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11:47:32 PM Doom of the Dems in 2010
Lobbying World

Tom DeLay (R) took no prisoners, the two parties concluded sweetheart deals to draw lines that favored the incumbents on both sides of the aisle. ... [more]

11:42:21 PM McCain Calls Kerry-Graham-Lieberman Climate Change Plan 'A Joke'
Politics Daily - Washington,DC,USA

and John Kerry (D-Mass.) to address climate change since it does not spell out what to do with toxic waste that would be generated by proposed new nuclear ... [more]

11:40:14 PM President Bachelet Says Chile Is 'Slowly Returning To Normal'
Wall Street Journal - USA

SANTIAGO (Dow Jones)--The situation in Chile is "slowly returning to normal" after being hit by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake, said President Michelle ... [more]

11:39:18 PM Cam-Pains: Brown and Poizner Declare, Blogger Takes On Boxer
NBC Bay Area - San Francisco,CA,USA

Which, frankly, sounds a lot like Slate writer Mickey Kaus, who picked put he necessary paperwork to run against Senator Barbara Boxer in the Democratic ... [more]

11:31:34 PM White House confirms Tide trip to DC
TideSports.com

Moving vans parked in front of the White House, as seen from the Washington Monument on the Inauguration Day for President Barack Obama in Washington DC, ... [more]

11:29:40 PM Keller teacher realizes her dream to meet President Bush
Fort Worth Star Telegram

By ALICE MURRAY When Keller teacher Nika Maples set out Saturday to attend the fundraising dinner of her alma mater, Fort Worth Christian school where .... [more]

11:28:05 PM The Immigration Dilemma
Atlantic Online (blog)

Fraser Nelson, editor of the Spectator, and Tim Montgomerie have both called for the party to make immigration* a major issue in the campaign. .... [more]

10:52:36 PM LeMieux: I won't run, Crist won't run as independent
Lobbying World

Mel Martinez (R), said his position against seeking a full term is unchanged. "I'm not planning on running for the United States Senate in 2010," LeMieux ... [more]

10:31:12 PM Hypocrite Of The Decade Sen. Orrin Hatch Backed Breaking Senate Rules To
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Huffington Post (blog) Had that happened again on May 24, 2005, [then Senate Majority Leader Bill] Frist would have sought a ruling from the presiding officer [which would have ... [more]

10:29:11 PM Is President Obama Addicted To Nicotine?
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

News sources report that President Obama still sneaks the occasional cigarette now and then. What's the deal with that? He's a highly intelligent person, ... [more]

10:22:20 PM A Blogger in the Senate?
New York Times (blog)

It seems that Mickey Kaus, one of the deans of the blogosphere, is going to challenge Barbara Boxer in California's Democratic primary. ... [more]

10:22:14 PM Bill to criminalize presence of illegal immigrants
KOLD-TV - Tucson,AZ,USA

AP - March 2, 2010 12:24 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Over the last several years, immigration hard-liners at the Arizona Legislature persuaded colleagues to .... [more]

9:55:31 PM Not a game (Sen. John Kerry)
Lobbying World

John Kerry (D-Mass.) - 03/02/10 09:57 AM ET Too often -- the way it's played and the way it's reported -- Americans might think everything that happens in ... [more]

9:44:00 PM President Obama Talks Energy in Savannah
FOXNews

President Obama used a stop at Savannah Technical College in Georgia to unveil his new Home Star program. With unemployment in the construction sector near ... [more]

9:39:35 PM RSA: White House Cybersecurity Plan Revealed
Information Week Weblog - Manhasset,NY,USA

By Thomas Claburn White House Internet security adviser Howard A. Schmidt on Tuesday announced the availability of an unclassified version of the Obama ... [more]

9:06:37 PM Patrick Henry School: Gubernatorial support
RVANews

.... a host of state and local politicians have indicated their support for the school, including former governors Tim Kaine and George Allen. ... [more]

