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3 Contests on Election Day Could Signal Political Winds
In this supposedly quiet off-year election, three contests taking place Tuesday are filling the void. Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will elect governors, while voters in upstate New York are filling a vacant House seat in a race with national implications. Here are some things to look for as the results come in.Acorn-Minnesota-Last Election Cycle
Katherine Kersten: Worst trouble with ACORN is at the polls Nationally, its voter registration is often fraudulent. So what about here? By KATHERINE KERSTEN, Star Tribune Minneapolis Unless you've been stuck in the Gobi Desert, you've read the headlines about the scandal at ACORN -- the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.An Unnecessary Operation
An Unnecessary Operation Obamacare threatens what's right with American health care. by Fred Barnes This is the poll number that drives supporters of Obamacare crazy: Eighty-nine percent of Americans in a June 2008 ABC News/USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation survey said they were satisfied with their health care. Put another way, more than 270 million Americans (I'm including kids) are reasonably happy with the system of medical care in this country.Obama's First 9/11 as President
This 9-11, Obama has the bullhorn on terrorism Obama Pays Tribute To Victims Of 9-11 Attacks In New York 9/11/2008 By NANCY BENAC WASHINGTON – On Sept. 11, 2001, Barack Obama was driving to a state legislative hearing in Chicago when he heard the first sketchy reports of a plane hitting the World Trade Center on his car radio. The 40-year-old state senator spent the afternoon in his law office watching "nightmare images" of destruction and grief unfold on TV.Max Blumenthal on Fresh Air
I know this is long and a little weird because its in interview format, but I thought this was great when I heard it the other day. This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross.The GOP's Best Weapon in 2010
The GOP's Best Weapon in 2010 The case for divided government. by Gary Andres inclement political weather rocked President Obama and his party this summer. Falling poll numbers and growing voter misgivings open the door for big Republican gains in next year's midterm elections.Franken Takes on Opponents at State Fair
I'm breaking my rule on youTube (because I can :raspberry: ) because the post discusses the video and there's no point in saying Franken calmed the crowd and not letting you judge the video yourselves. Blogger Dusty Trice posted yesterday about Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) talking healthcare reform opponents away from the deep end ledge at the Minnesota State Fair: Here's what Trice wrote about the experience: "About a dozen tea party activists had staked out Sen.Files prove Pentagon is profiling reporters
WASHINGTON — Contrary to the insistence of Pentagon officials this week that they are not rating the work of reporters covering U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Stars and Stripes has obtained documents that prove that reporters’ coverage is being graded as “positive,” “neutral” or “negative.” Moreover, the documents — recent confidential profiles of the work of individual reporters prepared by a Pentagon contractor — indicate that the ratings are intended to help Pentagon image-makers manipulate the types of stories that reporters produce while they are embedded with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.Twin sisters Courtney and Corrie Cockrell share a shocking family history
By Sheila Weller Around 7:00 P.M. on November 4, 2008, Courtney Cockrell, a 27-year-old law student, was stuck in traffic and yelling at the radio. She was driving from the Ole Miss campus in Oxford, Mississippi, to her parents’ house in Jackson to watch the election returns with her twin sister, Corrie, and their family.Anger at the Rally (public)
Anger Is Crowd's Overarching Emotion at McCain Rally By Michael D. Shear and Perry Bacon Jr. Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, October 10, 2008; A04 WAUKESHA, Wis., Oct.
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