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10:44:59 PM Ma'am Boxer is in trouble
Daily Mail - Charleston

Rasmussen reported that Democratic Ma'am Barbara Boxer's lead is down to the margiun of error against 2 of the 3 top leading Republican candidates, .... [more]

10:37:50 PM Protest march targets Arpaio tactics
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

A crowd estimated at as many as 10000 marched in Phoenix Saturday, protesting Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration sweeps. ... [more]

9:59:51 PM President Obama surprises Michelle with birthday dinner
Motors ...

The White House says her hubby, President Barack Obama, took Mrs. O. out for a surprise dinner Saturday night at Washington's Restaurant Nora. ... [more]

9:54:25 PM Between Hope and Despair: Martin Luther King, Barack Obama and War
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA

President Clinton authorized the memorial in 1996; President Bush appeared at a groundbreaking ceremony in 2006, as did Senator Barack Obama. ... [more]

9:29:04 PM Response Efforts in Haiti Wednesday was biggest day in the history of
BigNews.biz (press release) - Natick,MA,USA

BigNews.biz (press release) BOSTON - Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, today commented on efforts by the ... [more]

9:14:52 PM President Clinton travels to Haiti tomorrow
FOXNews

President Clinton, the UN Special Envoy for Haiti, has just announced that he will travel to Haiti tomorrow to meet with those suffering from the natural ... [more]

9:08:03 PM Sunday Snapshot: Haiti and Massachusetts
Atlantic Online

First, Jake Tapper, asking President Bush about conservative concerns about the Haitian response. TAPPER: And following up on that, there have been some ... [more]

8:45:21 PM Fact Sheet: White House Forum on Modernizing Government
Docuticker - USA

The White House Forum on Modernizing Government will kick off with remarks by the President, and then the CEOs, government and labor officials, and industry ... [more]

7:49:27 PM Obama speaks from pulpit, noting progress and difficulty in America
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

The president visits a church founded by freed slaves and where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sometimes spoke. By Mark Silva Reporting from Washington ... [more]

7:31:55 PM No progress in RI immigrant prison release program
Modesto Bee - Modesto,CA,USA

Regardless, state officials say the Rapid REPAT program, under the US Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, remains sound public policy - even if ... [more]

7:31:04 PM When Bush Plummets in Polls, It's News--Obama, Not So Much
NewsBusters - USA

Contrast this non-coverage to the extensive coverage garnered by the declines in President Bush's polls in 2003. "The percentage of registered voters who ... [more]

7:05:29 PM A Suggestion For The White House And Coakley Campaign
Hot Air - MD,USA

I have a modest suggestion for the White House: given the stakes, why not simply promise the people of Massachusetts free health insurance for life, ... [more]

6:33:29 PM Students line up at 4am in bitter cold to see President Obama at Martha ...
FOXNews

The fate of health care has even resonated with some students, as Kaitlyn Rhoades, freshman Political Communications student at Northeastern said, .... [more]

6:30:46 PM Karen Hughes: Bush rescued the economy
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA

"I think that happened before President Bush left office when they took the action that they did on TARP and the banks have now repaid much of that money ... [more]

6:03:35 PM Now California GOP Candidates Closing In On Barbara Boxer
Before It's News

California Senator Barbara Boxer is now the latest Democratic incumbent to find herself in a tightening race for reelection. ... [more]

5:40:22 PM Karzai Faces New Woes
Wall Street Journal - USA

"It was obvious from the beginning that most of the nominees would be rejected because they were selected by the president based on political patronage, ... [more]

5:39:51 PM "My Vote For Brown Isn't A Vote Against Obama" Ctd
Atlantic Online (blog)

The last time I urged a vote for someone I found as dreadful as a candidate as Coakley was John Kerry. Because the alternative was so much worse. ... [more]

5:29:56 PM White House Pays MIT Economist For Defending Tax On Cadillac Health Care
Gov Monitor

Gov Monitor In a recent op-ed in the Washington Post, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber defended the tax on “Cadillac” plans in the healthcare overhaul bill passed by the ... [more]

4:40:36 PM Bush Pushes Back Against Limbaugh's Obama-Haiti Remark
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Former President George W. Bush pushed back Sunday against criticism -- levied most prominently by talk radio host Rush Limbaugh -- that his successor, ... [more]

4:15:02 PM Clinton & Bush Lead Haiti Relief Effort
FOXNews (blog)

While President Bush does not intend to go to Haiti anytime soon, President Bill Clinton may go in a few days in his capacity as United Nations Special .... [more]

4:05:07 PM Clinton, Bush on Haiti Relief Fund
CBS News - USA

(White House Photo) As aid trickles in, survivors seek medical help, and coffins are stolen. (CBS) The following interview with President Bill Clinton and ... [more]