9:03:06 PM Dancing With the Stars 2010 Pairings Revealed
Film.com - Seattle,WA,USA

.... looks like a contender with flashy NFL star Chad Ochocinco -- an athletic partner who should make up for her being saddled with Tom DeLay last season. ... [more]

9:01:54 PM U.S. Senator John Kerry Presses Israel On Gaza Access
Eurasia Review

(Ma'an) -- US Senator John Kerry raised the issue of Israel's closure of the Gaza Strip during his meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials in the ... [more]

8:41:10 PM CNN Fact Check: Is Sen. Bunning's stand against unemployment extensions
CNN Political Ticker - USA

CNN Political Ticker (blog) He also voted for President Bush's tax cuts, as Majority Leader Harry Reid pointed out, as well as the Medicare Drug Benefit plan which the Bush ... [more]

8:23:07 PM Rapper Can Enter U.K., Court Rules
Wall Street Journal - USA

By CASSELL BRYAN-LOW LONDON—A UK court has ruled in favor of rap star Snoop Dogg in his long-running immigration battle with the UK government, clearing the ... [more]

7:48:19 PM Political Reporter Advises Obama About Smoking in the White House
Asylum (blog)

As someone who frequently smokes and eats at the White House, I can relate to the president's struggles and feel duty-bound to offer up some helpful tips. ... [more]

7:47:26 PM President Obama Introduces a New New Health Care Plan
FOXNews

President Obama will announce Wednesday a new way forward on health care, less than 10 days after his first offer on a way forward on health care hit a wall ... [more]

7:30:00 PM Haslam would keep Pilot Corp. outside blind trust
The Associated Press

Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., was the subject of an 18-month investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the US .... [more]

7:17:45 PM Dems hoping primary winners can end Texas shutout
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

Tom DeLay and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, now a GOP candidate for governor, when she was Texas treasurer from 1991 to 1993. The Democratic winner would face ... [more]

7:09:57 PM Newsweek Hails Victory in Iraq
FOX News - USA

But what do you make of the fact that, if Iraq can pull off a democracy in that neck of the woods, it would be a big thing, as President Bush said it — said ... [more]

6:56:41 PM Obama to include Republican ideas in revamped health care bill
Motors ...

President Obama will add Republican proposals to the updated health care plan he unveils tomorrow, according to a letter he sent to congressional leaders ... [more]

5:37:08 PM GOP's Bunning continues one-man Senate filibuster
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

Jim Bunning, the Republican from Kentucky whom Democrats love to blame for preventing passage of an extension of unemployment benefits, again blocked the ... [more]

5:33:20 PM Kaus On Senate Run: If They Attack Me 'I'll Declare Victory'
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) seems just a bit too far-fetched to believe, you're not alone. Kaus doesn't really believe it himself. "I don't think I'm going to ... [more]

5:13:42 PM Senate climate bill may drop cap and trade
Christian Science Monitor - USA

John Kerry (D-Mass.) speaks during a news conference on a comprehensive climate change and energy independence legislation, as Senators Lindsey Graham (RS. ... [more]

5:07:46 PM Obama's White House: There's something about Rahm
Motors ...

Washington's chattering classes are talking today about yet another Washington Post story on White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, saying President Obama ... [more]

4:32:03 PM Sen. Bunning's one-man filibuster continues
Motors ...

Bunning derailed the one-month extension of the various unemployment programs again this morning -- this time after fellow Republican Sen. ... [more]

4:25:19 PM Modern warfare complex but winnable, Petraeus tells Vanderbilt
finds

He was brought to Vanderbilt, where Dr. Bill Frist – who would one day be a United States senator from Tennessee and is still a faculty member at ... [more]

4:09:36 PM Schwarzenegger calls for immigration reform, but Feds ill equipped
California Independent Voter Network

23), Governor Schwarzenegger briefly emphasized the need for immigration reform in light of California's economic woes. “We've got to go and make a decision ... [more]

