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News From Monday, January 18, 2010
11:57:41 PM Sen. Kerry says Scott Brown supporters engaged in bullying, threats
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

Brown campaign spokesman Felix Browne said, "People are tired of John Kerry's partisan politics. His baseless accusations reflect the desperate last gasps ... [more]

11:57:37 PM Poll: Obama Wins High Marks for Haiti Earthquake Response
CBS News - USA

But President Bush's approval rating dropped in the aftermath of his administration's handling of Hurricane Katrina. Most Americans (84 percent) say the US ... [more]

11:50:46 PM US prepares for Haitian refugees in aftermath, though no immediate sign of
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Los Angeles Times Between 250 and 400 immigration detainees are being moved from South Florida's main detention center to clear space for any Haitians who manage to reach US ... [more]

11:24:28 PM After a difficult year, President Obama gets mixed results from voters: poll
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

By Joe Tacopino After one year in office Americans give the President mixed results, but they agree on one thing: his job is hard. ... [more]

11:21:11 PM Frist cancels UF talk with Daschle; heads to Haiti
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA

Bill Frist has canceled his appearances today at the University of Florida, but he has a heck of an excuse: He's gone to Haiti to help with earthquake .... [more]

11:10:35 PM Governor Bob Riley Gambling with Alabama Politics
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

The Alexander Strategy Group, closely tied to Jack Abramoff and Tom Delay, brilliantly created the US Family Network, a public advocacy front group funded ... [more]

10:59:18 PM Critics Decry Decision to Halt Deportations of Haitian Illegal Immigrants
FOX News - USA

But immigration watchdog groups are concerned that the 18-month window will be extended, as it often is for immigrants from other countries. ... [more]

10:22:42 PM White House 'gatecrashers' party at Pure
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA

White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi at Pure inside Caesars Palace on Jan. 16, 2010. By Robin Leach (contact) They are one of the ... [more]

10:21:37 PM Kerry Charges Brown With Palin-Like Tactics As Dems Prepare For Worst
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

John Kerry (D-Mass.) lashed out at Scott Brown's Massachusetts senatorial campaign on Monday for adopting "intimidation tactics" that he deemed "reminiscent ... [more]

9:56:25 PM Next Ukrainian President: East or West?
Voice of America

The orientation of Ukraine's next president is of particular interest to the country's immediate neighbors - Russia and Poland. The pro-Western positions of ... [more]

9:36:14 PM Following the Massachusetts Senate Race
FOXNews (blog)

The White House is worried and superstitious. Republicans don't want to jinx anything by getting too cocky. Even the latest Democratic-leaning polls show ... [more]

9:30:26 PM Kerry likens Brown supporters to controversial '08 Palin crowds
Lobbying World

John Kerry (D-Mass.) said Monday. Kerry likened supporters for Scott Brown, the Republican in tomorrow's special election to fill the last Sen. ... [more]

8:58:22 PM Nelson looking over his shoulder at LeMieux
Tampabay.com

Nelson prefaced his comments by saying, "I begged Mel Martinez not to resign," because the two had a good, personal relationship. "Personally, I get along ... [more]

8:49:35 PM Obama, Bush and Clinton Pen Essays Calling for Help in Haiti
Politics Daily - Washington,DC,USA

God help this nation with you hate-filled morons in it. hey jrot , did you see bill frist in haiti helping out ? the republican from tenn. is there because ... [more]

8:22:41 PM Kerry to seek release of FBI files on King
United Press International

John Kerry, D-Mass., has renewed a push for a review and release of numerous government documents on Martin Luther King Jr. The documents have been kept ... [more]

8:08:56 PM Coakley vs. Brown Offers Preview of Obama's 2010 Stump Speech
CBS News - USA

The 2010 midterm elections got underway early for the White House Sunday in Boston, as Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is struggling in her ... [more]

7:53:56 PM Catholic Legal Services help hundreds of Haitians with immigration papers
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