3:48:57 PM Political Gains in Healthcare Sought by GOP
TopNews - Little Rock,Arkansas,USA

The Opposition's greatest hope as of now is to outright defeat the bill, rebuffing the President on his signature domestic issue and thereby weakening the ... [more]

3:45:31 PM Three people hurt, immigration officials called in Deerfield Township crash
Press of Atlantic City - Atlantic City,NJ,USA

DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP - Three people were injured Saturday afternoon when the vehicle they were in overturned twice on Lebanon Road. At 12:44 pm Saturday, ... [more]

3:02:56 PM Obama's fateful choice: After a rough first year, he can learn like Kennedy
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News Americans had supposedly elected another Lincoln to the White House; no, another FDR, or maybe a liberal Reagan. Nobody's talking that way anymore. .... [more]

2:48:01 PM TIMELINE-Ukrainian politics since the 2004 Orange Revolution
Reuters - NY,USA

Following is a timeline of political events since the mass protests brought pro-Western politicians to power in 2004. Jan. 23, 2005 - Viktor Yushchenko is ... [more]

2:19:51 PM Presidents Clinton and Bush React to E-mail from Haiti
President McCain Sends Secretary of State Lieberman and Defense ...

“President Bush and I were talking before, people get frustrated by this, but I think …within two or three days the thing will be in much better order. ... [more]

1:29:14 PM Chile Billionaire, Ex-President in Dead-Heat Election
BusinessWeek - USA

Frei, a senator with the Christian Democrat party, says he will continue the policies of President Michelle Bachelet and expand her social programs to ... [more]

1:06:00 PM Obama more successful at cutting than Bush
The Wichita Eagle

.... likely were surprised by an article last week on how President Obama has been significantly more successful than President Bush at cutting spending. ... [more]

12:23:12 PM 2010 as 1994? Relax, Democrats
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Then, as now, a young, ambitious Democratic president faced an obstructionist Republican opposition and a divided party. Then, as now, a Democratic ... [more]

11:23:30 AM Earthquake survivor...Obama's political trip...Chemical Ali's verdict
9&10 News - Cadillac,MI,USA

BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama hopes his visit to Massachusetts today will help the Democrat vying for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in a special election ... [more]

11:03:06 AM Mayor to push immigration reform
Staten Island Advance - Staten Island,NY,USA

Mayor Michael Bloomberg will discuss his campaign for comprehensive immigration reform in his State of the City Address this week. ... [more]

10:27:05 AM Sen. Barbara Boxer wants tribe to answer questions
My Desert - Palm Springs,CA,USA

Barbara Boxer vowed to follow up on the findings of The Desert Sun's investigation into a Torres-Martinez tribal welfare program, saying Americans no longer ... [more]

10:03:57 AM Obama stumps for Democrat Martha Coakley in Massachusetts in bid to save ...
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

The President's foray into Massachusetts politics is a play to prevent what would have once been a laughable idea: Having the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat ... [more]

9:43:27 AM PAT RICE: Ideas to rein in government? Sen. LeMieux has a few
The Northwest Florida Daily News - Fort Walton Beach,FL,USA

LeMieux, whom Crist appointed to the Senate after Mel Martinez resigned, is in office only until the end of 2010. He likely won't play any great role in ... [more]

9:36:06 AM Doyle McManus: All aboard -- or discord -- on Afghanistan?
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

But on almost everything else, the debate between White House civilians and Pentagon strategists has continued without pause. ... [more]

8:39:10 AM FLOYD AND MARYBETH BROWN: Obama's second stimulus: A looming disaster
Torrington Register Citizen - Torrington,CT,USA

Obama loves to blame former President Bush, claiming he inherited this horrendous recession. However, the facts show this just isn't true. ... [more]

8:29:49 AM Herhold: How Tom Campbell's Senate run echoes the past
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

That takes us back to the election of 1992 — the so-called "year of the woman'' — when California elected two female senators, Barbara Boxer and Dianne ... [more]

8:22:15 AM Earthquake rescue...Bush and Clinton plea...Philippine fire
9&10 News - Cadillac,MI,USA

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are urging Americans to think, and help, long-term on Haiti. ... [more]

7:51:55 AM 'We are the only ones who can get things done'
WND.com - Grants Pass,OR,USA

For President Bush, it was his first return to the White House since leaving office a year ago. "They [Bush and Clinton] will send an unmistakable message ... [more]

7:26:59 AM Saints' Reggie Bush admits Sean Payton kissed him in win vs. Cardinals
Motors ...