4:06:41 PM Senator Bunning Gives America the Finger, White House and Dems Pounce
The Faster Times - New York,NY,USA

To my delight The White House had decided to push back hard against Bunning's actions and the media has taken the administration's cue. ... [more]

4:04:03 PM It's Official: US Senators Abandon Cap and Trade
Eco Factory - Orlando,FL,USA

Graham, working in a bipartisan effort with Senator John Kerry (D-Mass) and Joe Lieberman (I-Con) confirmed that the group would be abandoning cap and trade ... [more]

3:41:21 PM The midterms: Ford tough
Abortion politics: Biden never refused communion

The New York Times' Nagourney parachutes into Barbara Boxer's re-election bid. “Early polls in California suggest that Sen. Barbara Boxer is facing what ... [more]

3:18:51 PM Chile earthquake: A political storm brews
Christian Science Monitor - USA

But the massive tremblor that rocked this nation 13 days before President Michelle Bachelet leaves office has added more political strife as the transition ... [more]

2:57:49 PM Texas panel: DeLay, Williams predict
Politico - Washington,DC,USA

On the panel: state Railroad Commissioner and Republican Senate candidate Michael Williams, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Democratic state Sen. ... [more]

2:55:16 PM Progress Energy elects Ex-Sen. Mel Martinez to board of directors
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

Melquiades “Mel” Martinez of Florida has been elected to the company's board of directors. Martinez, who becomes the 14th member of the Raleigh, ... [more]

2:45:32 PM CAMARA v. HOLDER
Leagle, Inc.

Petitioner Moussa Camara ("Camara") appeals the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the decision of the Immigration Judge ("IJ") ... [more]

2:07:18 PM President Obama should set up camp outside the Beltway
Politico - Washington,DC,USA

By JAMAL SIMMONS | 3/2/10 5:04 AM EST If President Barack Obama bases his 2012 reelection campaign in Chicago, he will make history once again. ... [more]

1:58:30 PM Specter Leads Democratic and Republican Challengers in Senate Race, Poll
FOX News - USA

FOXNews A Quinnipiac University poll reported that Specter, a Democrat who switched parties after serving 28 years as a Republican senator, is ahead of primary .... [more]

1:57:38 PM White House Healthcare Reform Summit: No Losers
The IN VIVO Blog - Norwalk,CT,USA

But the real take home message from the White House Summit was there were no “losers.” Make no mistake, putting on the event itself was a calculation ... [more]

1:04:19 PM Kate Gosselin's on "Dancing With the Stars!" OMG!
Hartford Courant

I post Tom DeLay's stint on the show for pure ick factor, though the elephant on the back of his shirt is kind of funny. There are some people whom I never ... [more]

12:46:38 PM Mitt Romney's Book Sets Stage for 2012 White House Run
ABC News - United States

By TEDDY DAVIS The title of Mitt Romney's new book, "No Apology: The Case for American Greatness," is a not-so-subtle jab at the visits President Obama made ... [more]

12:37:38 PM Legislation on Climate Change Will be Brought to Congress Next Month
Ohio Farmer

Graham and Senators John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., are engaged in a radical behind-the-scenes overhaul of climate legislation. ... [more]

11:53:21 AM President Obama Rolls out Cash for Caulkers Plan
FOXNews

President Obama will showcase his HOMESTAR program which is designed to help create jobs by encouraging homeowners to make energy efficiency improvements to ... [more]

11:02:44 AM Proof of using a false document will help in getting permanent residence
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

She'll need to convince the US Citizenship and Immigration Services that an immigration officer inspected her at entry. That is, that she didn't just sneak ... [more]

10:42:12 AM Sodium Use in Poultry Production Scrutinized
Food Safety News

.... has been deemed a natural marinade to make chicken moist but that consumer advocate groups and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) claim misleads consumers. ... [more]

9:51:59 AM President Obama's cholesterol of 209 means too many sweets, cheeseburgers
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

