Member 2211Angry voters (USATODAY.com)15-05-2008 13h20USATODAY.com - Republicans were already on red alert after they lost "safe" GOP congressional seats to Democrats in Illinois in March and Louisiana earlier this month. But Tuesday's win by Democrat Travis Childers in a solidly Republican district in north Mississippi was devastating. The party spent $1.3 million, flew in Vice President Cheney and still lost by eight points. Common Ground (USATODAY.com)15-05-2008 13h16USATODAY.com - Cal Thomas is a conservative columnist. Bob Beckel is a liberal Democratic strategist. But as longtime friends, they can often find common ground on issues that lawmakers in Washington cannot. They co-wrote the book Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War That Is Destroying America Memo to candidates and my liberal pals: Southerners aren't stupid (The Christian Science Monitor)15-05-2008 17h00The Christian Science Monitor - Moving to Baton Rouge from Washington terrified me. After all, it's the South, and not a charming part of the South, either. People drive pickup trucks outfitted with gun racks, strip malls are ubiquitous, and giant crosses dot the interstate. Where racial healing happens (The Christian Science Monitor)15-05-2008 17h00The Christian Science Monitor - Shortly after Senator Obama's speech on race this March, a friend likened the racial issue to an old coffee pot that keeps percolating. Every few years something happens to bring the vexed problem bubbling to the surface. Iran pumps iron in the Middle East (The Christian Science Monitor)15-05-2008 17h00The Christian Science Monitor - In the great Shiite-Sunni Muslim clash that cleaves the Middle East, score one for Iran's radical Shiite theocracy. Through its militant proxy, Hezbollah, Iran has shown it can be the real power in Lebanon. And it took only a few days to do it. The Interior Department vs. The Polar Bears (HuffingtonPost.com)16-05-2008 03h27HuffingtonPost.com - It's good (and also unusual) that the Bush administration has yielded to the scientists and declared the polar bear a threatened species. But it's clear from the press release that the Interior Department has little sympathy for the plight of beleaguered bear populations. The Disappearing Upper Class (The Nation)16-05-2008 04h40The Nation - The Nation -- Edwards, it is hoped, will bring the "working class" vote to Obama. Vote-Movers, Deficits and the Blue Dogs (The Nation)16-05-2008 04h13The Nation - The Nation -- At a talk at New America this morning, Grover Norquist hit upon one of my abiding obsessions in politics, the difference between what issues people respond to in polls and what they actually vote on. GOP Stunned By Loss in Mississippi (RealClearPolitics.com)15-05-2008 01h30RealClearPolitics.com - In a major blow to national Republicans, a Mississippi congressional seat that once voted for President Bush by a twenty-five point margin elected a Democrat on Tuesday. If Clinton Wants VP, Obama Can't Stop Her (RealClearPolitics.com)15-05-2008 22h30RealClearPolitics.com - Does Hillary Clinton want to be the Democrats vice presidential candidate? Probably. Could she get on the ticket by dropping out before the last states vote on June 3rd? Definitely not. Does Barack Obama want her on the ticket? Absolutely not. Can he stop her if she wants it? Probably not. Why not? Super delegates are why not. <<< Prev member Next member >>> Randon Members Member 5044 Member 1365 Member 4101 Member 4886 Member 4030 Member 214 Member 2391 Member 431 Member 5284 Member 1608 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 | |
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