09/Jul 2008 | Local leaders pull no punches about Jesse Helms' legacy | At U. Jesse Helms' funeral Tuesday, approximately 1,000 people friends, family, neighbors and public figures gathered to honor the former congressman who died on the Fourth of July. In their summer dr... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Williams: Russert took the call | We are into the second wave of media coverage of the death of NBC s Tim Russert , featuring stories that are one step away from the actual memorial service and the mainstream press memorials . Some of... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama boosters to rally against McCain at gas station | ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Complaints filed over Obama s sweetheart mortgage deal | The Hill reports complaints were filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Senate Ethics Committee against the Democrats' presidential candidate over Obama's Countrywide-like sweetheart... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Rupert Murdoch's Newspaper War | Stop the Presses: Murdoch's redesigned Journal takes you beyond Wall Street and into politics, world affairs and even ballparks . With a redesigned Wall Street Journal, mogul Rupert Murdoch is launch... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Shoe-ins -- Where are they? | The percentage of voters who give Congress good or excellent ratings has fallen to single digits for the first time in Rasmussen Reports tracking history . This month, just 9 percent say Congress is d... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Jesse Helms Finally Does the Right Thing | So Long, and Good Riddance! by Alan Maass / July 9th, 2008 According to a former aide, Jesse Helms was very comfortable in his final moments. If there were any justice, he might have experienced som... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | GOP Convention Planners Want Bush Gone | Sen. John McCain 's plans are gradually unfolding for the Republican National Convention in September as he tries to walk a tightrope between conflicting demands. First is the question of how to give... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Barack Obama: A Liberal For All Seasons | Wednesday, July 9, 2008 With the November presidential election just months away, it s time to examine the views of the two major candidates. In this article, we re taking an in depth look at the opin... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Votes to Silence Debate and Pass FISA | Arizona Senator John McCain did not bother to show up for Wednesday's Senate votes on whether to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to absolve George Bush of responsibility for initiating... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Nick Turse | Iraqi Oil Ministry's New Fave Five | This article originally was published on TomDispatch . On June 19, the New York Times broke the story in an article headlined "Deals with Iraq Are Set to Bring Oil Giants Back: Rare No-Bid Contracts, ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain vs. Accuracy, Round 17 | Amid all the misplaced hand-wringing over whether Barack Obama has changed his position on Iraq (he hasn t, though both candidates have shifted their emphasis in response to changing facts on the grou... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obamawitz? | GOT ANY CHANGE?: Political novice (and Yiddish speaker) Paul Newell is hoping to capitalize on desire for change in his longshot bid to unseat New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver going so... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate Passes Wiretap Bill With Telco Immunity | Updates with reaction from President Bush.) By Corey Boles Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U. Senate Wednesday voted to approve final passage of legislation overhauling the Foreign... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | GOP Targets Dem "Scandal Babies" | There's nothing quite like an incumbent's predilection for corruption, bribery or sleazy sex for helping an underdog win a congressional seat. And there was plenty of muck to exploit in the 2006 midte... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | SCGOP s Katon Dawson becomes first State Chairman to endorse campaign to Drill Here. Drill Now | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROB GODFREY WEDNESDAY JULY 9, 2008 (803) 988-8440 SCGOP s Katon Dawson becomes first State Chairman to endorse campaign to Drill Here. South Carolina Republican Party... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Waxman Threatens Mukasey | Laurie Kellman, for The Associated Press, reports: "A House panel threatened to cite Attorney General Michael Mukasey with contempt of Congress unless he produces documents from an FBI interview with ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Analysis: US, Iran tension roiling oil markets | WASHINGTON - The United States and Iran appear on a collision course in the Middle East, firing off mixed messages that are raising world tension and roiling oil markets amid fears that an eventual co... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | No quantitative restrictions on India's GHG emissions: Manmohan Singh | Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his intervention at the Major Economies Meeting (MEM) here today said that sustained and accelerated economic growth is critical for all developing countries and w... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | New reaction from U.S. officials over the Iraqi government calls for the development of a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq: "We want | 11:49 AM New reaction from U. officials over the Iraqi government calls for the development of a timetable for withdrawal of U. troops from Iraq: "We want to withdraw, we will withdraw,'' State Depart... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | FISA finally clears Congress | Twenty Democrats, including Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the party s presumptive presidential nominee, supported the measure despite continued resistance from Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev. A landm... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Dick Cheney didn t get memo on shifting from denial to delay | The Center for American Progress Action Fund emails out a great daily report ( sign up here ). Today s subject is Dick Cheney s one. In this case, he censored the testimony on the health threat pose... