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News From Saturday, February 20, 2010
11:48:12 PM The 2010 Republican Playbook
NEWS JUNKIE POST - Los Angeles,CA,USA

These new Republican majorities lasted for 12 years, and allowed the next president (Bush) to railroad disastrous pieces of legislation. ... [more]

11:39:57 PM Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at CPAC
FOX News - USA

Paul, a Republican congressman from Texas known for his libertarian views, ran for president in 2008 but was never a serious contender for the GOP ... [more]

10:31:59 PM Nahunta KKK rally against illegal immigration
Historic City News - Saint Augustine,FL,USA

Participants, who officials say have the proper permits for the rally, are there to express a message that is largely against illegal immigration, ... [more]

10:28:14 PM White House to publish healthcare proposals Monday
Reuters - NY,USA

By Ross Colvin and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The White House will unveil its latest healthcare reform proposals on Monday ahead of a ... [more]

10:10:19 PM Henry Kissinger on Alexander Haig
CBS News - USA

The situation as I understand it was as follows: President Reagan had been shot, Vice President Bush was on an airplane coming back [to Washington]. .... [more]

9:54:48 PM Hundreds attend funeral for Rutland student who died in Haiti
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

The 90-minute service drew top government officials, including US Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, Congressman James McGovern of Worcester, ... [more]

9:34:22 PM Construction ahead: Trees hauled from White House
Newser

AP | 8 minutes ago in Politics On an otherwise quiet Saturday at the White House, there was quite a sight along the driveway: the careful unearthing of two ... [more]

9:33:05 PM Wall Street's Obama Investment
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

As for President Bush, his attitude toward McCain appears to have been a mixture of bafflement and irritation. It is likely, on the evidence offered by ... [more]

9:12:37 PM Troops trying to avoid civilian casualties, Afghan president tells
CNN International - Atlanta,GA,USA

CNN International Afghan President Hamid Karzai addressed the issue in parliament on Saturday, acknowledging efforts to improve but stressing that more has to be done. ... [more]

8:44:04 PM Cuba criticizes US diplomats for meeting with dissidents
CNN International - Atlanta,GA,USA

Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Cuba criticized US diplomats Saturday for meeting with political opponents after bilateral talks on immigration in Havana, .... [more]

8:30:39 PM The OPR Report Is Only the Beginning
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Even Jack Goldsmith, the former head of the Office of Legal Counsel under President Bush, read the memos to ultimately function as a "blank check" for the ... [more]

8:20:59 PM Key Iraqi Sunni Political Bloc Pulls Out of March 7 Parliamentary Election
Voice of America

He says that the withdrawal of Mutlak is a massive blow to the credibility of the election, even if other Sunni candidates, such as Vice President Tareq al ... [more]

8:03:22 PM This just in from RNC Chairman Michael Steele's desk:
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando,FL,USA

It is Mel Martinez nonsense again (the former RNC Chairman with conflict of interests as senator). No wonder Steele is cheering. What a joke! [more]

7:10:25 PM TAKE-A-LOOK-Obama tries to revive healthcare reform effort
Reuters - NY,USA

On Saturday, Obama urged Democrats and Republicans to find common ground at a White House summit next week that he hopes will rejuvenate efforts to overhaul ... [more]

7:02:21 PM 'Torture memos' authors: Rebuked but won't be disbarred
Christian Science Monitor - USA

"I fear that John Yoo's loyalty to his own ideology and convictions clouded his view of his obligation to his client [President Bush] and led him to author ... [more]

6:57:14 PM French PM raises human rights concerns with Syria
Reuters - NY,USA

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said he held "frank and direct" talks with Syria's president on the issue of human rights, ... [more]

6:26:45 PM Gang member seized with weapons, drugs | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/20/2010
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, working with three local police departments, acted on intelligence about suspected gang activity that ... [more]

5:12:36 PM Ex-Nixon chief of staff Alexander Haig dead at 85
Reuters - NY,USA

"From my point of view, Bob Dole is head and shoulders above George Bush as a potential president." Haig was the only 1988 Republican contender who made a ... [more]

