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  • newNevada, Where Laggards Can Win
    Romney leads polls ahead of Saturday's caucuses, but the state's splintered GOP spells opportunity for all.
    - 2 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 5:40am -
  • newJobless Figures Cut Two Ways for Obama
    The strong January jobs report was good news for President Barack Obama's re-election prospects, but he may need more months of improvement to build a durable defense of his economic record.
    - 2 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 5:36am -
  • newRounding Up 'the Rurals' to Corral Nevada Caucuses
    The state's sparsely populated counties often help decide close races. That has sent presidential aspirants hopscotching around Nevada ahead of Saturday's vote.
    - 2 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 5:21am -
  • newNoonan: A Battle the President Can't Win
    His decision on Catholic charities makes Romney's big gaffe look trivial.
    - 3 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 4:52am -
  • newMarine Girds for Battle in Ohio; Swing-State Stalemate
    News from the campaign trail, in this week's On the Stump column.
    - 6 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 1:56am -
  • newTexan Works for Tips in Sin City
    Ron Paul is tailoring his message to the voters in Saturday's Nevada caucuses, highlighting a plan in Las Vegas that caters to its many bartenders, card dealers and other service workers.
    - 8 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 11:31pm -
  • What January Says About February
    With January behind them, the remaining Republican presidential hopefuls move on to a scattered set of caucuses and primaries in states where the terrain seems to offer clear advantage to Mitt Romney, Dante Chinni writes.
    - 14 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 5:53pm -
  • Henninger: Obama's Maddening, Winning Speech
    He will marginalize his opponents as the bloodless Numbers People.
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 2:49pm -
  • Florida Exit Polls
    See who voted and how in Florida's Republican primary.
    - 2 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 10:02pm -
  • Gingrich Surges Past Romney
    Jan. 22-24 Newt Gingrich is outpacing Mitt Romney by a comfortable margin among GOP voters, but also is showing evidence of vulnerabilities that could hurt him in a general election, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
    - 4 days ago, 31 Jan 12, 2:49pm -
  • Swing Nation
    The Wall Street Journal is visiting three swing counties in swing states—Florida, Ohio and Colorado—periodically this year to gauge how the election campaign is unfolding.
    - 5 days ago, 30 Jan 12, 3:50pm -
  • A College That Thrives on Politics
    Saint Anselm College, a tiny Benedictine institution, remains mostly under-the-radar except every four years during New Hampshire's first-in-the nation presidential primary.
    - 29 days ago, 6 Jan 12, 2:00pm -
  • GOP Candidates on the Issues
    Read where each Republican hopeful stands on major issues in the campaign. Click on a candidate's picture or name to see all issues in one place.
    - 45 days ago, 20 Dec 11, 11:35pm -
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  • newRomney Set to Advance in Nevada, but Is He Falling Behind Obama?

    Romney Set to Advance in Nevada, but Is He Falling Behind Obama?

    Las Vegas may be the American capital of gambling, but the odds aren’t very exciting in Saturday’s Nevada Republican caucuses: Election stat guru Nate Silver projects a 100% chance that Mitt Romney will win again, dispatching Newt Gingrich, Rick…
    - 3 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 4:45am -
  • newFacing Long Odds, Ron Paul Aims High in Nevada

    Facing Long Odds, Ron Paul Aims High in Nevada

    Ron Paul is aiming high in Saturday’s Nevada caucus. The conventional wisdom states that Mitt Romney has the Silver State and its 28 nominating delegates in his pocket, following his massive 51% share of the vote in the 2008 primary. Four years ago…
    - 3 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 4:30am -
  • January Jobs Report: Good News for the Economy, Bad News for the Pessimists

    January Jobs Report: Good News for the Economy, Bad News for the Pessimists

    Some Obama opponents are struggling to find a cloud in the silver lining of January’s jobs numbers, which estimated that there was a 243,000-job boost and a big drop in the unemployment rate, from 8.5% to 8.3%, last month. Their biggest gripe focus…
    - 15 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 4:22pm -
  • Morning Must Reads: Steep

    Morning Must Reads: Steep

    The economy adds a robust 243,000 jobs in January, unemployment rate falls to 8.3%, broader U-6 measure at 15.1%. Romney says he “misspoke” on the very poor. Which class is struggling. What we don’t know about super PACs. Primary turnout hints…
    - 18 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 1:45pm -
  • Sheldon Adelson, Gingrich’s Money Man, Doesn’t Hate Mitt Romney

    Sheldon Adelson, Gingrich’s Money Man, Doesn’t Hate Mitt Romney

    Whether or not Newt Gingrich can carry on a real campaign against Mitt Romney for several more weeks or even months depends in large measure on his political guardian angel, the Las Vegas casino billionaire and fierce Israel hawk Sheldon Adelson. Ade…
    - 20 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 12:00pm -
  • Why Donald Trump’s Endorsement Was a Win for Mitt Romney

    Why Donald Trump’s Endorsement Was a Win for Mitt Romney

    A couple of hours after Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for President, the Obama campaign sent out an “In case you missed it” tweet with a link, not to a new DNC attack ad mocking the endorsement, but to video published by the Associated Press…
    - 22 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:00am -
  • Major Political Donors Enriched by Facebook’s IPO

    Major Political Donors Enriched by Facebook’s IPO

    With social network giant Facebook officially gearing up for its initial public offering, the company’s top executives and largest investors are poised for a historic windfall. But far from Silicon Valley or Wall Street, there is another group of f…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 6:14pm -
  • What Is a Conservative?

    What Is a Conservative?

    Mitt Romney’s advance toward the Republican nomination has provoked a lively conversation about what it means to be a conservative in America today. TIME asked a number of right-leaning thinkers to answer one of three questions to help define both…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 6:00pm -
  • Reduced U.S. Role in Afghanistan: Politics, By Other Means

    Reduced U.S. Role in Afghanistan: Politics, By Other Means

    Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s statement Wednesday that the U.S. plans to hand off all combat missions in Afghanistan sometime in 2013 has triggered howls from hawks who maintain it’s a step down a slippery slope headed to defeat. They may have…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 5:08pm -
  • Romney’s ‘Poor’ Mouthing