It was what Saints coach Sean Payton delivered to him after the game that caused Bush's cheeks to warm: A kiss. "I don't want to admit it," Bush said .... [more]

7:21:25 AM A look at Obama's first year in presidency
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Immigration: As a candidate, Obama supported creating a path to citizenship for many of the nation's illegal immigrants. ... [more]

7:19:00 AM White House gatecrasher on talk shows
United Press International

17 (UPI) -- A White House state dinner gatecrasher who highlighted potential gaps in presidential security is doing the media circuit, his lawyer said. ... [more]

6:57:41 AM Pioneerr Editorial: Respond to a cry for aid in Haiti
Bemidji Pioneer - Bemidji,MN,USA

“The most effective way for Americans to help the people of Haiti is to contribute money,” said President Bush. “That money will go to organizations on the ... [more]

6:31:23 AM Clock ticks on Congress' bold agenda
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA

The drawn-out and bruising health-care battle pushed other major issues such as immigration reform to the back burner. With health-care reform likely in its ... [more]

6:23:43 AM Obama Enlists Clinton, Bush to Confront Haiti Suffering With Compassion
ABC News - United States

By MICHAEL S. JAMES Amid growing despair and desperation in Haiti, President Obama today enlisted his two presidential predecessors to lead an ongoing ... [more]

5:56:17 AM White House party crashers hit the Vegas strip
KTNV Las Vegas - Las Vegas,NV,USA

Las Vegas, NV - The alleged White House party crashers will host a party Saturday night at PURE nightclub. Tareq and Michaele Salahi were initially expected ... [more]

5:26:44 AM A new government genealogy service lets family history leap off the page
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

A little-known program of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services provides information that bridges oceans. By Anna Gorman At first glance, .... [more]

5:17:27 AM President Obama at One Year: Lower Ratings, Higher Doubts
ABC News - United States

(George W. Bush, for comparison, left office with 37 percent favorability.) Obama's down a steep 21 points on this score, but it does remain positive for ... [more]

5:10:24 AM Clinton praises and slams Bush on same day
CNN Political Ticker - USA

Washington (CNN) – As President Clinton stood alongside his successor, President Bush, at the White House Saturday to announce a new fundraising effort for ... [more]

4:39:42 AM 1 killed, 5 injured as suspected smuggling boat capsizes
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

US immigration officials arrested 10 other suspected illegal immigrants who were unhurt, officials said. Federal authorities on the ground and in a ... [more]

4:04:30 AM NFL Nation: Cardinals-Saints 011610
ESPN Action Sports - USA

By Pat Yasinskas AP Photo/Dave Martin Saints running back Reggie Bush scored on a spectacular 46-yard run. NEW ORLEANS -- He ran onto the field with Deuce ... [more]

3:50:53 AM Locals react to Obama's first year in office
Augusta Chronicle - Augusta,GA,USA

BACKGROUND: Republican who voted for President Bush (twice) and for US Sen. John McCain; former Marine aviator, served two tours in Vietnam, flew 560 combat ... [more]

3:40:42 AM Re:Illegal Immigration
Navarre Press

We have huge illegal immigration to the South, while our unemployed people scattered all over the USA. Relocating all these people nearly impossible. .... [more]

3:27:35 AM Salton Sea mitigation must continue
My Desert - Palm Springs,CA,USA

Barbara Boxer included $30 million for Salton Sea restoration in the 2007 Water Resources Development Act, which would get the US Army Corps of Engineers ... [more]

2:53:57 AM US troops hand out meals as Haiti relief effort takes shape
CNN International - Atlanta,GA,USA

The drive was announced at the White House, with President Obama flanked by Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush. "We're moving forward with one of the ... [more]

2:31:58 AM White House invites you to get that flu shot
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

.... of the public's deficit and spending concerns, would cause a devastating defeat for the White House, Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. ... [more]

1:28:31 AM Sunday shows: George W. Bush and Bill Clinton just about everywhere,
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

Los Angeles Times (blog) Bloomberg Political Capital with Al Hunt: Rep. Christopher Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Hans Nichols, Peter Cook and Kate O'Beirne of Bloomberg News. .... [more]

1:28:16 AM The difference?
Economist - UK

George Allen's gaffe energised an unlikely come-from-behind win by Jim Webb, who took the 51st seat in the Senate for the Democrats. ... [more]

12:53:35 AM John Kerry: Electing Coakley Means Standing Up to the Big Insurance
Don ...

Firedoglake (blog) After reading the email that John Kerry sent out today on behalf of the DSCC, I no longer have any doubt that the DSCC and all Senate Democrats are .... [more]

12:30:47 AM Rep. Jared Polis, Boulder TechStars continue push for 'Startup Visas'
Daily Camera

As US Congress members went back to work last week, one of the bills on target to be tackled this session is a comprehensive immigration reform bill that ... [more]

12:14:46 AM Fearing Senate Loss, Democrats Weigh Health-Care Options
Wall Street Journal - USA

A Republican victory in Tuesday's special Senate election would deprive them of that margin. It's also possible that vulnerable Democrats could bolt after a ... [more]



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