraq - Barack Obama - United States - President - History...Date: 31 Aug 2010 14:50:43 ESTOVAL OFFICE GETS A WHOLE NEW LOOKIt's out with the old and in with the new as the president's formal workspace undergoes a major makeover, including a new rug, furniture and wallpaper. Oval Office - George W. Bush - Shopping - Barack Obama - President of the United States...Date: 31 Aug 2010 14:01:27 ESTOBAMA HONORS TROOPS AS IRAQ COMBAT MISSION ENDSPresident Barack Obama told U.S. troops on Tuesday that the end of combat operations in Iraq is "not going to be a victory lap," not a cause for celebration. Iraq - Barack Obama - United States - President - History...Date: 31 Aug 2010 13:51:33 ESTOBAMA TO HONOR TROOPS AS IRAQ COMBAT MISSION ENDSAs President Barack Obama prepares to officially end the lengthy and divisive U.S. combat operation in Iraq, he'll personally thank some of the soldiers who fought there for their service to a mission he forcefully opposed from the start. Iraq - Barack Obama - United States - President -...Date: 31 Aug 2010 10:10:34 ESTFIRST THOUGHTS: FROM 'SHOCK AND AWE' TO A WHIMPERThe president prepares for an evening Oval Office address, marking the end of combat operations in Iraq. Why the administration isn’t declaring victory or "mission accomplished." Iraq - Oval Office - Warfare and Conflict - Middle East - Mission Accomplished...Date: 31 Aug 2010 10:01:09 ESTGIBBS: TROOP PULLOUT SHOULD BE PERMANENTPresidential spokesman Robert Gibbs says he cannot foresee a circumstance in which the United States would have to send combat troops back to Iraq. United States - Robert Gibbs - Iraq - Barack Obama - Iraq War...Date: 31 Aug 2010 10:01:09 EST
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THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE A MARKLet's just say Andrew Ferguson doesn't have the warm and cuddlies for Peter Beinart and leave it at that, shall we?...Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:21:11 ESTACCIDENTAL IRONY ALERTChris Rovzar of New York Magazine on his interview with Arianna Huffington: An assistant brings us coffee. Huffington asks for a Stevia, which begins a lengthy search of drawers. “We don't have a hierarchy in our operation,” Huffington continues. “I see everything as a team, and I love empowering pe...Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:10:55 ESTGIANNOULIAS, KIRK REMAIN DEADLOCKED IN ILLINOISIn one of the most competitive Senate races this year, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk remain locked in a heated battle for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat in Illinois. Giannoulias and Kirk, both of whom have been dogged throughout the campaign by controversy, are tied a...Date: 03 Sep 2010 10:51:00 ESTANOTHER POLL SHOWS ROSSI LEADING MURRAYTwo weeks ago, SurveyUSA caused a stir when it released a post-primary poll finding Washington Republican Senate candidate Dino Rossi up seven points over incumbent Democratic Senator Patty Murray. Rasmussen Reports now weighs in with a poll confirming that result. Its most recent survey of the race...Date: 03 Sep 2010 10:30:32 ESTEXPLOSIVE NEW PROTEST GIMMICK AT GROUND ZERO MOSQUEI've tried not to wade too far into the Ground Zero Mosque debate, but let me just go out on a limb right here and now and say that one particular protest tactic seems... misguided. Here's the Gawker headline: Mosque Protesters Now Pointing Old, Rented Missiles at Park51 Granted, it's been decommiss...Date: 02 Sep 2010 18:00:55 ESTNEW HOUSE POLLS SHOW MORE TROUBLE FOR DEMSThe Republican-oriented American Action Forum has been polling across the country, in an attempt to gauge where certain competitive House races stand. Their latest round covers districts in the West. The results: -AZ-01: Republican Paul Gosar leads Democratic incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick 47 percent to...Date: 02 Sep 2010 17:02:28 ESTA TALE OF TWO SONGSWhat a difference two years makes. 