    Romney’s ‘Poor’ Mouthing

    Mitt Romney has crossed a small but significant threshold today, and no, it has nothing to do with setting a new land-speed record for rich-guy gaffes in a presidential campaign. For the first time, according to this Nevada poll, Romney (45%)  has m…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 4:17pm -
  • The Republican nomination: The big bellwether swings for Romney
    AT A polling station nestled among the mansions and marinas of the Miami suburb of Coral Gables, a tanned couple in designer sunglasses paused on their way back to their Porsche to explain how they voted in Florida’s Republican…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 4:03pm -
  • Gang violence: Turf wars
    THEY are, typically, young Hispanic or black males; but the victims of gang killings are no more likely to be involved in drugs or other crimes than their non-gang slain counterparts. According to a new study by the Centres for Di…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 4:03pm -
  • Fund-raising: The money primary
    Adelson gave Gingrich this much THE fund-raising reports that the candidates recently filed for the final quarter of last year give a sense of their relative financial muscle. As of December 31st, Mitt Romney had $20m on hand, havi…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 4:03pm -
  • The economy: A hair of the dog
    AFTER three years of stagnant loan growth, The Peoples Bank in Coldwater, Ohio, has noticed a change. Clients who two years ago would not have qualified for a loan now find that they can. One customer who was working for only 35 hours a week two year…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 4:03pm -
  • Chinese college students: Making ting tong cool
    Annoying Ms Wallace LAST March, Alexandra Wallace, a blonde Californian who was attending the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), was so annoyed by “these hordes of Asian people” filling up her campus and talking on t…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 4:03pm -
  • Unionisation: Another one takes the plunge
    INDIANA, like many manufacturing states in the Midwest, has long felt the pain of seeing jobs go overseas. In his seven years as Republican governor, Mitch Daniels’s response has been to offer a strong diet of pro-business legislation. In the past…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 4:03pm -
  • Lexington: The classes drift apart
    JUST because he belongs to it himself does not make Newt Gingrich wrong when he grumbles that America is run by an out-of-touch elite. If you want evidence, the data can now be found in a book published this week by Charles Murray…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 4:03pm -
  • Lexington: The union’s state is dire
    IT IS becoming hard to remember that Barack Obama’s speeches were once described as inspiring, visionary and transformational. His state-of-the-union message on January 24th was none of those things. Then again, circumstances we…
    - 9 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 4:02pm -
  • Immigration laws: Caught in the net
    ALABAMA’S immigration law, boasted Micky Hammon, an Alabama legislator and one of its co-authors, “attacks every aspect of an illegal immigrant’s life. They will not stay in Alabama…This bill is designed to make it difficult for them to live…
    - 9 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 4:02pm -
  • American coal: A burning issue
    A FREIGHT train, its dozen cars loaded with coal covered in a light dusting of snow, snaked through the narrow valley, sometimes following the two-lane highway and sometimes crossing it. The valley was silent and snowy, and though…
    - 9 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 4:02pm -
  • California’s ports: The fickle Asian container
    INTO San Pedro Bay they pull, the huge ships from Asia, each with thousands of containers full of lawn chairs, toys or iPads. As they enter the bay they go left, to the Port of Los Angeles (America’s largest), or right, to the P…
    - 9 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 4:02pm -
  • The Republican nomination: Newt’s (fleeting?) moment
    WHEN the Titanic steamed serenely into its iceberg 100 years ago, those on board could at first not believe that the great ship would go down. Mitt Romney is at least not making that mistake. After his astonishing defeat in South…
    - 9 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 4:02pm -
  • Andrew Cuomo: Next, walk on water
    Among the illustrious FOR four years New York was adrift. When Eliot Spitzer, a crusading lawyer, became governor in 2007, his uncompromising ways caused political gridlock in Albany, the state capital. Just over a year later, he w…
    - 9 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 4:02pm -
  • Rick Perry quits the race: Back in the saddle
    That way, dear IT WAS a well-earned thumping. When Rick Perry, governor of Texas, entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination last August, he was instantly considered a heavyweight. But within weeks he had cheerfull…
    - 9 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 4:02pm -
  • Income inequality: Who exactly are the 1%?
    MITT ROMNEY is not the first multi-millionaire to seek the presidency, nor the richest. Ross Perot, the record-holder, spent some of his billions earned from computer data on losing bids in 1992 and 1996. Since then men who owe th…
    - 16 days ago, 19 Jan 12, 4:07pm -
  • Optimal tax rates: Soak or swim
    DOES raising taxes on those who are doing well economically stifle growth and slow down the recovery? That depends on how rich people behave when their taxes rise. Do they work less when they are allowed to keep a smaller chunk of…
    - 16 days ago, 19 Jan 12, 4:07pm -
  • Online piracy: Stopping SOPA
    AFTER this week a lot more people will know that SOPA stands for the Stop Online Piracy Act. Some 30m-40m of them, estimated Wikipedia’s founder, Jimmy Wales, could have gone to the English-language version of his website on Jan…
    - 16 days ago, 19 Jan 12, 4:07pm -
  • Mexico’s drug war: Not so fast
    Unintended consequences “YOU don’t lose guns. You don’t walk guns. You don’t let guns get out of your sight,” said Carlos Canino of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), in an angry interview with…
    - 16 days ago, 19 Jan 12, 4:07pm -
  • Red-light cameras: You’re on film
    ABOUT one in five Americans lives in one of the roughly 700 counties or cities that have signed contracts with private firms to install street cameras to record drivers who speed or run a red light. In theory, those systems sound like a good idea. Kn…
    - 16 days ago, 19 Jan 12, 4:07pm -
  • Bankrupt schools: Studying on a shoestring
    I hope I still have a teacher THE Chester Upland school district is one of the poorest in Pennsylvania. It gets about 70% of its budget from state funds (richer school districts get most of theirs from local property taxes). Most o…
    - 16 days ago, 19 Jan 12, 4:07pm -
  • newMany House GOP freshmen still undecided about a presidential nominee
    A year after storming the Capitol in the vanguard of the tea party revolution, the House Republican freshman class has fallen largely silent on the most pressing issue facing their party at the moment: Who should be the GOP presidential nominee?Read…
    - 6 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 1:11am -
  • newIf U.S. economy strengthens, Mitt Romney’s pitch could be undercut
    SPARKS, Nev. — With Friday’s jobs report punctuating the nation’s steadily improving conditions, Mitt Romney and his advisers are confronting an unexpected economic turnaround that threatens to undercut the central rationale for his candidacy.…
    - 7 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 12:34am -
  • newThe Donald Trump bump: It exists on @MentionMachine
    Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, a gesture that isn’t likely to have much of an effect on Romney’s support among GOP voters. A Washington Post-Pew R esearch Center poll taken in January sh…
    - 8 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 11:33pm -
  • newKeep your Super Bowl (Give me show tunes!)
    The super-sized hype about this weekend’s annual football playoff always feels like a huge party -- one I am not invited to -- going on in the next apartment.I’ve never followed the NFL and will not be watching this weekend’s annual national p…
    - 8 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 11:13pm -
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  • newGingrich suggests Romney ‘clearly against the American ideal’
    Newt Gingrich goes on the attack, Romney was once a Democrat, Santorum didn’t qualify for the ballot in Indiana and Florida Democrats seem ready to go to court.Make sure to sign up to get “Afternoon Fix” in your e-mail inbox every day by 5…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:14pm -
  • newDefiant Gingrich campaigns in Nevada against long odds
    LAS VEGAS — Stoney’s Rockin’ Country dance hall is a place that celebrates defiance of long odds: Every night, inebriated non-cowboys climb up on a mechanical bull under the mistaken impression that they can hang on. On Thursday nights, they do…
    - 10 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:02pm -
  • newRiding high on jobs report, Obama seizes offensive against Congress, Republicans
    The sluggish state of the economic recovery has been at the heart of Republican attacks on President Obama, as he begins to make his case for reelection. Over the past several months, though unemployment began to decline, the White House has maintain…
    - 10 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 9:17pm -
  • newNevada caucus: The Fix prediction contest!
    Do you want an offiical Fix t-shirt? Of course you do! And it’s easy.All you have to do is guess the finish order and vote share of all four GOP presidential candidates in Nevada’s Saturday caucuses. (Okay, maybe not that easy. Those shirts are…
    - 11 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 9:00pm -
  • newThe best Nevada music: A Fix playlist
    The Nevada caucuses are tomorrow, and that means we need music to listen to while we wait for the results. Here’s how you can help. Tell us your favorite songs from or about the Silver State with the hashtag #fixplaylist, and we’ll add them to o…
    - 12 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 8:00pm -
  • Senate Democrats to Nationals Park for retreat
    Senate Democrats have apparently found a way to generate excitement for what’s usually a dry program focused on messaging and policy: Hold it at a fun locale.We hear that the Senate Dems’ retreat next week — a regular event typically held in…
    - 12 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 7:30pm -
  • Komen no longer owns pink
    It’s time to take back the pink. And pay more attention to the red.It’s time to declare that the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which just ‘revised its revision of its funding policy,’or something like that, no longer owns that color. And neithe…
    - 14 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 6:04pm -
  • Will racism hinder Obama’s re-election?
    About this blog: In their new book “The End of Race? Obama, 2008, and Racial Politics in America,” Donald R. Kinder and Allison Dale-Riddleassert that racism kept Barack Obama from achieving a landslide victory in 2008. The role of race in that…
    - 15 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 4:14pm -
  • OMB personnel changes are on the way
    Changes are coming to the top ranks of the Office of Management and Budget just as the agency prepares to release President Obama’s proposed fiscal 2013 federal budget on Feb. 13.With OMB Director Jacob J. Lew moving across the street to serve as…
    - 18 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:00pm -
  • Mitt Romney’s Mormon advantage
    Mitt Romney’s opponents really never had much of a chance in Nevada.And it’s largely because of Romney’s Mormon religion.While Romney’s faith has rightly been described as a liability in previous states — most notably Iowa and South Caro…
    - 20 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 11:30am -
  • President Obama’s claim that some wanted to let the auto industry die
    “It’s good to remember that the fact that there were some folks who were willing to let this industry die. Because of folks coming together, we are now back in a place where we can compete with any car company in the world.”Read full articl…
    - 21 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 11:02am -
  • Gifts and pocket fillers on the campaign trail
    LAS VEGAS — A pair of hand-knit slippers, adorned with a Mormon symbol. Rosary beads. A tiny stack of yard signs. An autographed Ron Paul placard. Nevada had its strange moment in the political spotlight this week, as stage-managed campaigns roar…
    - 1 day ago, 3 Feb 12, 6:13am -
  • Unity eludes Nevada tea party in GOP presidential race
    LAS VEGAS — In 2010, as the tea party rose to prominence, the movement splintered in Nevada and helped nominate Republican Sharron Angle in one of the most closely watched Senate races in the country. Read full article >>
    - 1 day ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:52am -
  • Corporations are sending more contributions to super PACs
    Corporations appear to be embracing, albeit slowly, new campaign rules that allow them to make direct contributions to political groups.The super PACs that have been playing a significant role this election season are getting more of their funding f…
    - 1 day ago, 3 Feb 12, 1:15am -
  • Attorney general, Republicans spar over ‘Fast and Furious’ at congressional hearing
    Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. testified Thursday for more than four hours on Capitol Hill in a showdown with House Republicans, who threatened to hold him in contempt if he does not quickly turn over more documents on a botched gun operation.R…
    - 1 day ago, 3 Feb 12, 1:11am -
  • Obama ruling requires Catholic institutions to violate church teaching
    President Obama quoted C.S. Lewis on Thursday morning, and normally that would have made my day. The president is good at talking about his Christian faith, as he did at a National Prayer Breakfast, and ought to do more of it if he wants to relieve…
    - 1 day ago, 3 Feb 12, 12:57am -
  • Gingrich’s ‘Dancing Queen’ ringtone strikes again
    For the second time at a campaign-trail event in recent months, former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) was interrupted Thursday.But it wasn’t by protesters, or by supporters of a rival campaign.It was by ABBA. Read full article >>…
    - 1 day ago, 2 Feb 12, 8:01pm -
  • Trump’s endorsement of Romney mocked by Democratic National Committee chair
    Celebrity mogul Donald Trump’s announcement Thursday afternoon that he is backing Mitt Romney is a classic “me for me” endorsement, as our colleagues at The Fix have noted – a move that appears to help the endorser more than the endorsee. Re…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 7:34pm -
  • Boehner-Cantor staff rumbles ‘to be expected,’ speaker says
    Reports of a rivalry between the top two House Republicans have been greatly exaggerated.So says House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).Asked Thursday about reports of staff-level disagreements between his office and that of House Majority Leader Eric…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 4:49pm -
  • Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich financial documents
    The past few days have seen the release of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s 2010 federal tax return and 2011 estimated 1040 form, former House speaker Newt Gingrich’s 2010 tax return, and Gingrich’s 2006 contract with Freddie Mac.…
    - 11 days ago, 24 Jan 12, 5:46pm -
  • newNevadans Know How To Fix America
    ELKO, Nev.—“I know how to fix it,” says Bill Crabb.
    - 11 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 8:31pm -
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  • Who Cares About the Poor?
    Mitt Romney is now being protected by the Secret Service. Unfortunately for him, they were not in a position to jump in front of his comments Wednesday morning. The day after his Florida triumph, Romney told CNN: “I’m not concerned about the ver…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 1:30am -
  • Not That Kind of Smoke-Filled Room
    Potheads had high hopes for President Obama’s Google+ hangout on Monday. The Web superpower had invited citizens to submit questions for the president via YouTube, and it encouraged people to vote on the questions they’d like Obama to answer in a…
    - 2 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 10:50pm -
  • What Will Happen if Obama Wins Again?
    ORLANDO, Fla.—“We cannot survive four more years of this!” moaned Kelly Clem-Rickon. She was one of Newt Gingrich’s Hillsborough County co-chairs, assigned to keep a Tampa crowd cheering and cheerful while the candidate made his delayed way o…
    - 2 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 7:43pm -
  • Inevitability Restored
    Newt Gingrich promised Florida voters the moon and he crashed to earth. Mitt Romney won the crucial state big with 46 percent of the vote, beating Gingrich by 14 points. In Brevard County, where Gingrich's pledge to build a lunar colony might have wo…
    - 3 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 3:56am -
  • Mute Gingrich
    Newt Gingrich is angry and that makes Mitt Romney sad. The former speaker is slipping badly in the polls in Florida and unloading on his way down. He's called Romney "deceitful," "maniacal," and "misleading." He’s also rendered a historical verd…
    - 4 days ago, 31 Jan 12, 2:04am -
  • Pipe, Baby, Pipe
    THE VILLAGES, Fla.—Newt Gingrich’s schedule, 72 hours before the Florida primary, goes like this: church, parking lot of a retirement mega-city, church. His only speech of the day is here, in a grove of tidy homes and souped-up golf carts. As the…
    - 4 days ago, 30 Jan 12, 7:46pm -
  • The Biggest Political Donations of All Time
    Anyone who counts out Newt Gingrich after his lackluster performance in Thursday night’s Republican debate is overlooking an important fact: He has the support of perhaps the most lavish individual donor in the history of presidential politics.…
    - 7 days ago, 27 Jan 12, 9:30pm -
  • Let Me Finish
    JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—These are boom times for hecklers. Republican members of Congress have scaled back public town hall meetings, chastened by the screams that embarrassed the old Democratic Congress. Powerful Democrats, meanwhile, get “mic-checke…
    - 7 days ago, 27 Jan 12, 9:30pm -
  • Romney Fights Back
    Mitt Romney may not drink, but he was loaded when he entered last night’s debate in Jacksonville, Fla. He went after Newt Gingrich immediately and relentlessly. He scolded him, rendered him momentarily mute, and took answers about other topics and…
    - 8 days ago, 27 Jan 12, 5:31am -
  • newWitnesses: Kuwait protesters storm Syrian embassy

