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11:40:03 PM President sets a mark with his 'View' appearance
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

President Bush made a cameo on the primetime game show "Deal Or No Deal" in 2008, offering encouragement to a contestant who had served multiple tours in ... [more]

10:53:56 PM Today's Lady News: California Voters Polled On Female Politicians' Hair
The Frisky - Atlanta,Georgia,USA

Pollster firm Public Policy Polling actually asked registered California voters whose hair they prefer more, Senator Barbara Boxer or incumbent Carly ... [more]

10:25:46 PM Harkin disputes comparison between filibuster reform, 2005
Lobbying World

Harkin disputed the idea that doing so would be simliar to the so-called "nuclear option" that former Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn. ... [more]

10:16:34 PM Snowe to vote for Kagan
Abortion politics: Biden never refused communion

Mel Martinez. Graham, Lugar, and Collins have said they will vote for her. Alexander has said he will not. There is no indication yet of how Bond, Gregg, ... [more]

9:51:18 PM George Allen kicks off Tavern Talk
Village News Online (blog)

George Allen held a book signing for his recently published book What Washington Can Learn from the World of Sports as a prelude to Tavern Talk, .... [more]

8:02:56 PM Incumbents Work Overtime to Raise Campaign Cash
U.S. News & World Report (blog)

Barbara Boxer, facing millionaire businesswoman Carly Fiorina, has also raised $19 million, exceeding her 2004 final total of $16.7 million. ... [more]

7:25:52 PM Uncertainty in Senate Over Hearing on Russia Treaty
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

By PETER BAKER WASHINGTON — Senator John Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, put the New Start arms control treaty with Russia ... [more]

6:19:11 PM Filibuster reform and power grabs
Virginia Adds 49K New Voters in August

Red State digs up a post of mine from 2005 calling Bill Frist's effort to do away with the judicial filibuster a "power grab," and contrasts that ... [more]

5:26:31 PM White House Day Ahead...Wednesday; Talk Show Appearance & Big Bucks Take ...
FOXNews

The Democratic National Committee is the chief benefactor. Below is the full schedule released from the White House. [more]

4:46:13 PM Did Democrats 'Drain The Swamp'?
SodaHead News

With scandals of GOP lawmakers erupting almost weekly in George W. Bush's second term -- Mark Foley, Tom Delay, Randall Cunningham, Jerry Lewis -- voters ... [more]

3:35:03 PM Don't Rush START
The National Interest Online - Washington,DC,USA

by Dimitri K. Simes and Dov S. Zakheim Senator John Kerry is absolutely right that “even in these polarized times,” responsible statesmen “should know that ... [more]

1:15:38 PM Susan B. Anthony List targets California's pro-life Hispanics in Senate race
Catholic News Agency - Denver,CO,USA

“We've been waiting for Carly Fiorina since the day Barbara Boxer was elected. Carly embraces and advances the rights of women and unborn children, ... [more]

12:22:01 PM Oil Spill Could Turn Political Fortunes for Gulf Coast Politicians
FOX News - USA

The former Republican made the risky move of switching his affiliation to independent in his run for the US Senate this fall. But the Real Clear Politics ... [more]

12:13:07 PM Issue of ISI links with terrorists taken up with Pak: John Kerry
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

Pointing out that these allegations were not new, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator John Kerry said, "We have been wrestling with ... [more]

11:29:07 AM HOW I SEE IT: Webb gambling with remarks on race
Culpeper Star Exponent

... particularly for a Democrat who underperformed with black voters in his improbable victory over George Allen in 2006 — a triumph too easily attributed ... [more]

10:05:20 AM Extending the Bush tax cuts wouldn't help the economy
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

THE TAX CUTS passed under President Bush are about to expire. The deficit is at a once unimaginable level. In a saner political environment, ... [more]

9:35:45 AM Limited dollars test Senate strategy
Politico - Washington,DC,USA

By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 7/28/10 4:34 AM EDT Harry Reid is in a priority Senate contest while Barbara Boxer will need fundraising help from the DSCC. ... [more]

7:41:56 AM Kerry Will Push for Online Privacy Legislation
Broadcasting & Cable - New York,NY,USA

John Kerry (D-Mass.) says he will pursue an online privacy bill in the Senate. That announcement came in concert with an online privacy hearing in the ... [more]

4:38:09 AM President Obama on energy, war and a bipartisan White House meeting
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

President Obama on Tuesday met with Republican and Democratic leaders at the White House and discussed a variety of topics, including small business, ... [more]

4:36:09 AM Sen. Barbara Boxer or Carly Fiorina, Who Has Better Hair?
LA Weekly

Barbara Boxer, the Democratic incumbent, is beating former tech CEO Carly Fiorina 49-40 in a poll released today, though not in the category that really ... [more]

4:19:25 AM Owe it or not, John Kerry's ready to pay
Boston Herald

John Kerry lowered the flag and surrendered yesterday, agreeing to pony up some $500000 in state and local taxes in a bid to end the furious tempest over ... [more]

2:36:44 AM Boxer Gains Against Fiorina in California
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA

Barbara Boxer appears to have strengthened her re-election bid in California. The latest Public Policy Polling survey shows her ahead of GOP rival Carly ... [more]

1:10:47 AM Kerry changes tack on WikiLeaks documents
Virginia Adds 49K New Voters in August

John Kerry, whose windsurfing came to symbolize what critics derided as his tendency to heed the politics of the moment, has trimmed his sails over the .... [more]

12:46:04 AM NAACP criticizes Webb; Allen makes distinction
Richmond Times Dispatch

"Your opponent then and coming, George Allen, would not have had the gall to write about the 'myth of white privilege' even though I am sure he feels that ... [more]

12:20:50 AM A Virtuous Filibuster on Free Speech
Wall Street Journal - USA

House and Senate Democrats, egged on by President Obama, want to limit what corporations can spend on political campaigns, while not imposing similar limits ... [more]

12:00:26 AM President Obama to make first trip to state next month
Seattle Post Intelligencer

Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. Murray, Reid and Boxer have emerged as major Republican targets in the 2010 mid-term elections. It was disclosed Tuesday that the ... [more]



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