Dems Win Big in NY, GOP Wins Big in NJ
Interpreting the election may be more difficult than even the most seasoned political pundit may be willing to admit. Democrats won huge in New York 23. Republicans won (arguably) even bigger in New...
View ArticleNew York 23 Demonstrates Real Trouble for Republicans in 2010
If Democrats seem to have really lost anywhere in the off-year elections on Tuesday, it's mostly in public opinion. Major media outlets and blogs alike have been citing what they suppose to be a...
View ArticleHouse Passes Health Care Reform Bill
Late Saturday night, the House of Representatives passed its own version of the health care reform bill that has formed the centerpiece of the Obama Administration's legislative agenda thus far. The...
View ArticleArmy Chief Calls for More Afghan Troops
United States Army Chief of Staff General George Casey said on Sunday that more troops are needed in Afghanistan to continue fighting the war against the Taliban. "I believe that we need to put...
View ArticleGOP Scrambles to Strike Abortion from Own Health Plan
Just one day after a report from Politico.com that the employer-provided health plan extended by the Republican National Committee to its employees covers "elective abortion" procedures, the GOP...
View ArticleFormer Rep William Jefferson (D-LA) Sentenced to 13-Years
Former Louisiana Democratic Representative William Jefferson, who was convicted in August on federal corruption charges including conspiracy to solicit bribery, has been sentenced by a state court in...
View ArticleMarijuana Decrim, Frank Chopp, and the Case of the Missing Balls
According to multiple, well-placed sources (both inside the Washington state Legislature and those observing), Speaker of the House Frank Chopp, through a lack of political will and leadership, is the...
View ArticleSen. Byrd Becomes Longest Ever Serving Member of Congress
After 56 years and 320 days, Robert Byrd, the longtime Senator and former Congressman from West Virginia, has surpassed all others to achieve the longest record of uninterupted service of any member of...
View ArticleSchwarzenegger Leaving Politics?
Arnold Schwarzenegger, the colorful Republican Governor of California and former actor, tells the AP that he won't be running for another office once he finishes his second term in Sacramento in...
View ArticleDobbs Gave Thousands to Bush in '01
As former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs considers what to do with the abundance of free time he has since resigning the position he held for the better part of the last 30 years, rumors about possible political...
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