    Witnesses: Kuwait protesters storm Syrian embassy

    (02-03) 22:31 PST KUWAIT CITY, (AP) -- Witnesses say demonstrators have stormed into the Syrian Embassy compound in Kuwait, breaking windows and hoisting the flag of the opposition to the regime of Syrian President... Presented By:Chi…
    - 1 hour ago, 4 Feb 12, 6:31am -
  • newState election has big implications for all India

    State election has big implications for all India

    (02-03) 22:01 PST SITAPUR, India (AP) -- One of India's most powerful and controversial politicians rises from a throne-like armchair, a clutch of candidates standing deferentially behind her and two large portraits...
    - 2 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 6:01am -
  • newHiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct.

    Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct.

    (02-03) 20:51 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January _ across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment...
    - 3 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 4:51am -
  • newCharges dropped against soldier in Afghan deaths

    Charges dropped against soldier in Afghan deaths

    (02-03) 20:04 PST JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) -- The Army on Friday dropped all charges against the fifth soldier it had accused of killing Afghan civilians for sport during a 2010 deployment. Spc. Michael...
    - 4 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 4:04am -
  • newInd. election chief's voter fraud trial nears end

    Ind. election chief's voter fraud trial nears end

    (02-03) 19:50 PST Indianapolis (AP) -- The political future of Indiana's top election official, and potentially his freedom, rested Friday with jurors, who were deliberating late into the night in his voter fraud trial....
    - 4 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 3:50am -
  • newArmy orders court-martial in WikiLeaks case

    Army orders court-martial in WikiLeaks case

    (02-03) 17:49 PST Hagerstown, Md. (AP) -- An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Military District of...
    - 6 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 1:49am -
  • newNo charges against Armstrong

    No charges against Armstrong

    (02-03) 17:44 PST LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The case against Lance Armstrong is closed. His legacy as a seven-time Tour de France champion endures. Federal prosecutors dropped their investigation of Armstrong on Friday,... Presented By:Chic…
    - 6 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 1:44am -
  • newJudge denies Mirkarimi request for visitation

    Judge denies Mirkarimi request for visitation

    (02-03) 17:29 PST San Francisco, CA (AP) -- A judge on Friday denied embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's emergency order granting visitation to see his toddler son. Mirkarimi said afterward that he was "...
    - 6 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 1:29am -
  • newCongressmen question pace of probe at Arlington

    Congressmen question pace of probe at Arlington

    (02-03) 16:34 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Members of Congress on Friday questioned why nobody has been prosecuted as part of a criminal investigation of mismanagement at Arlington National Cemetery, nearly three years after...
    - 7 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 12:34am -
  • newSantorum campaign fights to get on Indiana ballot

    Santorum campaign fights to get on Indiana ballot

    (02-03) 16:29 PST Indianapolis (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Friday he will fight an Indiana election board's ruling that he does not have enough support to appear on the state ballot in... Presented By:…
    - 7 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 12:29am -
  • newOhio bill would ban new ownership of exotic pets

    Ohio bill would ban new ownership of exotic pets

    (02-03) 16:12 PST Columbus, Ohio (AP) -- Proposed legislation in Ohio would ban the purchase of lions, bears and other exotic animals, but current owners of the dangerous wildlife would be allowed to keep them as pets... Presented By:…
    - 7 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 12:12am -
  • newSantorum pushes discredited stroke claim

    Santorum pushes discredited stroke claim

    (02-03) 16:10 PST Columbia, Mo. (AP) -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum on Friday backed prominent conservative James Dobson's claim that President Barack Obama's administration would block medical...
    - 7 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 12:10am -
  • newEx-gov, Flyers owner may bid on Philly newspapers

    Ex-gov, Flyers owner may bid on Philly newspapers

    (02-03) 16:02 PST PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Former Gov. Ed Rendell and Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider are leading a "civic-minded" effort to buy Philadelphia's two largest newspapers, Rendell said Friday. The six-person...
    - 8 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 12:02am -
  • newMo. candidate would be among richest in US Senate

    Mo. candidate would be among richest in US Senate

    (02-03) 15:59 PST Jefferson City, Mo. (AP) -- St. Louis businessman John Brunner has poured at least $1 million into his U.S. Senate campaign, and new figures show Brunner has a lot more where that came from. A personal... Presented By…
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  • newColombia rebel undergoes tests at Caracas hospital

    Colombia rebel undergoes tests at Caracas hospital

    (02-03) 15:43 PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A Colombian rebel commander who has been detained in Venezuela since May was taken to a military hospital because of health problems, Venezuelan authorities said Friday. The... Presented By:…
    - 8 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 11:43pm -
  • newSurprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing

    Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing

    (02-03) 15:25 PST (AP) -- To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health...
    - 8 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 11:25pm -
  • newBill would prohibit highway money for CA rail plan

    Bill would prohibit highway money for CA rail plan

    (02-03) 15:17 PST Washington, CA (AP) -- Congressional opponents of California's high-speed rail proposal are working to ensure that a new highway bill won't include more federal money for the project. The House...
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  • newMayor rejects firing Conn. police chief in scandal

    Mayor rejects firing Conn. police chief in scandal

    (02-03) 15:04 PST East Haven, Conn. (AP) -- The mayor of a town embroiled by allegations of Latino bias by police said Friday he won't fire the police chief and will instead allow him to retire with severance pay. East...
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  • newAnalysis: When is getting better good enough?

    Analysis: When is getting better good enough?

    (02-03) 14:59 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- The stronger the economy gets, the more the presidential race comes down to what voters believe: Are things actually getting better? Or is it all still a mess? If the economy's... Presented By:Chic…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:59pm -
  • newMan charged in socialite-wife's death in hospital

    Man charged in socialite-wife's death in hospital

    (02-03) 14:51 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- A German-born man charged with killing his much-older socialite wife missed a scheduled court appearance Friday because he's been hospitalized for an undisclosed medical problem....
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  • newGingrich: Romney doesn't deserve congrats
    Newt Gingrich blasts Mitt Romney's campaign tactics during the Florida primary, as he explains why he didn't offer congratulations after his ...
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:55pm -
  • newRoemer qualifies for federal matching funds
    Former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer becomes the first GOP presidential candidate to qualify for federal matching funds.
    - 11 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 8:12pm -
  • Bunny Ranch's working girls support Ron Paul
    Ron Paul's message of personal freedom and liberty has many followers, including the workers at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Nevada.
    - 14 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 5:13pm -
  • Obama, GOP rivals featured on trading cards
    Upper Deck will release a "World of Politics" set of trading cards featuring President Obama and some Republicans who want his job.
    - 18 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 1:51pm -
  • Romney: 'Misspoke' in comment about the poor
    Mitt Romney told a Nevada reporter that he "misspoke" earlier this week that he was "not concerned about the very poor."
    - 19 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 12:57pm -
  • 'Blue Dog' leader Heath Shuler to retire
    Rep. Heath Shuler, a leader of fiscally conservative Democrats, reversed course and said he will not run for re-election to Congress.
    - 1 day ago, 2 Feb 12, 10:39pm -
  • Trump endorses Romney
    Donald Trump endorses Mitt Romney at a Las Vegas news conference, two days before the Nevada caucuses.
    - 1 day ago, 2 Feb 12, 8:26pm -
  • Super Bowl team owners give to Obama
    Some owners of the New England Patriots and New York Giants have donated to President Obama, but the president says he's staying neutral in the ...
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 6:32pm -
  • Nevada poll: Romney has 20-point lead
    Mitt Romney has a commanding lead in a Nevada poll, outpacing Newt Gingrich by 20 percentage points, ahead of Saturday's caucuses.
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 3:53pm -
  • Conservatives hit Romney on 'poor' remarks
    Mitt Romney's comment that "he's not concerned about the very poor" draws two levels of criticism from conservatives.
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 1:50pm -
  • AP: Trump to endorse Romney
    Donald Trump is throwing his support to Mitt Romney, not Newt Gingrich, the AP now reports.
    - 2 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 11:00pm -
  • Poll: Romney leads Gingrich nationally
    Mitt Romney now has reclaimed and opened a lead over Newt Gingrich nationally in Gallup's daily tracking poll.
    - 2 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 9:58pm -
  • 'Joe the Plumber' takes pay from campaign fund
    An Ohio newspaper reports GOP congressional candidate Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as "Joe the Plumber," is paying himself a salary from ...
    - 2 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 8:57pm -
  • Immigration foe Tancredo backs Santorum
    Rick Santorum was endorsed by ex-Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo, a prominent foe of illegal immigration, who ran for president in 2008.
    - 3 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 6:51pm -
  • How does Ron Paul spend a buck?
    Ron Paul's campaign finance reports show he made 164 separate purchases of $1 each, the most for any GOP presidential candidate.
    - 3 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 5:54pm -
  • California lawmakers keep school buses rolling