4:52:53 PM Sen. Barbara Boxer files paperwork for Senate run
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

Barbara Boxer has taken steps to formally launch her re-election campaign. The California Democrat submitted a declaration of candidacy and petitions signed ... [more]

4:28:01 PM Alexander Haig Is Dead; Former Secretary Of State Was 85
NPR - Washington,D.C.,USA

Haig insisted that he was talking about who was running the government, with Reagan shot and Vice President Bush out of town. Nonetheless, he was widely ... [more]

3:42:49 PM Round One: Government Motors VS Toyota President Toyoda
America's News Online

Four Governors, three Republicans and one Democrat, sent a letter to Congress that accused the administration of politicizing the issue. ... [more]

3:09:04 PM Alexander Haig, Take-Charge Aide to US Presidents, Dead at 85
BusinessWeek - USA

20 (Bloomberg) -- Alexander Haig, the decorated four- star general and assertive aide to US presidents who declared himself “in control” at the White House ... [more]

3:06:36 PM Alexander Haig Dies
United Press International

(UPI Photo/Pat Benic) | License Photo | Permalink Former Secretaries of State Lawrence Eagleburger (under Former President Bush), left, and Alexander Haig, ... [more]

2:40:26 PM Obama Presses Parties on Health
Wall Street Journal - USA

In his address, Obama said he hopes participants at the event act in good faith and put politics on the back burner. "I don't want to see this meeting turn ... [more]

2:05:52 PM Tax the Rich!
The Moderate Voice

Unsurprisingly, the public disclosure of the top 400 report first introduced by the Clinton administration was halted by President Bush (only to be ... [more]

12:36:08 PM GOP address: Don't expect bipartisanship at White House health summit
Lobbying World

By Michael O'Brien - 02/20/10 06:00 AM ET Americans shouldn't look for real bipartisan agreement on healthcare at next week's White House summit, ... [more]

12:06:39 PM Afghan president renews peace calls to Taliban
Reuters - NY,USA

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai renewed his call on Saturday for the Taliban to accept his peace proposal, after a NATO offensive and the ... [more]

10:27:13 AM NASA moon missions grounded
Ke Alakai

Five years ago, former President Bush was working on a project that would return astronauts to the moon by 2020. The article read, “The agency has spent ... [more]

10:21:09 AM Jordanian ordered deported, but authorities say he's already gone
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

Immigration Judge Anthony Rogers ordered that Nabil Sadoun, 50, be deported to his native Jordan. Sadoun was not present at Friday's hearing at the downtown ... [more]

10:05:41 AM Bush administration lawyers John Yoo, Jay Bybee cleared on torture rap
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

The investigation had brought outraged protests from former Vice President Dick Cheney and other defenders of Bush-era terrorist interrrogation methods. ... [more]

9:40:03 AM Sen. Lautenberg has stomach cancer | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/20/2010
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

In 2004, he went to the Senate floor to call Vice President Dick Cheney "the lead chicken hawk" against Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. ... [more]

8:41:27 AM Maybe it's real
Muncie Star Press - Muncie,IN,USA

.... a former analyst for Tom Delay (an outspoken climate skeptic himself), who also lobbied for National Petrochemical & Refiners Association. ... [more]

6:55:54 AM Obama Summit Raises Stakes in Health-Care Roulette
Wall Street Journal - USA

The summit, scheduled for Thursday, is the White House's latest and highest-profile effort to promote the president as a leader who can change a ... [more]

6:38:48 AM CPAC betrays America on immigration
WND.com - Grants Pass,OR,USA

Neither border control nor immigration enforcement was included as a topic for any of the CPAC general sessions. It is exceedingly odd that at the very ... [more]

6:31:46 AM Rep. Ron Paul berates a Democratic president not named Obama at CPAC
shooting ...