2008: 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIPoPw9zgvQ...Date: 02 Sep 2010 13:01:14 ESTPOLLS SHOW STRICKLAND IN TROUBLEA pair of polls today suggest that incumbent Ohio Democratic Governor Ted Strickland finds himself in deep trouble. This morning, Rasmussen Reports released a survey finding former Republican Congressman John Kasich leading Strickland 52 percent to 40 percent. A 53 percent majority disapprove of the...Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:01:32 ESTBURR IN THE DANGER ZONE IN NORTH CAROLINAAccording to the latest Public Policy Polling (D) poll (8/27-8/29, 724 LV, MOE +/- 3.6%), Richard Burr leads Elaine Marshall by a narrow 43 percent to 38 percent margin. This is especially troubling news for Burr, because incumbents below 50 percent in August rarely win, to say nothing of those belo...Date: 31 Aug 2010 20:01:40 ESTPORTMAN MAINTAINS LEAD IN OHIO SENATE RACEIn one of the most watched Senate races this year, Republican Rob Portman continues to lead Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher in the race for retiring Republican Sen. George Voinovich's seat, according to a new poll from Rasmussen Reports. Democrats across the country hope to tie this year's Republican candi...Date: 31 Aug 2010 19:40:43 ESTA REAL RAESE IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE?The latest Rasmussen Reports poll (8/29/10, 500 LVs, MOE +/- 4.5%) shows Governor Joe Manchin's lead over businessman and two-time Senate candidate John Raese down to single digits. The Governor, who is vying with Raese to replace the late nine-term Senator Robert Byrd, leads Raese by a slim 48 perc...Date: 30 Aug 2010 23:01:13 ESTAS GOES WASHINGTON, SO GOES THE NATIONIn the years before reliable polling, political prognosticators relied on a simple maxim to forecast elections: As goes Maine, so goes the nation. The saying didn't arise because Maine was a swing state. Maine was in fact a solidly Republican state until the 1960s, with the Democrats only winning 13...Date: 26 Aug 2010 17:51:01 ESTBLUNT'S LEAD OVER CARNAHAN GROWSThere are a number of Senate races where the GOP likely hurt its chances by nominating controversial candidates. The Nevada and Kentucky Senate races are the most obvious, and some would lump Connecticut and Colorado in there as well. For a while, it looked as if Missouri belonged in that category....Date: 26 Aug 2010 17:41:38 ESTFL: MEEK IN CONTROL; GOP GOV RACE UP FOR GRABSTwo surveys released the day before Florida voters head to the polls show Kendrick Meek in control of the Democratic Senate primary while Bill McCollum and Rick Scott continue to trade leads in the race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. Congressman Meek, who a few weeks ago appeared to be in a n...Date: 26 Aug 2010 17:41:38 ESTLINCOLN POLLS AT HISTORIC LOW FOR SENATE INCUMBENTThe latest Rasmussen Reports poll continues the bad run of polling news for Senator Blanche Lincoln. The latest poll, taken of 500 likely voters on August 18, 2010, shows Congressman John Boozman (brother of the man Lincoln defeated in 1998) leading Lincoln 65-27. Boozman leads 59-31 in the RCP Aver...Date: 26 Aug 2010 17:41:38 ESTGA: DEAL MAINTAINS SLIM LEAD OVER BARNESRepublican Nathan Deal holds a narrow lead over Democrat Roy Barnes in the race for the Georgia governorship, according to a new InsiderAdvantage/WSB-TV poll. Deal, who won a fierce Republican primary over former Secretary of State Karen Handel on August 10, leads Barnes 45-41, with 5 percent going...Date: 26 Aug 2010 17:41:38 ESTDEMOCRATS TAKING SIDES IN MOSQUE DEBATETuesday I surmised that Republicans would have a field day with President Obama's decision to wade into the Cordoba Initiative's plans to proceed with the Park51 mosque/community center project. The effect