    California lawmakers keep school buses rolling

    The California Legislature restores $248 million for home-to-school transportation. Gov. Jerry Brown had eliminated school busing money after state revenues fell short of projections.School buses are likely to keep rolling for now, as the Legislature…
    - 24 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 8:00am -
  • Ruling on redistricting a wake-up call for California GOP

    Ruling on redistricting a wake-up call for California GOP

    The 7-0 court decision shows how out of sync the party has been. Its problem is not the shape of new districts but the size of a shrinking membership.Now that the state Supreme Court has delivered the Republican Party a 7-0 smack-down, California can…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 8:00am -
  • Berman, Sherman among those reporting campaign funding

    Berman, Sherman among those reporting campaign funding

    Rep. Howard Berman raised more than $1 million in the last three months of 2011, according to campaign reports, for a total of $2.9 million. His opponent, Rep. Brad Sherman, reports having $3.7 million on hand.Reporting from Los Angeles and Sacrament…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 8:00am -
  • Gov. Brown names panel to dismantle L.A. redevelopment agency

    Gov. Brown names panel to dismantle L.A. redevelopment agency

    The three people will unwind hundreds of millions of dollars in assets, complex land deals, employee obligations and loans overseen by the agency.The three people chosen Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown to dismantle Los Angeles' sprawling, half-century-…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 8:00am -
  • Lobbyists set spending record in Sacramento

    Lobbyists set spending record in Sacramento

    Labor, business and other interests spent more than $285 million in 2011, new documents show. The California Teachers Assn. spent the most, $6.5 million, as schools battled cuts.Reporting from Sacramento -- Businesses, unions and other interests set…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 8:00am -
  • Surprised Pasadena teacher receives national honor

    Surprised Pasadena teacher receives national honor

    At a student achievement assembly he helped organize at Muir High School, Manuel Rustin is stunned to learn that the Milken Family Foundation chairman had come to present the Milken Educator Award.Manuel Rustin sat among the audience Tuesday in the c…
    - 3 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 8:00am -
  • California needs to find $3 billion by March

    California needs to find $3 billion by March

    Controller warns that the state could be in the red by then. Republicans and Democrats snipe over the severity of the problem.Reporting from Sacramento -- State lawmakers moved to avoid a cash crunch Tuesday as the controller warned that California c…
    - 3 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 8:00am -
  • Residents balk at L.A. Council District 4's proposed new shape

    Residents balk at L.A. Council District 4's proposed new shape

    Los Angeles' redistricting panel suggests an area that lumps together trendy Silver Lake in Central L.A., Beverly Crest in the Hollywood Hills and Lake Balboa in the heart of the San Fernando Valley.Stacy Matulis doesn't see how one politician could…
    - 6 days ago, 29 Jan 12, 8:00am -
  • Brown ordered firing of regulator who took hard line on oil firms

    Brown ordered firing of regulator who took hard line on oil firms

    The dispute centered on a risky method of extraction. California's governor has sued oil companies throughout his career, but he now talks of tossing cumbersome regulations to revive the economy.Late last year, Gov. Jerry Brown pushed for a top state…
    - 6 days ago, 29 Jan 12, 8:00am -
  • Clamor grows to rein in California pension benefits