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Rice campaign visits Pontotoc County | Ada United States Senate hopeful Andrew Rice will arrive in Ada Wednesday evening and be on-hand Thursday morning as the Rice Family Caravan makes its way through Pontotoc County on its six-day state... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Atrios on McCain's unfunny joke about killing the Iranians | I came in late. did Obama vote affirmative on Feingold-Dodd amendment to strip the immunity clause from the FISA bill?. i will say that its good to see that those same yahoos that wrote the scripts fo... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Mrs. Martta on Bushmobile Tours New Jersey | A current events refresher comes to the Garden State today.It's a museum on wheels, a 28 ton, 45-foot long, biodiesel-powered traveling show. What's to see: interactive exhibits on the worst policy fa... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Helms laid to rest in ceremony that focused on the man, not the political icon | RALEIGH, N. _ Jesse Helms was laid to rest Tuesday in a simple, dignified ceremony that emphasized the man rather than the conservative force who became a beloved and despised household name in Americ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | David Sirota's post this morning | 9, 2008, 9:24AM Note: I'm going to be on Diane Rehm's NPR show today (7/9) from 11am to noon EST to discuss many of these themes. I'm also scheduled to be on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight sometime between 7... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Democracies are better at fighting genocide than UN | Opinion. Kelley: Little argument over the true merits of debate. WASHINGTON The Fourth of July reminded us not only to celebrate our democracy, but also to assess the most serious challenges to it. ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | So What Do You Do, Richard Behar, Investigative Journalist | This reporter scours the globe for the grittiest expos? trying to keep the "public service" of journalism alive. RELATED: So What Do You Do, Jonathan Alter, Senior Editor and Columnist, Newsweek Hey,... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Sen. Barbara Boxer: White House Cover Up of Global Warming Dangers Must End Now | India . Now, thanks to a very brave former EPA official, Jason Burnett, we know that the administration's efforts have been about covering up the real threats of . air pollution to disease to food a... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Martin: Don't sanitize Helms' racist past | Story Highlights. Martin: Tributes hail Jesse Helms as a conservative champion . Martin: Helms once purposely whistled "Dixie" in elevator with black senator . Give Helms credit where it's due but don... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama, McCain, and The Politics of Oil | The Real Price Of Oil Gasoline is more than four dollars a gallon and there is an energy crisis in a historic election year. Presumptive presidential candidates, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Local Reaction To Jesse Helms Life And Death (7/8/08) | Hundreds gathered in Raleigh Tuesday, to remember the life of former North Carolina Senator, Jesse Helms. Those in attendance included Vice President, Dick Cheney, Governor Easley, and at least eight ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Department of International Relations | Home About the Department The Hedley Bull Centre Departmental Staff PhD Program GSIA Program Publications Research Clusters Seminars, Workshops, etc.00pm (Ref no: 102)The Importance of Being E... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | The most important political movie ever | During our editorial meeting this morning, news that former Minnesota Gov. He would run as an independent or third-party candidate, setting up a three-way race with Democrat Al Franken and Republican ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Boulder voters could allow non-citizens on city boards | By Ryan Morgan Tuesday, July 8, 2008 A controversial measure to allow non-citizens to serve on Boulder city commissions joined a half-dozen measures Tuesday that could end up on this fall s ballot. Th... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Cheney s office tried to alter greenhouse gas testimony, former official says | The new charges of political interference could boost efforts by California and other states to implement their own vehicle emission standards over White House opposition. WASHINGTON Vice President ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Vote smarter | One of our favorite nonprofit outfits, Project Vote Smart, will be stopping in Detroit this week as part of a national bus tour to raise public awareness of the group's so-called voter Self-Defense Sy... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Kurdistan Offers Historic Sites to Tourists | IRBIL - Iraq s northern Kurdish region offers security and stability that is hard to find elsewhere in the country. It also offers historic sites, high-end hotels, amusement parks, and striking mounta... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Coach-Picking Guide Applied to Presidential Race | With fall just around the corner, the International Coaching Federation issued guidelines today for schools and other organizations to follow when hiring a coach. I thought it would be interesting to ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Terror, Torture, and the Dark Side | Steven Clemons Related Programs: American Strategy Program Topics: Books , Foreign Policy , Terrorism . Two years ago Jane Mayer wrote a groundbreaking investigative piece titled " The Hidden Power ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Ex-EPA Deputy Rats Out Cheney, Gives 125K To Dems | Why so much climate change talk is hot air .. Australians Deluded by Latest Climate Change Report. Last week we introduced you to the EPA's former associate deputy administrator Jason Burnett, who res... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Cheney Secures His Legacy | Duck and cover : According to a former senior government environmental official, Vice President Dick Cheney 's office removed information about health problems associated with global warming from a he... