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  • Republicans have advantage in proposed House redistricting map Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:41AMRALEIGH — The proposed redistricting map for the state House released Tuesday would give Republicans a brighter future in their efforts to retain majorities in that chamber.
  • Your 2 Cents: Property tax increases unfair Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:53AMVan from King of Prussia
  • Carly Fiorina joins GOP fundraising effort for 2012 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:36AMThe onetime Senate candidate will be a vice chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Former U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina was named Tuesday as a leader of the national Republican effort to retake the Senate in 2012.
  • Stanford GSB News Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:21PMSupport of proposals including healthcare reform and cap-and-trade environmental legislation in 2010 cost the Democrats 20 legislative seats and their majority control in the House of Representatives, says Professor David Brady. But he and his co-authors warn that the Republicans should not believe victory in the next election is assured.
  • Puerto Rican rappers sing on social ills Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 1:18AMSan Juan, July 3 : Rap singers in Puerto Rico are now using their songs to highlight social problems faced by the island in Central America.
  • McCain and Cornyn Say They’re Open to ‘Revenue Raisers’ Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 9:38PMSenators John Cornyn and John McCain said they were open to tax reform — but not tax increases — as part of a deal over the debt ceiling.
  • Republicans Say They’re Open to ‘Revenue Raisers’ Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 9:32PMBut the two senior Republicans emphasized that any tax reform should not bring an overall increase in taxes.
  • Bleak Prospects for Immigration Debate Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 1:36PMAs the 2012 presidential candidates prepare their political platforms to pitch to citizens all around the country, can they afford to take a firm stance on the controversial issue of comprehensive immigration reform?
  • Texas Gov. Rick Perry Urges Action on Gaza Flotilla Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:16PMWith reports that Jewish Democrats are starting to become disenchanted with President Obama, according to Politico, a potential replacement for the president, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, weighed on the Middle East in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder.
  • FEC approves Colbert’s super-PAC Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 6:46PMStephen Colbert’s campaign finance stunt took a decidedly serious turn on Thursday when the Federal Election Commission approved the comedian’s self-referential, and very real, “super-PAC.”
  • Harry Graver: Libya, American Exceptionalism and John Quincy Adams Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 6:33PMBeyond the immediate implications of tactical policy, conservatives are grappling with a much larger choice of ideology. The right is entering into, whether they realize it or not, a referendum on the definition of American Exceptionalism.
  • Series of football games set to commemorate 9/11 Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 5:26PMA dozen football teams will gather the weekend of September 11th to honor those who feel and those that serve.
  • Welcome back, Keith Olbermann Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 6:16PMThe pugnacious host resurfaces on Current TV, with cheaper production values but the same righteous ire
  • Is Huntsman Wrong To Skip Iowa? Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 5:19PMLady Liberty makes a nice backdrop for a presidential announcement. But can a little-known candidate capture the GOP nomination without introducing himself to the nation in the Iowa caucuses? read more
  • US, Japan seek new date for base plan Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 2:18PMJapan and the United States were Tuesday seeking a new target date for a controversial shift of a military base in Okinawa with the two governments under pressure to look at fresh ideas.
  • Obama Looking for Political Sweet Spot on Afghanistan Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 2:09PM2012 pressures constrain president’s Afghan options Senate hawks try to buy tie for Libya war Huntsman: McCain with money?
  • US, Japan to delay base plan: officials Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 1:49PMJapan and the United States will delay plans to move a military base in Okinawa during top-level talks Tuesday, officials said, as pressure builds for a new solution to the long-running rift.
  • Mitt Romney Officially Enters 2012 Race Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 9:19PMFormer Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney formally announced his second bid for the White House on Thursday, declaring his candidacy at an event in New Hampshire.