    Clamor grows to rein in California pension benefits

    Gov. Jerry Brown pledges to cut spiraling costs, but key parts of his rollback plan apply mainly to future workers. Activists want quicker action.Gilbert Robles retired as a state parole agent at age 53, able to collect a $101,195 annual pension —…
    - 7 days ago, 28 Jan 12, 8:00am -
  • newMitt looks golden in Silver State
    WASHINGTON — The Mitt Romney express is barreling ahead in Nevada.The Republican presidential front-runner is headed for a landslide victory in today’s caucuses, according to a new poll that showed him leading by 25 points in the Silver State.F…
    - 41 mins ago, 4 Feb 12, 6:54am -
  • newBam: It’s workin’
    WASHINGTON — President Obama reveled in yesterday’s better-than-expected jobs report and used the upbeat news to throw a new barb at Congress, warning lawmakers: “Don’t muck it up.”Heralding an improved economic report that had the unemplo…
    - 41 mins ago, 4 Feb 12, 6:54am -
  • newA change in store
    Mayor Bloomberg was initially skeptical of a plan devised by his own Planning Commission to restrict the size of street-front retail spaces on the Upper West Side, but was convinced to go along by its chair, Amanda Burden, the mayor disclosed yesterd…
    - 43 mins ago, 4 Feb 12, 6:52am -
  • newNev. hookers ‘Pimping for Paul’
    WASHINGTON — Among Ron Paul’s legions of freedom-loving followers, the prostitutes from Las Vegas’ famed Moonlight Bunny Ranch stand out — as passionately loyal.Brothel owner Dennis Hof’s “Pimping for Paul” campaign even tries to raise…
    - 43 mins ago, 4 Feb 12, 6:52am -
  • newGOPer’s push to let gov name ed head
    Gov. Cuomo would have the power to pick the state education commissioner under a bill proposed by Assembly Republican leader Brian Kolb.Currently, the Education Department is the only state agency that does not report to the governor. Its commissione…
    - 1 hour ago, 4 Feb 12, 6:29am -
  • newBrit PM to visit O
    WASHINGTON — British Prime Minister David Cameron will visit President Obama, the White House announced yesterday. He and his wife Samantha will attend a state dinner at the White House during the official visit on March 13 to 14...
    - 1 hour ago, 4 Feb 12, 6:11am -
  • newGingrich attacks 'elites' in NYC
    Newt Gingrich, trying to keep his floundering campaign alive, unleashed a vicious attack Friday - on New York City.
    - 7 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 1:01am -
  • newMcCain will not watch 'Game Change'  
    Looks like Arizona Sen. John McCain won't need a DVR alert for "Game Change." The 2008 Republican presidential nominee says he has no plans to watch the controversial HBO movie about his failed White House bid when it premieres on March 10.
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:07pm -
  • newTrump endorses Romney
    Donald Trump ordered America to hire Mitt Romney. The Donald endorsed the well-coiffed Republican front-runner Thursday during a rally at a Las Vegas casino — a seemingly appropriate venue for the self-promoting reality TV star who turns every even…
    - 10 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 9:28pm -
  • newObama’s contraception mandate causes holy fury
    The regulation, finalized a week ago, raises a complex and sensitive legal question: Which institutions qualify as religious and can be exempt from the mandate?
    - 12 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 7:43pm -
  • GOPers more likely to achieve orgasm during sex: survey  
    It’s the G-OHHHHH-P! Republicans are more likely to have better sex than Democrats, according to a new, 5,000-subject survey released by Binghamton University and Match.com on Friday.
    - 12 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 7:25pm -
  • Komen will continue to fund Planned Parenthood
    The Susan G. Komen Foundation has reversed its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood and apologized "to the American public," the Associated Press reports.
    - 13 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 6:53pm -
  • Israel could attack Iran as early as April: Panetta 
    War hysteria continues to grip the Middle East, as heightened anxieties over Iran's surreptitious nuclear program have the U.S. Defense Secretary on edge. Leon Panetta said Thursday that Israel could launch attacks against Iran as early as April or M…
    - 13 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 6:40pm -
  • GOP rips jobs report showing unemployment rate dipped to 8.3%  
    Even a shockingly strong jobs report that smashed analysts' expectations isn't enough for some Republicans. Friday's Department of Labor report showed that 243,000 jobs were added last month, and that the unemployment rate dropped from 8.5% in Decemb…
    - 13 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 6:37pm -
  • Santorum to visit sweater vest factory
    On Sunday, Rick Santorum will visit his own personal heaven. Just don’t ask him how to spell it. Santorum announced Friday that over the weekend he will visit the manufacturer of the Official Rick Santorum for President Sweater Vest.
    - 13 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 6:26pm -
  • GOP Senator to Obama: You're no Jesus
    At least one Republican senator thinks President Barack Obama ought to cool it on the Jesus talk. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch blasted Obama on Thursday for remarks the President made earlier in the day at a National Prayer Breakfast.
    - 14 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 5:35pm -
  • Kelly says we need tougher gun laws
    Ray Kelly, the police commissioner, is in his car when he hears that one of his officers is down in Brooklyn. He hears through the shouts on the radio that they aren’t taking Kevin Brennan to King’s County Hospital, that he is on his way to the e…
    - 23 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 9:00am -
  • Roseanne Barr submits paperwork to be prez
    Roseanne Barr said Thursday she's running for the Green Party's presidential nomination - and it's no joke.
    - 24 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 7:57am -
  • Bloomberg's breast defense is $250K gift 
    Mayor Bloomberg — a longtime supporter of the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation — made a strong public rebuke of the organization Thursday by giving $250,000 to Planned Parenthood.
    - 1 day ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:37am -
  • What would Jesus do? Tax the rich, Obama says
    President Obama urged religious leaders to back his plan to raise taxes on wealthy Americans — by saying that it is what Jesus would do. Keeping with a presidential tradition, Obama spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington Thursday and…
    - 1 day ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:35am -
  • Andy pal is state ethics panel chief 
    - 1 day ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:17am -
  • Gingriches say they are not in an open marriage 
    It’s an open-and-shut case: The Gingriches say they’re not in an open marriage - after they were asked point-blank about their relationship.
    - 1 day ago, 3 Feb 12, 12:34am -
  • Bloomberg to donate $250k to Planned Parenthood 
    Mayor Bloomberg plans to give Planned Parenthood $250,000 to make up for money it lost when a breast cancer group cut its funding.
    - 1 day ago, 2 Feb 12, 9:11pm -
  • Bloomberg: Pension system a 'ticking time bomb' 
    Mayor Bloomberg called the city’s pension system a “ticking time bomb” that costs six times more than it did 10 years ago.
    - 1 day ago, 2 Feb 12, 8:45pm -
  • Santorum snags Angle endorsement
    Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has snagged an endorsement he hopes will help his struggling campaign just days before Saturday's Nevada caucus. Sharron Angle, a Tea Party darling and former Senate hopeful in the Silver State, announced…
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 5:07pm -
  • Gingrich says Brad Pitt should play him in movie 
    Time to get the old-man makeup from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Newt Gingrich thinks Brad Pitt should play him in a movie.
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 5:00pm -
  • newThe teen mom dilemma
    Eleanor Crowe, the fictional protagonist of Han Nolan's novel "Pregnant Pause," the daughter of missionaries, likes smoking, drinking and "base-jumping" (leaping off tall places with a parachute). She has, according to her boyfriend, Lam, "a cute way…
    - 7 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 1:00am -
  • newHow Madonna changed America
    When Madonna takes the stage at halftime of the Super Bowl this Sunday, she’ll be the first female solo performer to do so since Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake played peek-a-boo in 2004. Ever since Nipplegate, Super Bowl programmers have avowe…
    - 7 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 12:30am -
  • newSusan G. Komen’s priceless gift
    The starling intensity that we saw this week in response to Susan G. Komen for the Cure's decision to pull its grants from Planned Parenthood -- an intensity that prompted the Komen foundation to reverse its decision today -- may be the best thing th…
    - 8 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 12:00am -
  • newKomen victim of “bullying,” sad abortion foe says
    Poor Kathryn Jean Lopez, the National Review Online's resident delicate flower, anti-feminist traditional Catholic, and enemy of all homosexualists and abortionists. She was so delighted when Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced that it would no lon…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 11:00pm -
  • newRep. McKeon disputes Salon article
    The office of Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon sent Salon the following response to Lee Fang's piece, Mon. January 30 piece, "D.C. lobbyist aids Rep. McKeon's Wife."We believe that the factual inaccuracies in Lee Fang's piece, used as grounds for the autho…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:06pm -
  • newHow to fight Indiana’s “Right to Work” law
    On Wednesday Gov. Mitch Daniels delivered a body blow to organized labor, signing a bill making Indiana the 23rd “Right to Work” state.  Daniels’ law, which unions will protest during Sunday’s Super Bowl in Indianapolis, poses a major test f…
    - 10 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 9:24pm -
  • newCinema’s ultra-dark unknown genius
    So Hungarian director Béla Tarr has apparently made his last film, without most people in America and around the world ever noticing him in the first place. Not that he particularly cares about that. Often held up as the last grizzled lion of the Eu…
    - 11 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 9:05pm -
  • newPorn is coming for your daughter!
    Last night's "Nightline" segment on porn star James Deen and his legions of underage female fans is the finest piece of parental scaremongering that I've seen in some time. (Well, at least since Caitlin Flanagan's Sunday New York Times article on the…
    - 11 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 8:50pm -
  • newAmerica’s unrelenting jobs deficit
    The most significant aspect of January’s jobs report is political. The fact that America’s labor market continues to improve is good news for the White House. But as a practical matter the improvement is less significant for the American work for…
    - 12 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 7:39pm -
  • When a candidate bets against the economy
    As he positions himself for a likely general election battle with President Obama, Mitt Romney is pursuing a strategy that's rooted in a basic, well-established political reality: When economic anxiety is high and swing voters don't see any relief in…
    - 13 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 6:45pm -
  • The Syrian Army’s campaign of terror
    SAQBA, Syria — When a team of foreign journalists entered the eastern Damascus suburb of Saqba last Friday, they were greeted by a sight that did not bode well for the Syrian regime.Rebel fighters from the so-called Free Syrian Army were protecting…
    - 14 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 5:10pm -
  • Congress protests Obama on Bahrain arms sale
    Here's a quick update on the Obama administration's recent decision to sell arms to the regime in Bahrain, which has been accused of widespread human rights abuses in suppressing a protest movement in the Gulf nation.Three senators and and 18 represe…
    - 14 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 5:07pm -
  • Defeated by TSA
    Thoughts running through my head at the TSA checkpoint ...All of these measures in place today -- the liquids and gels rules, the pointy object confiscations, the multiple ID checks, the body-scanners and the pat-downs -- would they have stopped the…
    - 15 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 5:00pm -
  • How the Internet changed Komen’s mind
    It started with a tweet. And in the end, that's what won the war. On Tuesday, Planned Parenthood sent out a no-punches-pulling alert that "Susan G. Komen caves under anti-choice pressure, ends funding for breast cancer screenings at PP health centers…
    - 15 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 4:57pm -
  • The way to curb police abuse
    The NYPD is mired in yet another scandal this week — one of many in the last 12 months — over Commissioner Ray Kelly’s participation in a controversial police training video.Some politicians and policy analysts are calling for a new independent…
    - 16 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 4:03pm -
  • What will the GOP complain about now?
    Proof, once again, that it's hard to predict what's going on in the U.S. labor market: The consensus opinion of analysts had the U.S. economy adding 120,000-150,000 jobs in January. The ADP private sector jobs report, released on Wednesday, counted 1…
    - 16 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 3:48pm -
  • Puppies and nostalgia will always sell
    “If God manifested himself to us, he would do so in the form of a product advertised on TV.”  --Philip K. DickSo how did you like this year’s Super Bowl ads? You know, the ones that haven’t aired yet? The ones that have been teased, previewe…
    - 16 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 3:23pm -
  • Iran is the root of all evil
    (updated below)The Washington Post's David Ignatius yesterday reported that Leon Pantta believes there is "a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June," while the Face of American Meritocracy, NBC News' Luke Russert, today…
    - 17 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:59pm -
  • The snake oil of “Who lost Iraq?”
    When Communist forces took over China in 1949, a debate erupted in U.S. foreign policy circles over “Who lost China?” Amid the growing ferment of the Red Scare, blame was soon affixed to “China hands” in the State Department who, either throu…
    - 19 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 1:00pm -
  • Are high-tech classrooms better classrooms?
    The release of Apple's computer-based textbooks last month had the usual technology triumphalists buzzing. "Apple and the Coming Education Revolution," blared the headline at Fast Company magazine. "Apple puts iPad at head of the class," screamed Mac…
    - 19 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 1:00pm -
  • newThe Importance of American Hard Power

    The Importance of American Hard Power

    Robert Kagan, Washington PostThese days “soft” power and “smart” power are in vogue (who wants to make the case for “dumb” power?) while American “hard” power is on the chopping block. This is, in part,…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:18pm -
  • newHow a GOP Win Would Hurt Women

    How a GOP Win Would Hurt Women

    Michelle Goldberg, The Daily BeastGertrude Gorma Cole, a midwife in Liberia’s Bong County, is almost universally known as “Mother Dear.” A warm, grandmotherly presence in a traditional lappa dress, she has been practicing at least s…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:17pm -
  • newIndiana Rejects Big Labor

    Indiana Rejects Big Labor

    Mark Mix, Investor's Business Daily For the past two weeks, Big Labor bosses around the country have had their eyes on the Indiana capitol — watching in horror as the General Assembly passed a right-to-work bill with commanding majorities.…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:15pm -
  • newWhy Wall St. Is Under Fire From the Right & Left

    Why Wall St. Is Under Fire From the Right & Left

    Michael Scherer, Timeewt Gingrich ended his campaign against Mitt Romney in Florida with the same message strategy that Romney’s senior advisers had used in another Republican primary two years earlier: Attack Goldman Sachs. There was a good re…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:14pm -
  • new1.2 Million Fall Out of Labor Force

    1.2 Million Fall Out of Labor Force

    Rick Santelli, CNBCYou know what I said at 8:30 Eastern? We want a million jobs an hour. That's what we want. What we got looked like a good report. I said, 'Let's get the calculator out,' and I did. And so did a boatload of my so…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:14pm -
  • newJobs Report Makes It a "Super Friday" for WH

    Jobs Report Makes It a "Super Friday" for WH

    John Cassidy, New YorkerIf you think you heard a loud cheer around 8:30 E.T. this morning, you were right. It came from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where Super Bowl weekend started early—at just about the moment when the Labor Department announce…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:12pm -
  • newRomney: The Last Republican?

    Romney: The Last Republican?