of it would be that every Democratic candidate would have to choose between seeming to side wi...Date: 26 Aug 2010 17:41:38 ESTMD GOV: O'MALLEY AND EHRLICH TIEDCurrent Democratic Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and former Republican Governor Bob Ehrlich are tied in the rematch of their 2006 race, according to a new poll from Rasmussen Reports. In the survey of 750 likely Maryland voters, O'Malley and Ehrlich are even at 47 percent apiece. The survey incl...Date: 26 Aug 2010 17:41:38 ESTSHOW ME STATE SLEEPERS?We Ask America (WAA), one of the few polling companies to call the PA-12 Special Election correctly, is out with new polling for two potentially competitive House races in the Show-Me State. Missouri's 3rd District gave John Kerry 57% of the vote and Barack Obama 60%. Normally a Republican doesn't h...Date: 26 Aug 2010 17:41:38 ESTFL: MCCOLLUM, MEEK REGAIN LEADS IN NEW POLLEstablishment candidates Bill McCollum and Kendrick Meek have regained leads in their respective races for their party's nominations for Governor and Senate, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum leads former health industry executive Rick Scott 44-35...Date: 26 Aug 2010 17:41:38 EST -
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THE SARAH PALIN INTERNET IS ABUZZ WITH BRISTOL’S TEEVEE SHOW STUFFOh, look, there is Bristol Palin in her square-dancin’ costume. Team Sarah is so happy for her! “Methinks she’s brushing up on her dancing skills in preparation for an Inaugural Ball,” says “Sharron,” who is some sort of medieval witch. Meanwhile, Mercede Johnston...Date: 03 Sep 2010 18:00:54 ESTBULGE IN GEORGE W. BUSH’S PANTS MEANS 9/11 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!Look what your favorite ex-president put up on his Facebook page today, ladies! According to tradition, when the George W. Bush 9/11 boner sees its shadow, that means six more weeks of 9/11. Hooray! [Facebook via Wonkette operative "Andrew L."] Facebook - George W. Bush -...Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:21:12 ESTTEABAGGERS CONTINUE TO PROVE HOW NOT RASCIST THEY ARE…IN SONG!COME ON BLACK PEOPLE, It’s about time you acknowledged all the great things Republicans have done for you in the last 50 years! You ARE the Tea Party! Republican - Tea - United States - Politics - Parties...Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:50:40 ESTTRAUMATIZED JAN BREWER NOT GOING TO DEBATE ANYONE EVER AGAINJan Brewer does not understand this whole debate thing and the idea that you have to make “opening statements” and have “accomplishments” to talk about in them, and thus she has decided she won’t do one ever again, SO THERE. “She said the only reason she debated h...Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:40:49 ESTBLACK PERSON MAKES FUN OF AL SHARPTON ON LIVE TEEVEEHey look Al Sharpton is on the boob tube, and he looks like he hasn’t slept since the last time he called something or someone racist or mean (so: yesterday). But whatever, it’s just C-SPAN — the fourth and most laid-back Vivaldi “season” — what could possibly go...Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:10:46 ESTORRIN HATCH HAS INCREDIBLE OUT-OF-BODY-EXPERIENCE IN HATCH, UTAHWoah man, Orrin Hatch was in Hatch. It was like he became a town, and then watched as he walked around inside of himself. And then the Whippets stopped playing funny games with his mind. [The Hill] Orrin Hatch - United States - Senate - Government - Legislative Branch...Date: 03 Sep 2010 16:10:46 ESTADORABLE AD FINALLY PROVES THAT BARBARA MIKULSKI IS A T-REXThis is probably supposed to be an attack ad, but isn’t little old Barbara Mikulski just so CUTE when her head is attached to a Tyrannosaurus Rex’s body? And then Reid and Pelosi are too? That should be how Congress does its official portraits. It’s very endearing! ANYWAY, this Eri...Date: 03 Sep 2010 