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Ex official: Cheney edited testimony | Vice President Dick Cheney s office was involved in removing statements on health risks posed by global warming from a draft of a health official s Senate testimony last year, a former senior governme... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Va. Tries Again to Fund Roads | RICHMOND, July 8 Virginia legislators will return to the state Capitol on Wednesday for a last-ditch effort at finding a solution to fund transportation projects, but few officials expect an agreeme... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Climate Change 'Cover-Up' at the White | You have an old version of Adobe Flash Player, or you might not have it installed at all. Please make sure to install the latest version of Flash at www. Sandra Boxer, D, California, chair of the Sena... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Campaign strategy session | Sen. Barack Obama decides to forgo public campaign financing, eliciting understandable outrage. And the wives are no longer off-limits, whether the candidates like it or not. To appeal to moderates a... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Fumbles on FISA | Just imagine if Illinois Senator Barack Obama had kept his primary-season pledge to take the lead in opposing efforts by the Bush administration to rewrite the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Cheney 'tried to suppress climate change evidence' | 09/07/2008 - 07:11:23 US vice president Dick Cheney s office pushed to delete references about the consequences of climate change on public health from congressional testimony, in a bid to play down t... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Other View: Keep energy talk truthful | Other View: Keep energy talk truthful It's an urban legend that's easy to believe for some Americans. In early June, Vice President Dick Cheney told the U. Chamber of Commerce that China was pumping o... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | A 700-mile fence? | Now thinking about immigration, would you favor or oppose building a fence along 700 miles of the border with Mexico?" . Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted by Ipsos-Public Affairs. "Do you favor o... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Fergie's Tech Blog | Some of the government's top scientists were forced by Vice President Cheney's office to downplay the health dangers of global warming when testifying before Congress, a former senior EPA official sai... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Ex-EPA aide tells of White House censorship | Democrats have long alleged that Vice President Dick Cheney played a key backstage role in thwarting U. efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but they have had little evidence. Jason Burnett, a sen... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Political leaders pay tribute to Helms | Vice President Dick Cheney and a delegation of U. senators joined hundreds of other mourners who paid their respects Tuesday at the funeral of former Sen. Jesse Helms, a five-term Republican who died ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Final Farewell: Helms is remembered for kindness, ability to shake off harsh criticism | Former Sen. Jesse Helms' casket is carried from Hayes-Barton Baptist Church after funeral services in Raleigh. RALEIGH -- Jesse Helms was not just a five-term senator and an icon of a conservative mov... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Signup for office starts today | Barre sentencing could end probe Punished NOPD officer kept his shirt on Audio reveals a defensive NOPD. CT Police order review of Price incident 10:37. Candidates in Jefferson Parish and acros... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Family, Friends, National Leaders Lay Senator Jesse Helms To Rest | Mourners who gathered to remember former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms on Tuesday celebrated both sides of his conflicting persona: the cantankerous conservative who reveled in political confrontati... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Convention cities brace for political protests | Politics. Their designated fenced-off area gave demonstrators at Boston?s 2004 Democratic convention one more thing to protest. The cities hosting the Democratic and Republican conventions also will i... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Cheney Accused Of Crimes Against Nature | With the 2010 Census less than two years away, independent demographers and.sheehanjihad: What the hell happened to my party? They have exchanged their.sheehanjihad: Apparently, the media is upset tha... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Steve Sarvi raises $145,000 in second quarter | Steve Sarvi reported today that his campaign raised $145,889 in the second quarter. This doubles what he's raised in total and is a respectable amount considering how little attention he's gotten unti... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Official: Cheney staff cut CDC report on climate change | WASHINGTON Members of Vice President Dick Cheney's staff censored congressional testimony by a top federal official on the health threats posed by global warming, a former Environmental Protection A... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Ex-EPA official: White House cut global-warming testimony | Ecuador seizes assets of business group in bank dispute . Thousands more flee homes as California fire surges. Thousands more flee homes as California fire surges . 2nd climber in a week dies on Alask... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Family, admirers lay Sen. Jesse Helms to rest | RALEIGH Vice President Dick Cheney and a delegation of U. senators joined hundreds of other mourners who paid their respects Tuesday at the funeral of former Sen. Jesse Helms, a five-term Republican... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain, Obama court Hispanic vote with immigration stances | Watchdog Reports Public Investigator Citizen Watchdog Data on Demand No Quarter Editorials Crossroads Traffic Education . Washington - Competing for a set of voters that could be decisive in k... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Geoffrey Baum | Mike Murphy , the garrulous Republican political strategist who helped Sen. Bush candidacy on its butt in the 2000 New Hampshire primary, is joining NBC News in an expanded role as political pundit. ... Read » |