US Citizenship and Immigration Services, a federal agency, will process the large number of applications expected from tens of thousands of undocumented ... [more]

7:44:49 PM Snorting Coakley: The Rise of Progressive Nihilism
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

.... John Kerry was attacked by the Republicans merely for supporting a version of such a bill other than the one being offered by President Bush. .... [more]

7:36:28 PM Brown vs. Coakley Shows Obama Has Become a Political Albatross
US News - USA

He's campaigned on the Republican platform against an establishment Democrat – elected in 2007 with a whopping 73% of the vote – and is neck and neck in the ... [more]

7:16:38 PM Women's Tennis Visits White House
GoDuke.com

DURHAM, NC-The Duke University women's tennis team visited the White House on Jan. 12 as a reward for capturing the 2009 National Championship. ... [more]

7:11:22 PM Mass. senators recommend Denise Carper for federal judge
Boston Herald

John Kerry and Paul Kirk said in a statement Monday that Carper "has a distinguished legal career spanning the public and private sector. ... [more]

6:48:10 PM Hurley got it wrong on terror record
Shore News Today

In June 2008, then-Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, President Bush's own appointee, described Reid's December 2001 attempt "to blow up a ... [more]

6:39:18 PM Frist travels to Haiti to help with relief efforts
CNN Political Ticker - USA

Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a heart and lung surgeon, departed for Haiti on Monday as part of a medical mission to provide relief to the ... [more]

5:57:23 PM Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Intersection of Immigration and Civil
CAUSA, Oregon's Immigrant Rights Coalition - Salem,OR,USA

CAUSA (blog) So how is immigration a civil rights issue? In a recent editorial, Rev. Harvey Clemons Jr., the pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Houston, ... [more]

5:55:23 PM Jim Edmonds, The Comeback?
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA

This is like Tom Delay appearing before a gathering of Conservatives, or Nancy Pelosi speaking before a group of Liberals. Of course Cardinals fans were ... [more]

5:52:06 PM David D. Smith Joins Koss as Executive Vice President-CFO
CNN/Money - USA

Immediately prior to joining the Company, Mr. Smith was Vice President-Finance and CFO at Milsco Manufacturing, a division of Jason Inc., ... [more]

5:37:28 PM John Kerry: January 2010
TPMDC - USA

John Kerry (D-MA), Senate candidate Martha Coakley (D-MA), and President Bill Clinton. We've hit crunch time. With just a week to go until the special ... [more]

5:28:50 PM Washington 60 Seconds: Coakley Should Do WHAT With a Curling Iron?
Politics Daily - Washington,DC,USA

An interesting clip from yesterday's "Meet the Press" shows that former President Bush may be back in action to help respond to the disaster in Haiti, ... [more]

4:01:08 PM Ukraine's Economy Is Hostage To Politics
Wall Street Journal - USA

But the new president will need political support to push through austerity measures. If Ms. Tymoshenko wins, she should be able to consolidate power .... [more]

3:33:00 PM Watch: Obama Heckled at Coakley Rally as White House Fears Loss
Towleroad - New York City,NY,USA

According to Ed Henry, there is "real genuine fear" in the White House that anti-gay state senator Scott Brown is set to defeat Coakley tomorrow. [more]

3:17:44 PM The latest from Massachusetts
Waterbury Republican American

Although the economy hit the skids on President Bush's watch, it's the party in office that suffers the consequences when things get really bad. .... [more]

2:04:53 PM The President's Monday Schedule
FOXNews

President Barack Obama has three events on his Monday schedule, marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In the late morning, he and the First Lady will ... [more]

2:03:25 PM Kerry: 'The only thing Republicans say yes to are Rush Limbaugh, Glenn
Think Progress - Yorba Linda,CA,USA

Think Progress John Kerry (D-MA) took a shot the “party of no.” Kerry argued that while Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration focused on governing for the ... [more]