    Geoffrey Norman, The American SpectatorSo it seems it will be Mitt. And good thing he won't be offering his main rival the second spot on the ticket. "Mitt & Newt" sounds like the name of a comedy act or a network sitcom. Not right for somet…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:11pm -
  • newFlaws Won't Stop Romney's Streak

    Flaws Won't Stop Romney's Streak

    Jonathan Tobin, CommentarySince Florida Republicans gave him a massive victory on Tuesday night, Mitt Romney has not had a good few days. His absurd statement about not caring about the very poor, from which, as Seth wrote earlier, he has already bac…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:10pm -
  • newObama & the 2012 Landscape

    Obama & the 2012 Landscape

    Will Marshall, Progressive Policy InstituteAs the 2012 election gets underway, President Obama is still waiting to see who his opponent will be. Candidates and campaigns matter hugely, of course, but we should also pay attention to the field on which…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:08pm -
  • Obama's Electoral Map Grows Steeper

    Obama's Electoral Map Grows Steeper

    Ron Brownstein, National JournalThe Gallup state-by-state average approval numbers for 2011 released this week don't necessarily predict where President Obama will finish on Election Day, but they do measure the hill he must climb to win re-elec…
    - 12 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 7:15pm -
  • A Betrayal by the Komen Foundation

    A Betrayal by the Komen Foundation

    - 17 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:55pm -
  • Holder Should Walk the Plank on 'Fast & Furious'

    Holder Should Walk the Plank on 'Fast & Furious'

    - 17 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:13pm -
  • A Sign of Romney's Moral Defensiveness

    A Sign of Romney's Moral Defensiveness

    - 17 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:09pm -
  • Disability Claims Swelling in Recession

    Disability Claims Swelling in Recession

    - 17 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:08pm -
  • Sean Trende's The Lost Majority

    Sean Trende's The Lost Majority

    Michael Barone, Washington ExaminerThe Lost Majority: Why the Future of Government Is Up for Grabs—and Who Will Take It,  is Sean Trende’s first book, but it’s an important one. When I was taking political science courses many…
    - 18 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:05pm -
  • Charles Murray's Book of Virtues

    Charles Murray's Book of Virtues

    Heather Wilhelm, RealClearBooksAmericans, the saying goes, don't like to talk about class -- but they certainly enjoy reading about it. They also love to see how they stack up against their peers.One of the most notorious and snobby books on the…
    - 18 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:04pm -
  • Don't Buy the "Who Lost Iraq" Snake Oil from GOP

    Don't Buy the "Who Lost Iraq" Snake Oil from GOP

    Matt Duss, SalonWhen Communist forces took over China in 1949, a debate erupted in U.S. foreign policy circles over “Who lost China?” Amid the growing ferment of the Red Scare, blame was soon affixed to “China hands” in the St…
    - 18 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:00pm -
  • Mitt Romney's Mormon Firewall

    Mitt Romney's Mormon Firewall

    Burns & Haberman, PoliticoMitt Romney’s Mormon faith — once viewed as a potentially dangerous drag on his 2012 campaign — may quickly become an invaluable asset that helps him lock up the Republican presidential nomination.Now that…
    - 18 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:00pm -
  • Voter Frustration Makes for Chaotic Primary

    Voter Frustration Makes for Chaotic Primary

    Ann Gerhart, Wash PostThe American people, a small slice of them, have spoken, and they are none too pleased.The rest are yet to be heard, as the men who would be president march West, to caucuses Saturday in Nevada, where the unemployment rate is 13…
    - 18 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 1:58pm -
  • The Great Zero-Interest-Rate Gamble