14:51:26 ESTHERE’S VIDEO OF MICHELLE BACHMANN’S VERY NOT-GAY FLAMING HUSBANDWonkette’s Evan Hurst posts this video of Michelle Bachmann’s husband at another blog, because he is two-timing us, and we shall now cry like Meg McCain about this. This video’s description says Marcus Bachmann likes to cure homosexuals of their gayness “as part of his therap...Date: 03 Sep 2010 14:51:26 ESTBARRY WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBERVay-cay-shun, all he ever wan-ted! Va-ca-tion, haaaaad to geeet awaaaaay! These are lyrics to an ancient funeral dirge that Barack Obama never sang or thought of while on vacation, probably, even though this was a hit song when he was in High School, in Kenya. Anyway, he’s backsies from the Vi...Date: 03 Sep 2010 14:30:57 ESTHAS BARACK OBAMA INFECTED THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WITH MONKEYPOX?Monkeypox — named for the lab monkey who discovered it after being injected with horrible diseases by cruel humans — is probably going to kill you, tomorrow: There is no cure, and it makes your skin look like this. Smallpox or its vaccine immunizes people to monkeypox, but since smallpox...Date: 03 Sep 2010 14:01:16 ESTPOOR OBAMA HAS NOWHERE TO CELEBRATE 9/11 THIS YEAR :(We all know 9/11 is the best holiday ever. It’s like Christmas and the Fourth of July and Halloween combined! Dick Cheney is alive right now just because he willed himself to see another 9/11. But according to Politico, who have labelled the situation “awkward,” like a 19-year-old...Date: 03 Sep 2010 14:01:16 ESTMYSTERIOUS MILLIONAIRE GIVES JAN BREWER $1.5M FOR ELOCUTION LESSONSYou know what a gentleman does when he turns on his TV and sees a lady in distress, stuttering and struggling with a simple task like reading dumb talking points off of a piece of paper? He certainly doesn’t go put a mean YouTube up for people to laugh at. No, a true refined individual [...]...Date: 03 Sep 2010 13:32:10 ESTMEGHAN MCCAIN’S WONKETTE MEMORIESAnd what has the politics biblioburro brought us this week? Why, it’s Dirty Sexy Politics by Meghan McCain, America’s flaxen-haired princess of dirt and sex and politics. Meg is a Renaissance Woman, you see: heiress to beer treasures, daughter of ancient sea beast John McCain, Twitress, columnist fo...Date: 03 Sep 2010 13:01:21 ESTTIM PAWLENTY BRAVELY REFUSES OBAMA’S OFFER OF CRACK COCAINEYou might recall that Tim Pawlenty distinguished himself this week by turning down federal sex ed money and then money for health care for children. You probably think that this is just because Tim Pawlenty loves the thought of Minnesota’s young people catching sex diseases and then not being...Date: 03 Sep 2010 12:30:43 ESTWHO IS ‘JOHN ROBERTS’? NOBODY, THAT’S WHOThis is special: Asked to name the current chief justice of the Supreme Court, and given four possible names, nearly one-in-ten Americans (8%) choose Thurgood Marshall, despite the fact that Justice Marshall left the Supreme Court roughly 20 years ago, and passed away in 1993. In fact, very few Amer...Date: 03 Sep 2010 12:10:58 ESTFELLOWSHIP OF THE LIBTARD WILL EXPOSE FRODO TEA BAGGINS’ RACISMA giant racist Tea Bagger shadow has been cast over Middle-Earth (continental United States). And every day this racism grows, because nobody is strong enough to stand up and say, “Stop being racist,” and also Americans are too fat to stand up. And so, races from all corners of the liber...Date: 03 Sep 2010 12:00:54 ESTSENATE CANDIDATE ‘REALCHRISTINE’ O’DONNELL IS PALIN OF DELAWAREIn Delaware, the Teabagger’s Choice® for U.S. Senate is Christine O’Donnell — a political commentator-tot and “marketing consultant” who is running against longtime CongressRINO Mike Castle in the September 14 Republican primary. The Tea Party Express says they pla...Date: 03 Sep 2010 11:20:40 ESTHALEY BARBOUR WILL BUY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WITH MONEYOh, sad face, did you know that the Republican National Committee, which solely exists to raise money for Republican candidates, has no money? 