1:21:38 PM The Week Ahead: Election En Mass.
RealClearPolitics - Chicago,IL,USA

Returning from the event, press secretary Robert Gibbs reaffirmed the belief of the White House that Coakley would win. "That was the theme of what this ... [more]

12:59:13 PM Italy president hands over Olympic flags
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

ROME (AP) — Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has handed over the flag that cross-country skier Giorgio Di Centa will carry at next month's opening ... [more]

12:56:28 PM What Bush Did to Haiti
OpEdNews - USA

Timothy Carney, who was appointed by President Bush to run Iraq's Ministry of Minerals and Mines in 2003 and coordinator of Iraq reconstruction in January ... [more]

12:17:59 PM NORM: Nightclub showers Salahis with jeers
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA

Boos and thumbs-down gestures greeted the so-called White House party crashers Saturday in their debut as Las Vegas celebrity hosts. ... [more]

11:37:13 AM Revisiting Martin Luther King's Dream
Forbes - USA

Immigration, by that reckoning, should strike the heart of any King commemoration. Will Congress, for example, have the courage to vanquish the seething ... [more]

11:04:56 AM Why should we list to what Karl Rove has to say?
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA

And while Rove conveniently ignores that it was President Bush — not Obama — who signed into law the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program bailout for ... [more]

10:32:48 AM Desperate Coakley visit is not how President Obama pictured celebrating
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News President Obama stumps on behalf of Massachusetts Senate candidate and fellow Democrat Martha Coakley at rally in Boston on Sunday. ... [more]

10:12:45 AM Over 6000 New Citizens to Honor Martin Luther King
About - News & Issues (blog)

The citizenship ceremonies, held by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) between Jan. 15 and Jan. 22, will focus on a theme dedicated to the ... [more]

9:45:55 AM Obama's inaugural speech, one year later: Assessing his words
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

"I thank President Bush for his service to our nation as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition. ... [more]

9:02:01 AM Bush cautions that pace of Haiti aid may disappoint
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

By TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON – Former President George W. Bush toured the Sunday news shows, talking up Haiti relief efforts and ... [more]

8:36:34 AM Los Angeles Immigration Attorney Tells what it is like
Fast Pitch! (press release) - USA

Immigration Lawyer in Los Angeles An interview with Brian D. Lerner who is a Los Angeles Immigration Lawyer. Question : howdy Mr. Lerner, I'm happy that we ... [more]

8:32:16 AM “Only an accounting procedure”
California Catholic Daily - San Diego,CA,USA

Barbara Boxer, D-California, has admitted to a national news agency that the so-called abortion compromise in the US Senate's proposed healthcare bill will ... [more]

7:30:19 AM Palestine - Abbas Attempts The Turkey Trot
International Analyst Network - NY,NY,USA

The one document that binds Israel is its ratification of the 2003 Road Map formulated by President Bush and adopted unanimously by the Quartet - America, ... [more]

7:28:40 AM 'No Negro dialect': Race, language and politics
News Journal - Longview,TX,USA

Harry Reid was recently quoted to say one of the reasons for President Barack Obama's election is that he is able to speak with "no Negro dialect. .... [more]

7:28:37 AM Governator is changing his tune
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA

So what a shame that Schwarzenegger would, in his recent State of the State address, spread a familiar half-truth about the economics of illegal immigration ... [more]

6:46:18 AM Frist Travels to Haiti to Work as Surgeon
NewsChannel5.com - Nashville,TN,USA

Former US Senator from Tennessee, Bill Frist, was making his way to Haiti Sunday night. Bill Frist sent out a message on Twitter saying, "Haiti needs .... [more]

6:20:27 AM Scott Brown Endorsement for Senate in Massachusetts by Ted Kennedy
Before It's News

Before It's News For example, in an editorial board meeting with the Cape Cod Times earlier this week, Brown was critical of President Bush and defended President Obama ... [more]