  • 5 things about Mitt Romney Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 8:41PMFormer Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced Thursday that he is in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
  • Giuliani considers new tactics if he runs in ’12 Saturday, May 14, 2011 @ 1:19AMNASHUA – If Rudy Giuliani runs for president in 2012, New Hampshire voters will see a different candidate than the last version, he vowed Friday. The former New York mayor said he relied too much on “orchestrated events, kind of presidential-style settings” than on one-on-one voter contact and no-holds-barred town meetings. “Number one, I will do it differently,” Giuliani said during an ...
  • Latest News Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 7:34PMDid Donald Rumsfeld Whitewash Massacre In Uzbekistan? In his door-stopper of a memoir, Known and Unknown, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld spends just three pages recounting what he calls "one of the most unfortunate, if unnoticed, foreign policy mistakes of our administration."
  • POTC: does the death of bin Laden matter? Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 6:55PMUnsurprisingly, the death of Osama bin Laden is still generating plenty of interest even as the mainstream news agenda moves on to newsier things. But how much does his killing matter, and to whom?
  • Senators: More airmen, fewer Marines to Guam - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 9:22PMThree powerful U.S. senators have proposed changing the military buildup plan, which would reduce the number of Marine families who move to Guam, but might increase the number of airmen at Andersen Air Force Base.
  • McCain Says Bin Laden Death Not Result of Enhanced Detainee Interrogations Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 8:48PMIn an opinion piece in the Washington Post, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, attempted to kick the legs out from under the waterboarding-led-to-bin-Laden argument as only he can because of his powerful personal history as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. read more
  • Guantánamo After Bin Laden Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 5:11PMDavid Cole Brennan Linsley/AP Photo A shackled detainee being transported inside Guantanamo Bay prison, December 6, 2006 Some commentators have optimistically pronounced the killing of Osama bin Laden the beginning of the end of our conflict with al-Qaeda. But having eliminated al-Qaeda’s most inspiring symbol, we persist in offering the group an alternative source of inspiration: the prison ...
  • Review Futenma: Senators Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 1:00PMThree influential U.S. senators called Thursday for a fundamental re-examination of the 2006 agreement between Tokyo and Washington to relocate 8,000 U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam after a replacement facility for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is built in Okinawa. "Much has changed since the U.S.-Japan Roadmap for Realignment Implementation agreement was signed in 2006. The projected ...
  • John Nichols: Principled Ron Paul challenges GOP orthodoxy Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 9:33AMEven analysts who disagree with Texas Congressman Ron Paul on the issues recognized last week that the principled libertarian turned in the ablest performance at the first Republican presidential debate.
  • LETTER: Questioning leaders Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 9:18PMWhat disservice to our government has happened? How has the presidency been undermined?
  • 2012 Republicans to highlight economy after bin Laden Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 6:37PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Potential Republican presidential candidates have little choice but to let President Barack Obama savor his Osama bin Laden victory before ramping up their criticism of his handling of the U.S. economy.
  • Voters More Complex Than Red/Blue Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 6:20PMPEW Study seeks new classifications for American voters.
  • U.S. special forces team kills bin Laden Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 8:05PMWASHINGTON– A U.S. special forces team killed Osama bin Laden at a compound inside Pakistan and recovered his body, bringing a close to the world’s highest-profile manhunt after a decade-long search, President Barack Obama announced to the world Sunday night.
  • US prepares for 2012 presidential campaigning Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 1:06PMPresident Barack Obama motions for audience members to sit before he speaks at a campaign fundraising event at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, Wednesday, April 27, 2011.
  • US forces kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 12:29PMOsama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was slain in his hideout in Pakistan early Monday.
  • Decision 2012 Mad Libs Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 5:33PMIt seems like only yesterday that we (thought Gov. Sarah Palin was a breath of fresh North Slope air; wondered whom John Edwards of North Carolina might pick as a running mate; believed that then Sen. Barack Obama was serious about closing down Guantanamo).