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AFTERNOON FIX: PRESIDENT OBAMA TO CAMPAIGN FOR JOE SESTAK IN PHILADELPHIA; MEG WHITMAN LEADS JERRY BROWN BY 7Make sure to sign up to get "Afternoon Fix" in your e-mail inbox every day by 5 (ish) p.m.! EARLIER ON THE FIX Daily Fix Poll: Will Jan Brewer's debate performance be a game-changer? Haley Barbour sits atop GOP RGA drops $2 million on ads in Florida WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * President Obama will...Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:20:54 ESTFED FACES: INVENTING A CLOCK THAT WILL LOSE JUST ONE SECOND IN THREE BILLION YEARSTill Rosenband Physicist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Best known for: Working at a NIST laboratory in Colorado, Rosenband applied a radical idea in quantum physics to invent the world's most precise timekeeping device. This new atomic clock is considered 30 times better.....Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:10:25 ESTINVENTING THE WORLD'S MOST PRECISE TIMEKEEPING DEVICEGovernment physicist Till Rosenband is a young man who is very far ahead of his time. Business - Business Services - Recreation - Technology - Global Positioning System...Date: 03 Sep 2010 17:10:25 ESTDAILY FIX POLL: WILL JAN BREWER'S DEBATE PERFORMANCE BE A GAME-CHANGER?By Felicia Sonmez Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) turned in one of the most bizarre performances we've seen in recent years during Wednesday night's debate with state Attorney General Terry Goddard (D). The question for Brewer going forward is, will her debate stumble cost her in the fall? Ever since sh...Date: 03 Sep 2010 14:30:24 ESTHALEY BARBOUR SITS ATOP GOPMississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is the most influential Republican in the party. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis With less than two months before the 2010 midterm elections, attention within the GOP is turning to the architects of the Republican campaign efforts. Republican Governors Association Chairman H...Date: 03 Sep 2010 12:20:26 ESTRGA DROPS $2 MILLION ON ADS IN FLORIDA1. The Republican Governors Association will transfer $2 million to the Florida Republican party, cash that will immediately be used to fund an ad attacking Democratic nominee Alex Sink, according to a source briefed on the plan. The RGA's latest expenditure in the Sunshine State comes just weeks af...Date: 03 Sep 2010 06:20:18 ESTTHE DANGER OF A GOVERNMENT WITH UNLIMITED POWERGeorge F. WillThe dangers of Obama's rejection of limited government....Date: 03 Sep 2010 01:30:08 ESTMICHIGAN CHOOSES CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR; MISSOURI SENATE RACE SHAPES UPSelf-financed businessman Rick Snyder (R) will face Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero (D) in the Michigan gubernatorial race in November after both won competitive primaries Tuesday. Missouri Senate - Missouri - United States - Politics - Roy Blunt...Date: 03 Sep 2010 01:30:08 ESTREPUBLICANS REGAIN GENERIC BALLOT EDGE1. Republicans have regained an edge in Gallup's weekly generic ballot question, a development that suggests that the Democratic uptick seen in recent weeks may have been anomalous. Republican - United States - Politics - Parties - Democratic...Date: 03 Sep 2010 01:30:08 ESTSHARRON ANGLE: PRESS SHOULD 'ASK THE QUESTIONS WE WANT TO ANSWER'Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle gave a revealing interview Monday to Fox News' Carl Cameron, in which she said that her campaign wanted the press "to be our friend." Sharron Angle - Harry Reid - Nevada - Ask an Expert - Fox News Channel...Date: 03 Sep 2010 01:30:08 ESTTHE FEDERAL COACH: AARON S. WILLIAMS, PEACE CORPS