    The Great Zero-Interest-Rate Gamble

    Jeremy Warner, Daily TelegraphBravo, Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank’s new president. Everyone assumed that this mild-mannered Italian would be so determined to prove himself to his Bundesbank masters that he’d be even more German…
    - 18 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 1:57pm -
  • newExplosion at Marine Corps Base in Coleville, CA
    COLEVILLE, CA (KRNV & MyNews4.com)- On Friday, Feb. 3 News 4 received reports of an explosion at a Marine Corps Base in Coleville, CA-north of Walker off Highway 395. According to a California Highway Patrol Dispatcher, it's estimated there are about…
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  • newRomney gaffes alarm GOP (Biden clone?)
    Romney gaffes alarm GOPBy Cameron Joseph - 02/02/12 08:20 PM ET Congressional Republicans are worried Mitt Romney’s propensity for verbal gaffes will hurt him in the fall. The former Massachusetts governor has had a series of foot-in-mouth moments t…
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  • newHouse Republicans want Justice to intervene in Solyndra fight with Obama
    House Republicans want Justice to intervene in Solyndra fight with ObamaBy Andrew Restuccia - 02/03/12 01:34 PM ET House Republicans on Friday called on the Justice Department to intervene in the ongoing fight over the Obama administration’s $535 mi…
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  • newWhite House gives up more Solyndra docs (only the third time)
    White House gives up more Solyndra docsBy Andrew Restuccia and Ben Geman - 02/03/12 06:45 PM ET Amid threats by a top House Republican to pursue contempt charges, the White House on Friday sent lawmakers more internal documents related to the $535 mi…
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  • newGingrich Doubles-Down On Romney In Final Nevada Swing [Romney Leads: "Mormon-Influence" Cited]
    Gingrich Doubles-Down On Romney In Final Nevada Swing By Rachel Rose Hartman | The Ticket LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Against the backdrop of a mechanical bull, cowboy garb and guitars lining the walls, Newt Gingrich sounded very serious on the stump Friday as…
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  • newJobless Rate Falls to 8.3%, Altering Face of Campaign
    WASHINGTON — The burst of job growth in January gives President Obama a fresh — but tricky — opportunity to revise the grim economic narrative of his presidency while offering Mitt Romney a choice: embrace a new optimism or campaign against a sink…
    - 1 hour ago, 4 Feb 12, 6:10am -
  • newKhmer Rouge chief jailer gets life in prison.
    Survivors of the regime’s reign of terror hailed the decision to increase the original jail term of 30 years handed in 2010 to Kaing Guek Eav. The the commander of Tuol Sleng prison, where at least 15,000 men, women and children deemed enemies of th…
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  • newDrunk Driver Gets 20 Years For Va. Crash That Led To Nun’s Death
    Drunk Driver Gets 20 Years For Va. Crash That Led To Nun’s Death By Jeremy Borden February 3 Sister Charlotte Lange spent months in the hospital after a drunk driver slammed into her car. Her brain was damaged. Her memory and hearing have faded. H…
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  • newArmy orders court-martial in WikiLeaks case
    HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Military District of Washington commander Maj. Gen. Michael Linningto…
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  • newGoogle Adjusts Political Posture With Sponsorship Of Conservative Conference
    Google says that it’s there because it’s a great place to promote their election-tracking site, push Google+ as a platform for sharing and collaborating, and because the conference is fairly young and tech-savvy.
    - 3 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 5:05am -
  • newBilingual classes try to push Latinos toward college
    Cesar Fuentes, a math instructor at Sylmar High School, teaches Algebra I to Spanish-speaking students using Project SOL (Secondary Online Learning), a collaboration between the Mexican government and the UC system. Teachers are using the rigorous Sp…
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  • newAir Force to cut 10,000 airmen, shift aircraft
    The Air Force on Friday detailed plans to cut the service by nearly 10,000 active, National Guard and Reserve airmen next year, as part of a broad move to downsize and shift capabilities around the country to be better prepared for wars of the future…
    - 3 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 4:53am -
  • newWoo hoo!! Bumping the FReepathon to the top!! [thread XXVI]
    Woo hoo!! We need to keep it going!! OPEN ALL NIGHT!! Click the link above to pledge your support by secure server or mail checks to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you all very much!! Prayers up for America!!
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  • newParty officials urge primary turnout (MO)
    Missouri holds a presidential primary on Tuesday without the allure of New Hampshire, without one of the major candidates and without a binding status on Republican delegates. And, some grumbling goes, without much reason to go to the polls. Don’t g…
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  • newThe Last Sane Liberal - Mayor Ed Koch’s practical progressivism saved Gotham’s finances and...
    Mayor Ed Koch’s practical progressivism saved Gotham’s finances and restored its spirit.This past summer, Edward I. Koch, a Democrat, made headlines by noisily endorsing Republican Bob Turner in a special election to fill the congressional seat…
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  • newUnique Smuggling Scheme Hid Immigrants Under Car Hoods
    Multi-agency effort yields indictment of five suspected human smugglersFive Los Angeles-area residents have been indicted for operating a human smuggling scheme that in many cases involved specially-built compartments under the hoods of cars. The ope…
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  • newAttorney Sanctions Upheld in 9/11 Conspiracy Case
    Sanctions against two attorneys who insist that former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld caused the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks have been upheld by a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second…
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  • newRon Paul says unemployment numbers don't tell the whole truth
    Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said the latest unemployment numbers don't tell the whole story. In an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan Friday night, Paul also said the .2 percentage drop in unemployment to is "not all that glamorous." Pa…
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  • newSteve Appleton, daredevil CEO of memory chip maker Micron, dies in Boise plane crash
    The head of memory chip maker Micron, long known for taking risks in stunt piloting, died Friday when a small experimental plane he was piloting steeply banked, stalled and crashed near an Idaho runway. Steve Appleton, who survived a similar crash ei…
    - 4 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 3:42am -
  • newAnalysis: Politics drives exit from Afghanistan
    <p>KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban are not beaten, the peace process is bogged down in internal squabbles and Afghan security forces aren't ready to take control of the nation. Yet the U.S. and its partners are talking about speeding up — rath…
    - 4 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 3:27am -
  • newThe Happiest Wives in America?
    In my syndicated column this week, I take a break from politics to ask: Just who are the happiest wives in America?(Hint: Ann Romney, Rick Santorum, and Carol Paul are all examples).Keep reading this post . . .
    - 5 hours ago, 4 Feb 12, 2:44am -
  • newThat Was Then, This Is Now on Iran . . .
    Not long ago, we were told by our intelligence services that Iran was not really building a bomb and that such rumors were the stuff of neo-con conspiracists and more cooked and partisan data. Iran, we rubes were additionally lectured, did not work w…
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  • new'the Army asked that the letter not be read from the pulpit'
    An update on the silencing of the chaplains post from earlier: A spokesman for the Army tells National Review Online:the Army became aware of the Archbishop’s letter last Friday (Jan. 27) and was concerned that the letter contained language that…
    - 8 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 11:11pm -
  • newMarco Rubio for Life
    I mentioned earlier this week that Marco Rubio delivered a beautiful speech at a Susan B. Anthony List event this week, one that goes straight to the potential vice-presidential vetting file. But more than that, he expressed an urgency and issued a c…
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  • newThe Komen Foundation Was Bullied By the Left
    The Susan G. Komen foundation succumbed today to a relentless barrage of political bullying, a fact that is not only sad news for those who cherish the sanctity and dignity of all life, but also for all of us who believe that a private philanthrop…
    - 9 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 10:15pm -
  • newArmy Silenced Chaplains Last Sunday
    In Catholic churches across the country, parishioners were read letters from the pulpit this weekend from bishops in their diocese about the mandate from the Department of Health and Human Services giving Catholics a year before they’ll be required…
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  • newPlanned Parenthood: Vicious Not Victorious
    Today the Susan G. Komen foundation issued a statement indicating that they will continue to fund existing grants to Planned Parenthood and preserve Planned Parenthood’s right to apply for grants in the future. Numerous mainstream media outlets a…
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  • new<i>NYT</i> Censoring Its Reporting on Iran
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  • new'Free Speech Is Only Okay If It’s Money, <i>National Review</i> Guy Explains'
    That’s the title of a post over at Gawker responding, in its way, to my earlier thoughts on the Komen backlash. (For the uninitiated, Gawker’s imperative role on the Internet is that of the mother bird, partially digesting the work of others with…
    - 10 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 9:09pm -
  • newRe: You Should Find the Anti-Komen Backlash Disgusting, Even If You’re Pro-Choice
    Reading some of the reaction to Dan’s post – especially this absurd little offering – one would get the false impression that he’d criticized the First Amendment. Aside from this being patently untrue, such an accusation betrays a bizarre…
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  • newBuddy Roemer Gets Federal Funding?
    This just in: The Federal Election Commission has certified the first presidential candidate eligible to receive federal matching funds for the primary elections.So which candidate in this hotly contested GOP slugfest will get that first infusion of…
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  • newKeep Giving, or Else
    Though I’m not involved in the abortion debate, I do raise money for my own non-profit — can I also start a hate campaign when a donor decides to stop giving money? It happens all the time — the next generation of a family takes over and change…
    - 12 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 7:57pm -
  • Rx for Rust Belt Cities: Get Government $$!
    The lead NYT op-ed today is about how Rochester has prospered despite the decline of Eastman Kodak, formerly the city’s marquee employer. I’m delighted Rochester is prospering and wish its inhabitants all future success. But in laying out the rea…
    - 12 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 7:23pm -
  • Sarah Palin Has Some Fun with the Super Bowl
    We have a predictions symposium. And here she is: Who would I choose? Well, for what it’s worth, just my two-cents — because my pick really isn’t worth a hill of beans and I trust Americans to choose their own favorite — I say, in order t…
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  • Conservatives in Time
    Time magazine is running a symposium on the state of the conservative movement. There are thirteen entries, including one by Rich Lowry and another by me.There is much of interest here, but let me mention Richard Land’s contribution. He distinguis…
    - 12 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 7:08pm -
  • No Sooner Did I Post That Last One on Planned Parenthood Not Needing Komen (Or Taxpayer!) Money ...
    Lance Armstrong gives them $100,000.(This has been amended since posting.)
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  • ‘It is clear that Planned Parenthood does not need the Komen funding’
    Florida congressman Cliff Stearns is responsible for the congressional investigation that has been demonized in recent days. In a statement, he responds to the Komen chaos:In response to the original decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to stop…
    - 13 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 6:53pm -
  • Romney & Religious Liberty
    Jack, that piece is a solid contribution from someone who has already demonstrated some leadership and vision on the issue. Worth reading even if you happen to be someone not particularly enthused by him. 
    - 13 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 6:33pm -
  • Krauthammer’s Take
    From Fox’s Special Report with Bret Baier Thursday, February 2, 2012On Leon Panetta saying there is a “strong likelihood” that Israel will attack Iran in April, May, or June:Keep reading this post . . .
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  • Re: The Top Job
    Jay — lovely post about the qualities one looks for in a president, particularly as regards ambition. It is amazing to think how times change, though. At the time of the Founding, and when the Founders were still alive and variously vying for the p…
    - 13 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 6:32pm -
  • newPicture of the Day
    Mitt and the mosh pit....
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  • newKnow Your Base
    Herman Cain's fundraising spiked after his sexual harassment allegations....
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  • newHere's What To Watch
    The unemployment numbers this morning were not only good news for the country. They were unquestionably good news for the President's reelection efforts. A couple years ago, 8% unemployment was often the benchmark people referenced as what the Presid…
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  • newBringing Out The Big Gun
    Newt's now challenging Romney to a "Lincoln-Douglas" debate....
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  • Chart of the Day
    Why did Obama's numbers tank and then rebound? A great visual that explains it....
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  • 8.3%
    Economy adds 243k jobs in January. Unemployment rate falls to 8.3%....
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  • Weakest Speaker Of The Modern Era?
    In the not too distant past, the worst reputation to have in Washington was as someone who didn't negotiate in good faith, couldn't deliver what he promised, and wasn't a man of his word. Times have changed, of course. Someone...
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  • Relive The Tension
    How perfect was it that Donald Trump's endorsement came on Groundhog Day?...
    - 1 day ago, 2 Feb 12, 11:36pm -
  • Romney on Trump Endorsement: This is Awesome
    Mitt Romney ecstatic over Trump endorsement: "There are some things that you just can't imagine happening in your life -- this is one of them. Being in Donald Trump's magnificent hotel and having his endorsement is a delight."...
    - 1 day ago, 2 Feb 12, 9:05pm -
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  • The Virginia Problem
    There's talk of a maneuver that could hurt Romney's delegate count in Virginia... but could Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum swallow their political pride for long enough to pull it off?...
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 7:02pm -
  • Insert 'Trump' Pun Here
    David Taintor has a recap of just how Donald Trump drove a madcap media narrative today. Meanwhile, here's Evan McMorris-Santoro on why the Donald's endorsement is something of a poisoned chalice....
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 6:28pm -
  • Jobs For Bombs?
    The GOP suggests a plan for holding off Defense cuts without increasing taxes. Meanwhile, Sahil Kapur outlines the standoff, and why Dems think they won't be the ones to blink....
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 5:43pm -
  • Really?
    All joking aside, in American popular culture, Donald Trump is iconically tied to the phrase "You're fired." And not a pained "You're fired" but the pleasure of chopping wood job well done "You're fired." During season one of the Apprentice...
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 4:39pm -
  • Who Gets Hit Hardest
    Find out who the Komen decision will hit hardest....
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  • Watching Closely
    It happened in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana. Now Republicans are moving to push a raft of fiercely anti-union legislation in Arizona. And Labor is scrambling to react....
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  • Six Mile Figure High Club
    Almost all Super PAC money comes in contributions of $100,000 or more....
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 12:36pm -
  • Scramble
    Unions scramble as Arizona Republicans move to rush through tough anti-Labor bills....
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  • Enter The Twilight Zone
    Benjy Sarlin reports from a gathering of young Las Vegas Republicans... who aren't into Ron Paul....
    - 2 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 1:28am -