  • Farewell Column by Colin Kavanaugh | It’s graduation, Charlie Brown Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 7:36AMColin Kavanaugh This is my 88th and final contribution to The Daily Pennsylvanian . --- “Gentlemen,” types Snoopy, in the Peanuts comic strip. “Yesterday, I waited all day for you to come and get my novel and to publish it and make me rich and famous. You did not show up.” Sometimes, the world seems unfair and daunting. Our expectations will often be unmet. On the cusp of graduating from one of ...
  • Independents could play key role in N.H. primary Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 6:04AMCONCORD — At fundraising dinner after dinner, state Republican Party Chairman Jack Kimball earns loud applause when he declares that New Hampshire will send forward "a good strong conservative nominee for the presidency of the United States."
  • Letters to the editor Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 5:14AMReduced class periods will hurt band program The proposed [school district] cut from seven- to six-period days will cripple Coral Shores High School (CSHS) band and college/career prep electives.... read more
  • azcentral.com blogs - Political Insider Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 2:05PMYour source for breaking news on the state Capitol and Arizona politics. SB 1333: Changes the rules for a city or town to incorporate. SB 1322: Requires Phoenix and Tucson to bid out any and all city services valued at $500,000 or more.
  • Wilmot Holds Town Hall Meeting To Set Priorities for Grant Applications Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 3:03PMWilmot city officials met with several citizens in a town hall meeting to discuss and prioritize city issues in compliance with a grant application slated for drainage improvements.
  • Obama takes aim at second term Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 1:30PMPresident Barack Obama is urging supporters to rebuild the energetic grass-roots powerbase that swept him to power on a wave of hope, in a subdued launch to his 2012 reelection bid.
  • 5th District Candidate Knows How To Clean Up Politics Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 7:15AMMichael Clark, the G-man we can thank for putting John Rowland in the slammer, is running to take over the same seat in the U.S. House of Representatives that the ex-con ex-governor once held.
  • Texas official says border is unsafe Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 5:56AMLooking at a 4-foot-tall vehicle barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border, a Republican congressman from Texas simply said, âThis will stop cars but not people.â
  • Army ‘psy-ops’ program has some dangerous consequences Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 4:40AMIt is times like these when I am glad my father has a lifetime subscription to Rolling Stone magazine.
  • Familiar name tied to unsigned Lew-Port flier Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 4:38AMLEWISTON-PORTER — A police report filed by the president of the Lewiston-Porter teacher’s union alleges former school board member Edward Lilly delivered a controversial flyer to his Swann Road home late Monday.
  • The Miami Student endorses Barack Obama for president Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 5:20AMWith Nov. 4 quickly approaching, The Miami Student editorial board has taken a look at the issues we find most important in deciding whom we support for the next president of the United States. This board has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for the presidency by majority decision; the following are the plans we support for the varying national issues thrust into the spotlight this election ...
  • Tampa City Council candidate steered grant money to self, friends Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 7:49PMMichael Ciftci hangs solar light bulbs in the sun in Haiti last month for a state-funded relief effort. Ciftci rerouted nearly half the project’s money, the state says.
  • Obama talks R&D with Silicon Valley elite Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 7:40PMPresident discusses a range of issues including science education and entrepreneurship with a group of high-profile tech executives and investors at a dinner in Silicon Valley.
  • OPINION: Will wasteful spending in county school system hurt E-SPLOST vote? Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 6:54PMLast fall, Jackson County voters passed the regular SPLOST to be used by the county government, but not school systems. Voters often think the regular SPLOST is for schools, but it isn’t.
  • Rick Warren to interview Tony Blair at Saddleback Church Tuesday, February 15, 2011 @ 10:25AMMegachurch pastor Rick Warren will speak to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Egypt and peace in a globalised economy next month at Saddleback Church
  • Rick Warren to Interview Tony Blair at Saddleback Church Tuesday, February 15, 2011 @ 1:41AMMegachurch pastor Rick Warren will speak to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Egypt and peace in a globalized economy next month at Saddleback Church.