The spike in President Obama's cholesterol level detected during a physical exam Sunday was apparently caused by overindulgence in sweets and cheeseburgers, ... [more]

9:40:16 AM EDITORIALS OF THE TIMES
El Paso Inc

President Barack Obama gave immigration reform only one vague sentence in his State of the Union address. Despite that, and the poisonous stalemate on ... [more]

8:44:25 AM White House hopes 'no' votes turn to 'yes' | Philadelphia Inquirer |
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

Philadelphia Inquirer The White House tried to smooth the way for them, showing its openness to changes in the legislation and saying the administration was not using ... [more]

8:36:57 AM A personal glimpse at presidents from Nixon to George W. Bush
Savannah Morning News

I was covering then President Bush at a parade the first time I used a cell phone. It looked more like a car battery. And weighed about 8 pounds. ... [more]

8:20:17 AM Kick the cancer sticks, Mr. President
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA

His latest medical examination revealed President Barack Obama is having a problem kicking the cancer sticks, just like too many other African-Americans who ... [more]

7:55:23 AM A large crowd turns out to welcome MeadWestvaco
Virginia Business Magazine - Richmond,VA,USA

Besides McDonnell, three former governors, Timothy Kaine, George Allen, and Douglas Wilder, attended along with former Lt. Gov. John Hager, Congressman Eric ... [more]

7:43:30 AM Immigration Reform Advocates Allege Jobs Bill Will Allow Employers To
Personal Liberty Digest - Hueytown,Alabama,USA

Personal Liberty Digest As the $15 billion jobs bill advanced through Congress last week, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) said the measure included no ... [more]

7:26:55 AM Cheney's convictions shot from the hip
The Collegian online - Tulsa,Oklahoma,USA

While former President Bush remains quietly on his ranch, former Vice President Cheney is still a familiar face on the cable news circuit. ... [more]

7:25:33 AM Tar Heel is White House social secretary
Raleigh News - Raleigh,NC,USA

BY NC POLITICS & GOVERNMENT Julianna Smoot, a North Carolina native, has been named the new White House social secretary. Smoot, who was finance director ... [more]

7:10:38 AM Jay Leno returns to 'The Tonight Show'
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

By MARY McNAMARA Television Critic Dick Cheney jokes, George Bush jokes, Cheerios jokes and a "new bit" entitled "How Boring Is Alan Greenspan? ... [more]

6:55:31 AM New Approach for Senate Climate Bill
Helicopter Association International - Alexandria,VA,USA

Senators John Kerry (D-Massachusetts), Joseph Lieberman (I-Connecticut), and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) will soon release a three-tiered approach ... [more]

6:30:58 AM Obama applauds firing of Rhode Island teachers
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA

Obama began his remarks in Washington, DC by welcoming President Bush's former education secretary Margaret Spellings—a champion of the hated No Child Left ... [more]

6:07:43 AM Jerry Brown to announce bid for governor Tuesday
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Brown, 71, an Oakland Democrat who faces no serious primary election opposition, is expected to make his announcement online. His aides said he would make a ... [more]

5:37:13 AM Obama said poised to offer more healthcare changes
Reuters - NY,USA

President Barack Obama pauses as he gives a statement outside of the Oval Office of the White House in Washington February 27, 2010. ... [more]

5:17:17 AM Can Republican gubernatorial candidates mend the rift by November?
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

"I've seen stranger things in politics," she said. Political history suggests a number of steps combatants can take to heal a party after such a contentious ... [more]

4:21:45 AM Newsom's sanctuary policy destroys MUNI worker's family
San Francisco Bay Guardian - San Francisco,CA,USA

And this travesty is happening thanks to Mayor Gavin Newsom's overreaching juvenile sanctuary policy, a broken federal immigration system, and a couple who ... [more]