6:19:21 AM Bush's Helps Obama More than Haiti
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

A president also must give political cover to the response effort. Bush is that cover. He's out of office and more than enough time has passed and enough ... [more]

5:35:25 AM US removal of undocumented Haitians put on hold
World War 4 Report - Brooklyn,NY,USA

Groups such as the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) had called on the administration to grant Haitians TPS and halt any deportation or ... [more]

5:25:47 AM President Obama visits Vermont Avenue Baptist Church
FOXNews

However, he reminded those in attendance that political realties still exist, "on the heels of that victory over a year ago, there were some who suggested ... [more]

4:56:41 AM After a lost season, Washington Redskins can only look forward
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

He immediately hired Bruce Allen, son of the legendary Redskins coach George Allen, to serve as the team's general manager. Prior to Sunday's game, ... [more]

4:56:41 AM Bush repudiates criticisms that Obama is 'politicizing' Haiti: 'I don't
Think Progress - Yorba Linda,CA,USA

Think Progress Today on NBC's Meet the Press, host David Gregory asked President Bush about these criticisms (without specifically mentioning either Limbaugh or Beck). ... [more]

4:30:48 AM Reggie Bush packing punch Saints long expected from him
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

By Chris Graythen, Getty Images By Jim Corbett, USA TODAY NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush carried a baseball bat onto the ... [more]

3:32:43 AM Students Stop in St. Augustine During 1500-mile 'Trail of Dreams' Walk
Staugnews - St. Augustine,Fla.,USA

Staugnews “The reality of my life is proof that we need to fix our failed immigration system with solutions that uphold American values.” Students Working for Equal ... [more]

3:31:09 AM AMC developing White House scandal miniseries
Reuters - NY,USA

"Black Gold: The Teapot Dome Scandal," adapted from a nonfiction book by Laton McCartney, depicts the orchestration of Harding's election to the White House ... [more]

3:05:39 AM European Officials Debate ECB Vice President as Exit Looms
BusinessWeek - USA

EU politics may play as much as a role in finding a successor for Papademos as the individual candidates' credentials, with France playing a key role. .... [more]

2:36:21 AM White House Predicts Coakley Loss
Right Pundits - Lafayette,CA,USA

By Bryan McAffee Here is some more schadenfreude goodness for everyone; apparently the White House is not predicting that they expect Croakley (get it) to ... [more]

1:44:59 AM Freehold man tapped for state immigration panel
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA

The 23-member commission's responsibilities include advising the governor on immigration integration issues and developing a resource guide to the state and ... [more]

1:41:23 AM NFL Nation: Jets-Chargers 011710 rr
ESPN Action Sports - USA

By Tim Graham Everybody laughed when Rex Ryan declared at his introductory news conference he expected to visit the White House as championship guests of ... [more]

1:35:49 AM Limbaugh, Robertson and Trevino on Haiti
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Supporters of Limbaugh will undoubtedly point out that the anti-Bush left did not hesitate to criticize President Bush during the Katrina crisis, ... [more]

1:20:52 AM US troops to help Haiti security, aid flows in
Reuters - NY,USA

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - US troops will help UN peacekeepers keep order on Haiti's increasingly lawless streets, the country's president said on Sunday as ... [more]

12:34:16 AM CNN: White House predicts Coakley loss in MA
Hot Air - MD,USA

Ed Henry reports for CNN that White House advisers have quietly started to predict a loss for Martha Coakley despite putting on a happy game face for public ... [more]

12:18:38 AM TPMDC Sunday Roundup
TPMDC - USA

So President Bush and I were talking before, people get frustrated by this, but I think if you just -- within two or three days the thing will be in much ... [more]

12:06:37 AM Afghan president unlikely to form Cabinet before key international aid
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Los Angeles Times By Alex Rodriguez Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan - The Afghan parliament's decision Sunday to recess for several weeks made it unlikely that President ... [more]



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