DIRECTORThe nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and The Washington Post's On Leadership site jointly produce the Federal Coach, hosted by Tom Fox, director of the partnership's Center for Government Leadership. The goal is to "engage, inspire and learn from you, the federal worker, whether you are a.....Date: 02 Sep 2010 23:10:07 ESTTHE SPOILED-BRAT AMERICAN ELECTORATEEugene RobinsonAmericans' refusal to look seriously at the nation's situation is an equal-opportunity scourge....Date: 02 Sep 2010 20:20:03 ESTAFTERNOON FIX: MARK BEGICH STATE DIRECTOR TO SCOTT MCADAMS CAMP; NRCC NAMES NEW YOUNG GUNSMake sure to sign up to get "Afternoon Fix" in your e-mail inbox every day by 5 (ish) p.m.! EARLIER ON THE FIX Daily Fix Poll: Will Democrats lose the House? The enthusiasm gap (and seven races where it matters) "Worst Week in Washington": The Nominations Al Franken comes out of his shell Larry Saba...Date: 02 Sep 2010 18:10:14 ESTTIM PAWLENTY, HOMESTATE POLITICS AND THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL RACEDemocrats have seized on a recent independent poll that showed a majority of Minnesotans unlikely to vote for outgoing Gov. Tim Pawlenty should he run for president in 2012. The Democratic National Committee blasted a series of clips on the Minnesota Public Radio poll to reporters over the past 24 h...Date: 02 Sep 2010 17:10:13 ESTDAILY FIX POLL: WILL DEMOCRATS LOSE THE HOUSE?By Felicia Sonmez Handicapper after handicapper is predicting not just losses for House Democrats this fall but a potential return to a Republican House majority. University of Virginia political handicapper Larry Sabato projected this morning that the GOP will net 47 seats in the House this Novembe...Date: 02 Sep 2010 14:40:18 ESTTHE ENTHUSIASM GAP (AND SEVEN RACES WHERE IT MATTERS)By Felicia Sonmez An imbalance in voter enthusiasm between the parties is aiding Republican chances in at least seven key statewide races this fall, a Fix analysis of Reuters/Ipsos polling data reveals. Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Kentucky are among the states where polls show the so-ca...Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:51:09 EST"WORST WEEK IN WASHINGTON": THE NOMINATIONSIt's Thursday and that means the Fix mind is already turning to the week's end and, more specifically, to picking who had the "Worst Week in Washington". Have a nomination? Offer it in the comments section below. Need a refresher course on past "winners". Check out our "WWW" archive here. Washi...Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:51:08 ESTAL FRANKEN COMES OUT OF HIS SHELLBy Aaron Blake Slowly but surely, the "Air America" version of Minnesota Sen. Al Franken is making a comeback. After largely keeping his head down during his first year in the Senate, Franken is showing hints of the rhetorical fire that made him such a lightning rod during his 2008 campaign against...Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:30:23 ESTLARRY SABATO PREDICTS A REPUBLICAN HOUSE MAJORITY1. In a report issued this morning, University of Virginia political handicapper Larry Sabato estimated that Republicans will pick up 47 seats in the House on Nov. 2, more than enough to restore the party to majority status at the start of the 112th Congress. "Conditions have deteriorated badly for...Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:30:35 ESTMARYLAND SEN. CURRIE INDICTED ON CHARGES OF TAKING BRIBES FROM GROCERY CHAINLongtime Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie, one of the most powerful and popular figures in the General Assembly, was indicted Wednesday on charges that he took more than $245,000 in bribes to use his position and influence to do favors for a grocery chain. Indictment - United States - Maryland -...Date: 02 Sep 2010 02:20:00 EST -
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