Posts tagged fall
Nikki Haley Wins South Carolina Republican Gubernatorial Runoff
Jun 23rd
COLUMBIA, S.C.
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Loading ...Will Durst: Politics as Usual Exponential Factor Four
Jun 22nd
In an age of relentless change, it’s heartening to be able to count on a few simple things. Glenn Beck and Keith Olbermann ranting and raving one pulse short of an aneurism. Water flowing downhill.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sue Allon: Nothing Should Be Random About Rating Agency Assignments
Jun 22nd
Sen. Al Franken’s proposal to have rating agencies assigned to securitizations randomly by the SEC was rejected by a House-Senate Conference Committee this week, to my great relief. According to The New York Times “Deal Book” blog , the measure gained traction because it addressed the problem of issuers selecting which agency will rate their transactions
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Scott Janssen: Conservative Superheroes: The New Dynamic Duo
Jun 21st
Though it may seem counter intuitive, there’s a major advantage to being the political outsider in our power-sharing system. When a person or political party is stripped of their power, it offers an opportunity — whether desired or not — for self-reflection.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...New Republican Agenda, Or Lack Of One, Divides Party
Jun 21st
WASHINGTON — It’s not easy crafting an agenda for the fall elections. Just ask Republicans in Congress
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Rahm Emanuel: Joe Barton’s BP Apology Represents Difference Between Democrats And Republicans (VIDEO)
Jun 20th
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s chief of staff is warning about what might happen if Republicans — who have defended BP over the Gulf oil spill — were to run Congress after the fall election. Rahm Emanuel says the GOP philosophy is to paint BP as the victim, pointing to Rep
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Michael Roth: The Arar Affair: Shades of Dreyfus
Jun 18th
This week the Supreme Court refused without comment to hear the appeal of Maher Arar, a Canadian-Syrian citizen detained while changing planes in JFK, held in solitary confinement in the US before being shipped by our government to Syria, where he would be tortured repeatedly. Syria, which has been publicly hostile to US interests for years, was doing the dirty work for our intelligence forces in cases like this, using brutal interrogation methods that we outsourced
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Carlos A. Ball: Obama and LGBT Rights
Jun 17th
For supporters of LGBT rights, the election of President Obama represented an apparent historical turning point for sexual minorities in our country. As a presidential candidate, Obama had said all of the rights things: he criticized the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy (DADT); he called for the enactment of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would protect employees against sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination; and called for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Health Care Reform: Support For New Law Hits Record High (POLL)
Jun 17th
WASHINGTON — The patient is alive and kicking. A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds public support for President Barack Obama’s new health care law has risen to its highest point
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Doug Kendall: President Washington Would Have Squashed Rick Barber Like a Grape
Jun 15th
The efforts of Tea Partiers to wrap their anti-government agenda within the imagery of our Nation’s Founding reached absurd and dangerous heights this morning with the release of Alabama congressional candidate Rick Barber’s “Gather Your Armies” campaign ad , which portrays a George Washington-like figure authorizing armed rebellion in response to federal taxation and a law passed through the process established by the Founders (the health care bill). Barber, who is in a runoff for the Republican nomination for the right to challenge Rep. Bobby Bright (D-AL) in the fall, himself is heard in the ad stating that he would “impeach him,” apparently referring to President Obama, and then adds, ominously, “and if that’s not enough .
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Tea Party Candidates Begin Toning Down Their Views — On Fox News, No Less (VIDEO)
Jun 14th
The moderation of the Tea Party seems to have begun, as a number of the movement’s high-profile candidates transition from primary battles to general election campaigns. On Monday morning, Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharon Angle told “Fox and Friends” that, contrary to popular belief, she does not in fact want Social Security to be privatized.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Arizona’s Next Immigration Target: Children Of Illegals
Jun 14th
“Anchor babies” isn’t a very endearing term, but in Arizona those are the words being used to tag children born in the U.S.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Peter Clothier: Elections: The Success of Women
Jun 11th
I wish I felt more inclined to celebrate what all the pundits were noting yesterday: the success of women in Tuesday’s political primaries.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Rep. Kendrick B. Meek: Kendrick Meek Blasts BP at America’s Future Now (FL-Sen)
Jun 11th
As you know, Floridians are disproportionately affected by the actions of British Pretoleum that led to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Meg Whitman WINS California Republican Gubernatorial Primary
Jun 9th
LOS ANGELES — Meg Whitman, the billionaire former eBay chief executive who poured tens of millions of her own fortune into her first-time bid for political office, easily won the Republican primary for California governor Tuesday, advancing to face a Democratic icon, former two-term Gov.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Carly Fiorina WINS California Republican Senate Primary, Will Face Barbara Boxer
Jun 9th
LOS ANGELES — Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has won California’s GOP primary for U.S.
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