  • newGingrich takes a while to react to jobs report
    Newt Gingrich had no comment about January's jobs figures at an event late Friday morning in Nevada because, the former House speaker explained, he hadn't seen them yet.More... (http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/03/10312422-gingrich-had-…
    - 10 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 9:41pm -
  • newKomen reversal illustrates political battle over Planned Parenthood
    A weeklong firestorm over the Susan G. Komen foundation's decision to cut off -- and, on Friday, restore -- a grant to Planned Parenthood marked one of the high points in political battle targeting the finances of the nationwide network of reproducti…
    - 10 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 9:41pm -
  • newFact check: Did Obama make the economy worse?
    Mitt Romney likes to say on the campaign trail that President Obama's policies made the recession worse, but most statistics don't bear that out.More... (http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/03/10312358-did-obama-make-the-economy-worse-not-…
    - 10 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 9:41pm -
  • newAlan Greyson: Worst in the World in . . . Math?
    So---Quote---mething caught my eye a few months ago. International standardized tests in mathematics now put U.S. students at or near the bottom, in the entire developed world.Which is really odd, when you think about it. After all, 2+2=4 in New…
    - 11 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 8:24pm -
  • newShould Churches Be Tax-Exempt? Are Tax Payers and Entire Communities Susidizing Religion?
    Should Churches Be Tax-Exempt? (http://religiongroup.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976737732)March 18, 2006 02:56 PM EST*"When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does…
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  • Congress may OK short-term stimulus to avoid problems
    Right after Election Day, a lame-duck Congress will face a horrific fiscal train wreck: sharp tax increases, combined with automatic spending cuts.More... (http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/03/10310852-congress-may-ok-short-term-stimul…
    - 13 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 6:27pm -
  • Partisan reaction to jobs data mixes carping and cheering
    In what’s likely to be a boost to President Obama’s chances of winning a second term, nonfarm payroll employment jumped by 243,000 last month as the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since February of 2009.More... (http://nbcpolitics.m…
    - 14 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 5:06pm -
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    Via Jack and Jill Politics...Image: http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-02-SantorumFloridaBlackChurch3.jpg
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  • Obama to speak on the economy
    President Barack Obama is to visit a state-of-the-art fire station in a Washington suburb on Friday.More... (http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/03/10308937-obama-to-speak-on-the-economy)
    - 17 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:15pm -
  • Obama prepares to battle Romney
    First Read: President stresses fairness, housing and the auto industry success as he eyes a general election race against Mitt Romney.More... (http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/03/10309627-first-thoughts-obama-draws-his-battle-lines-agai…
    - 17 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:15pm -
  • House ready to consider insider trading ban
    With members of Congress convinced their political survival depends on their image, the House is wasting no time in considering a Senate-passed bill that would ban insider trading by lawmakers and thousands of executive branch officials.More... (ht…
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  • Obama hones pitch to independents amid GOP battle
    The bruising Republican primary has given President Obama and his campaign an opportunity to craft his message for the general election, especially as it relates to winning over independents.More... (http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/02/…
    - 17 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:15pm -
  • Romney poised to win another state Saturday
    Republican front-runner Mitt Romney, a Mormon with close ties to church leaders, is expected to carry an overwhelming majority of votes Saturday from Nevada members of the church.More... (http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/03/10309481-r…
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  • Where's the Party?
    Brad said there's a 6th anniversary party here tonight.Where is it?:cancanbums8jx::e118::kumbayya::yeahbaby::wow::gamer:
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  • Richard Dawkins - The Blind Watchmaker (1987 evolution documentary)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k9Bwt_aHq4
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  • newMissouri Court Decision Dings Carnahan
    A Missouri circuit court today ruled against a group of citizens hoping to overturn the Show-Me State’s Congressional redistricting maps on the grounds that they did not meet state constitutional muster.
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  • newThis Is a Hat
    This is a picture of Florida Rep. Corrine Brown’s (D) bedazzled cap, which was donned — and respectfully removed — during this week’s marathon House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup.
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  • newFlorida: Redistricting Plan Moves to the Senate
    The GOP-controlled Florida state House passed a Congressional redistricting map today, moving the Republican-friendly lines one step closer to becoming law.
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  • newOPEC, Hear Our Prayer
    Rocky Twyman is no lobbyist. But he claims to have friends in high places.
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  • Reid Crafting Plan B on Payroll Tax Cut
    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters on a conference call today that he is developing a "backup plan" to extend the payroll tax cut if a bicameral conference committee fails.
    - 12 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 7:11pm -
  • Morning Roundup: Peacing Out
    Much has been written this cycle about the dwindling number of Blue Dog Democrats in the House. The group’s membership bore the brunt of the Democrats’ 2010 shellacking, and so far this Congress seven Blue Dogs have announced they won’t be back…
    - 13 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 7:04pm -
  • Lautenberg’s Komen-to-Carlo's Shuffle
    Think you’re having a hectic Friday?
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  • Congratulations Come to Collins
    At midnight, the Bangor Daily News broke the story: Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) is engaged to Tom Daffron, chief operating officer of the Jefferson Consulting Group and a former top aide for Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). The couple is planning a…
    - 13 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 6:27pm -
  • Freedom Path Mailer Hits Orrin Hatch Challengers
    An outside group that’s aired two statewide TV ads that promote Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch’s conservative credentials has now taken a more aggressive approach in assisting the six-term Republican’s re-election.
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  • Lobbyist League Opposes STOCK Act Language on Political Intelligence Operatives
    The American League of Lobbyists is opposing a provision in the Senate-passed STOCK Act that would require political intelligence operatives to register the same way lobbyists do.
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  • Brown's Daughter Paid $9,500 for Singing at Campaign Events
    Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown's campaign has paid the Republican Senator's daughter, former "American Idol" contestant Ayla Brown, $9,500 for performing at three campaign events since December 2010, the Boston Globe reports.
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  • Jobs Report Buoys White House, GOP Says It's Not Enough
    A surge in hiring in January cheered the White House today while Republicans dismissed the upturn as insufficient.
    - 15 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 4:51pm -
  • Morning Roundup: Peacing Out
    Much has been written this cycle about the dwindling number of Blue Dog Democrats in the House. The group's membership bore the brunt of the Democrats' 2010 shellacking and so far this Congress seven Blue Dogs have announced they won't be back  or a…
    - 15 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 4:19pm -
  • O'Regan: Marine Mammal Protection Under the Budget Ax
    Saving dolphins has always been a nonpartisan issue. The tragedy currently unfolding in the cold, muddy marshes of Cape Cod is deeply troubling to many Americans and has captured worldwide attention.
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  • Maine: Democratic Poll Shows Michaud With Big Lead
    Rep. Mike Michaud has a solid lead over his Republican challenger in Maine’s 2nd district, according to a poll commissioned by the Democratic lawmaker’s campaign.
    - 1 day ago, 3 Feb 12, 5:02am -
  • North Carolina: Shuler Chief Eyeing Open Seat
    Hayden Rogers, Rep. Heath Shuler’s (D-N.C.) longtime chief of staff, is considering running for his boss’ seat now that Shuler has announced his retirement.
    - 1 day ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:34am -
  • Heath Shuler Latest in Long Line of Blue Dog Losses
    The ranks of the Blue Dog Coalition thinned even more with Rep. Heath Shuler's retirement announcement today, immediately calling the group's future into question.
    - 1 day ago, 3 Feb 12, 12:24am -
  • Senate Passes STOCK Act
    The Senate passed the STOCK Act on a 96-3 vote this evening after a surprisingly open amendment process forced lawmakers to take stands on a series of ethical restrictions and earmarks.
    - 1 day ago, 2 Feb 12, 11:07pm -
  • GOP Senators Pressure Reid Over WH Recess Picks
    In an effort to put pressure on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid over four controversial recess appointments, Sen. Orrin Hatch (Utah) and 33 other GOP Senators today asked the Nevada Democrat to square his previous opposition with his current stance…
    - 1 day ago, 2 Feb 12, 11:02pm -
  • Between the Lines: Kentucky Legislature Close to Deal on New Map
    The Kentucky Legislature, deadlocked for weeks over a Congressional redistricting map, took a huge step toward the passage of final lines today.
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  • newAgency Life
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  • newA Bridge, but Leading Where?
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  • newRomney in Context
    On October 1, 2010, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney described the genius of the American idea and lauded its results. “No nation has done more to lift people out of poverty than this nation,” he said in remarks at Benedetto’s, an It…
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  • newObamacare vs. the Catholics
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  • newWhite House Objects
    Jackie Kennedy, Charles Collingwood beneath Gilbert Stuart’s George Washington (1962)Getty ImagesAs British troops reached Washington on August 24, 1814, Dolley Madison was emptying the President’s House. As she packed up the silver and drape…
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  • newBen Gazzara, R.I.P.
    Actor Ben Gazzara passed away on Friday of pancreatic cancer. Hewas 81.The New York born character actor had a career which spanned sixdecades on Broadway, film and TV. Gazzara was a member of theoriginal Broadway cast of Tennessee Williams' Cat…
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  • newSix Random Thoughts on the Presidential Race
    1. Mitt Romney needs to avoid giving his critics easyammunition. The controversies over "I like firing people" and notbeing concerned about the poor are totally unfair. They are alsototally predictable and involve phrases it should be relativelys…
    - 10 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 9:14pm -
  • newDon't Forget Nevada
    Nevada moved its Republican caucuses from January to tomorrow inorder to avoid a conflict with New Hampshire that would havepotentially pushed the primary calendar into December 2011. As areward for such good behavior, the state's caucuses have be…
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  • Participation Rate Issue Less Than Meets the Eye
    As Aaron Goldstein and I have each noted, today's jobs report must be a short-termboost to President Obama. Over at intrade.com, Obama's betting oddsto win re-election in 2012 are up from 55.5 percent yesterday (and54.5 percent the day before) t…
    - 12 hours ago, 3 Feb 12, 7:10pm -
  • Not Disgrace, but Incompetence
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  • Lessons from Reagan
    The Gipper's 101st birthday on Monday merits a class in Reagan 101.One of my points is that conservatives can't win on principlealone, without doing the hard work of learning how to communicatethose principles. The ability to communicate rather w…
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  • The Unemployment Numbers Benefit Obama
    Even if Ross Kaminsky is correct in saying that unemployment is falling despitePresident Obama's economic policies there is no question thesenumbers will help Obama's re-election prospects. The unemployment rate has fallen five straight months d…
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  • A Thought for Josh Hamilton
    Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton apparently suffered a relapse on Monday night and was seen drinking at abar in Dallas. His teammate Ian Kinsler is also reported to havearrived at the bar in an effort to persuade Hamilton to return tohis ho…
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  • Employment Report Blows Away Estimates
    The January employment report, released this morning, must havebig grins on the faces of President Barack Obama and his campaignstaff. And despite the negative political implications (of helpingObama's reelection chances), I still can't find mysel…
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  • The Day Ahead: Friday, February 3
    Obama to speak in a green, woman-friendly firehouse in Arlington(StarTelegram)Jobless rate has fallen because of dropouts (WashingtonTimes)White House not backing down on contraception (NationalJournal)Donald Trump said to Newt Gingrich: "You'…
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  • The Last Republican?
    The earth has become small, and on it hops the LastMan, who makes everything small. His species is ineradicable as theflea; the Last Man lives longest.-- NietzscheSo it seems it will be Mitt. And good thing he won't beoffering his main rival the…
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  • Labor Pains
    Not so long ago, the Great Satan to the labor movement wasWisconsin Governor Scott Walker -- who faces a union-led recallelection later this year. This week, if perhaps temporarily, thattitle is being claimed by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels whos…
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  • Civil Disobedience in Obama's Second Term
    Some of Barack Obama's useful idiots on the Catholic center/leftsay that his decree forcing religious organizations to pay forcontraceptives amounts to a betrayal. No, it is not. CandidateObama had telegraphed his plans to discriminate against the…
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  • His Abominations Accelerate
    The Republican presidential campaign thus far has been sobizarre and, frankly, depressing, that some of us have failed toadequately cover worrisome developments on a number of otherimportant fronts. By ineptness and, worse, by deliberate design,B…
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  • Carolina Girl
    RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue -- thewoman who wanted tocancel congressional elections -- has decided tocancel her own.After signaling that she would seek a second term in 2012,Perdue shocked the political world Jan. 26 when she…
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  • Total Recall
    Wisconsin, the birthplace of the American socialist movement andthe first state to allow public employees to unionize, has a bluntconservative governor named Scott Walker who has become a familiarface in the national spotlight.Walker, who signed…
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  • Burma Awaits Its Tomorrow
    The return of Aung San Suu Kyi, the dynamic Burmese politicalfigure and international icon, from long-term house arrest to fullactivity has energized her entire country. The United States hasaccepted the Burmese government's claim that it has rele…
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  • Honda Hounded
    Heather Peters (no relation to this writer) just won her lawsuitagainst Honda over what she argued were misleading claims about thegas mileage she'd get out of her then-new 2006 Civic hybrid. Shewas awarded $9,867 in compensation, the maximum amo…
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  • Justice Ginsburg to Egypt: Don't Look to the US Constitution as a Model
    From the Middle East Media Research Institute, excerptsfrom an interview that aired Monday on Al-Hayat TV with SupremeCourt Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:I met with the head of the elections commission. I think thatthe first step has gone well, an…
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  • Romney's Moronic Indulgence of Trump
    Phil Klein calls Mitt Romney's joint appearance with Donald Trump toaccept the latter's endorsement "the biggest blunder of hiscandidacy." I'm not sure I'd go that far, but it's certainly upthere. Consider that last time the effect of a Trump end…
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