While nearly every speaker at this week's Conservative Political Action Conference has railed against President Barack Obama, Rep. ... [more]

5:58:09 AM The Public Option: It's Baaack?!?
AOL News

The words "public option" did not appear in the 2004 campaign health care plans of either John Kerry, the eventual Democratic nominee, or Howard Dean, ... [more]

5:24:56 AM Democrats Lose a 'Tenacious Moderate'
Wall Street Journal - USA

By TIM SWARENS Evan Bayh has been defined by two traits throughout his 24 years in politics: ambition and caution. Indiana's junior senator discarded both ... [more]

5:14:58 AM IMMIGRATION REFORM Faith leaders pray for immigration reform
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

From prayers to political advocacy, the push for immigration reform is picking up among faith leaders who are attempting to bring the issue back in the ... [more]

5:12:52 AM White House Considering New Steps to Delay Home Foreclosures: Sources
FOXNews - USA

By Peter Barnes The Obama Administration is considering new steps to delay and prevent foreclosures as it seeks to qualify more struggling homeowners for ... [more]

5:06:00 AM YouTube at 5: how its videos became our collective memory
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

United States senator George Allen was the odds-on favourite to be re-elected during mid-term elections in 2006, when aa member of his rival's campaign ... [more]

3:47:29 AM GOP must open the books: State party facing two critical tests on ethics
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA

Mel Martinez demonstrated the difficulty of trying to be both a sitting lawmaker — US senator — and Republican National Committee chairman from late 2006 ... [more]

3:43:41 AM Torture Investigation: Bush-DOJ Attorneys 'Exercised Poor Judgment'
ABC News - United States

.... released on Friday found that Bush-era DOJ attorneys "exercised poor judgement" in formulating their legal guidance on the CIA's interrogation program. ... [more]

3:32:05 AM Rep. Baird returns from Gaza, chides White House, Israel
CNN International - Atlanta,GA,USA

He accused the White House of not doing enough to pressure Israel to allow reconstruction material to enter Gaza. Baird has called for a Berlin ... [more]

3:29:48 AM Reform advocates' convention to urge federal immigration legislation
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA

By Juan Castillo At a time when Congress generates headlines for partisan gridlock and a perceived inability to get things done, and with immigration reform ... [more]

2:53:09 AM LaHood Talks TIGERS and Stimulus, While Boxer Pledges Support for “30 in 10″
Los Angeles Streetsblog - Los Angeles,CA,USA

by Damien Newton on February 19, 2010 Barbara Boxer, flanked by Metro bus repair staff, Ray LaHood and Metro Board Chair Ara Najarian, promotes the Stimulus ... [more]

2:42:23 AM Lawyers Cleared Over 9/11 Memos
Wall Street Journal - USA

... when The Wall Street Journal reported that Defense and Justice department lawyers had concluded President Bush could set aside laws forbidding torture, ... [more]

2:40:49 AM Thai Ginger owner sentenced for immigration scheme
Issaquah Press - Issaquah,WA,USA

She pleaded guilty last October to conspiracy to commit immigration fraud and three counts of fraud relating to immigration documents. ... [more]

1:48:20 AM Ohio not part of White House foreclosure plan
Mountaineers

By Jack Torry WASHINGTON A new White House plan to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure will not provide any assistance to Ohio even though the ... [more]

1:33:11 AM Tea Party Steeped in Political Newcomers
Wall Street Journal - USA

Republican establishment candidates and incumbents are facing primary challenges, especially lawmakers not considered pure enough by tea-partiers on their ... [more]

1:20:20 AM Bush, Cheney to reunite next week
The Hill

The breakfast is sponsored by the newly-formed Bush-Cheney Alumni Association, the official group of political appointees who worked in President Bush's ... [more]

1:08:12 AM US, Cuba Hold Direct Immigration Talks In Havana
RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA

(RTTNews) - High-ranking Cuban and US officials held direct talks on issues related to immigration issues in the Cuban capital Havana on Friday, ... [more]

12:34:28 AM Rep. Michele Bachmann: President Obama is 'intending to fail'
Politico - Washington,DC,USA

Not stopping their Republican members from exploding the earmarking progress (remember under the leadership of Tom Delay when earmarks went from 10 of ... [more]

12:16:09 AM Hayworth, Norquist and CPAC: the Republican Fork in the Road on Immigration
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Republicans are facing a major fork in the road on immigration, highlighted this week at CPAC (the major conservative conference in DC right now). ... [more]



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