4:20:49 AM Mickey Kaus Files Papers For US Senate Run
LA Weekly

The Venice resident said he'll run this year against Barbara Boxer for her seat. He said he filed papers with the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters, ... [more]

3:25:00 AM Free From White House, Rogers Talks Party Crashing
NBC Washington - Washington,DC,USA

By MATTHEW STABLEY Outgoing White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers told NOLA.com her office followed protocol the night a northern Virginia couple ... [more]

3:18:19 AM Jay Leno's 'Tonight Show' return monologue
The Live Feed

PRESIDENT BUSH WENT TO VISIT DICK CHENEY ON FRIDAY. I THINK PRESIDENT BUSH IS PREPARING FOR THE WORST. DID YOU SEE HIM PULLING UP IN FRONT OF CHENEY'S HOUSE ... [more]

2:44:06 AM Dodd moves to scale back Consumer Financial Protection Agency plan
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

In an attempt to lure the Republican votes needed to get a sweeping overhaul through the Senate, the Banking Committee chief is circulating a plan for a ... [more]

2:18:28 AM HEALTHCARE: After the White House Summit
Helicopter Association International - Alexandria,VA,USA

More news from the White House is expected later this week, with Obama expected to make some concessions to Republicans in the form of a revised proposal. ... [more]

1:54:31 AM Rick Perry to Bush: 'There is no way to tell how many lives were protected
Think Progress - Yorba Linda,CA,USA

Think Progress The guest of honor was former President Bush, with 10-person tables going for as much as $2500. A consultant for the pregnancy center explained the decision ... [more]

1:49:30 AM Word war: "Nuclear option" vs. "majority vote"
Salon - USA

With the original nuclear option, if then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist hadn't been foiled by a bipartisan compromise at the last minute, ... [more]

1:27:54 AM Gómez Goes Negative
Austin Chronicle - Austin,TX,USA

The text of the mailer takes us back to the bad old Tom DeLay days. Ah, yes, the days when Gomez "fought back and stood up for our Democratic values," the ... [more]

1:20:19 AM One-man filibuster draws fire
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Jim Bunning, a Kentucky Republican who single-handedly blocked a bill that would have provided a short-term extension for a bundle of federal funding ... [more]

1:02:52 AM Progress Energy elects former US Sen. Mel Martinez to its board
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA

Martinez, whose appointment increases Progress Energy's board to 14, joins two other Florida-based board members: Carlos Saladrigas, a businessman from ... [more]

12:42:56 AM Webb to Advance 50% Bonus Tax Proposal for Bailed-Out Banks
BusinessWeek - USA

Webb and Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat, last month proposed the one-time tax for firms that got at least $5 billion from the Troubled Asset ... [more]

12:22:01 AM We Love You Too, Van Jones
FOX News - USA

VALERIE JARRETT, WHITE HOUSE SENIOR ADVISER: Van Jones, we were so delighted to be able to recruit him into the White House. We have been watching him ... [more]

12:18:31 AM Could a New Kind of Fuel Tax Help Break the Senate Climate Deadlock?
Streetsblog Capitol Hill - Washington,DC,USA

Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and John Kerry (D-MA) were working behind the scenes on a so-called "tripartisan" plan that can win enough ... [more]

12:13:44 AM Opinion: For principled and practical immigration reform -- now
Associated Baptist Press - Jacksonville,FL,USA

Serious behind-the-scenes efforts are underway to secure broad and bipartisan sponsorship for new immigration-reform legislation, which has been introduced ... [more]

12:04:43 AM Catching Up with Autistic Basketball Star
CBS News - USA

Correspondent Steve Hartman was at the front of the pack when President Bush greeted autistic teen basketball manager Jason McElwain during a stop in ... [more]

12:02:14 AM ID Watchdog's President and COO Daniel Mohan Releases Letter to Shareholders
MarketWatch - USA

As President and Chief Operating Officer of ID Watchdog, it is my pleasure to highlight for you details of our exciting new corporate initiatives and to ... [more]



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