Member 4451Angry 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. China's Earthquake Casualties: Victims of Too-Rapid Growth? (HuffingtonPost.com)15-05-2008 09h15HuffingtonPost.com - To anyone who has lived through a strong earthquake, as I have here in California, the first thought that goes out to the Chinese in Sichuan province is one of great sympathy and sorrow. Morning Links (The Nation)15-05-2008 23h36The Nation - The Nation -- Some things to read this morning: Fallon for Congress (The Nation)15-05-2008 09h16The Nation - The Nation -- Co-written by Dinelle Lucchesi. 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. <<< Prev member Next member >>> Randon Members Member 3149 Member 2291 Member 392 Member 1916 Member 3551 Member 976 Member 3786 Member 287 Member 1920 Member 3031 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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