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Palin back on campaign trail
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin drew a big crowd as she campaigned to reelect incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss in his runoff with Democrat Jim Martin:Several thousand supporters waited in the cold to file into the James Brown Arena in Augusta. Vendors sold bright pink "Palin 2012"...
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Published 17 hours ago

Obama to nominate Hillary as Secretary of State Monday despite Constitutional prohibition
President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state on Monday.Hillary's nomination will be made in the face of the Constitutional prohibition in the Emoluments Clause (Article I, Section 6, clause 2):No Senator or Representative shall, during...
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Published 2 days ago

Jindal visits Iowa, the 2012 campaign has begun
Bobby Jindal, the Louisiana governor the Washington Post calls "the Republican's version of Obama," visited Iowa last weekend. Jindal's Iowa trip ignited talk that the campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential  has begun:Already, a fierce fight is looming between him and other Republicans...
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Published 2 days ago

Palin leads among republican voters for 2012
A recent Zogby Poll found that, among Republicans, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin leads the pack of possible 2012 GOP Candidates:Sarah Palin - 24.4% Mitt Romney - 18.1% Undecided/Not Sure - 16.2% Bobby Jindal - 15.6% Mike Huckabee - 9.7% None of the Above/Someone else - 8.2% Rudy Giuliani - 5.6% Ron...
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Published 3 days ago

Mumbai massacre complicates Obama's plans for Pakistan in the fight against al Qaeda
The Washington Post reports the last gunman has been killed ending the Mumbai massacre:Indian officials said they now believe that at least 15 gunmen carried out the operation after reaching Mumbai by sea. After an interrogation of one of the attackers, Indian intelligence officials said they...
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Published 3 days ago

Endeavour heads home
The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station Friday morning:Endeavour arrived at the station November 16. The mission delivered equipment to allow the station crew size to double to six. The gear included two sleep stations, a new galley, a water recovery system and...
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Published 3 days ago

Obama backs away from '2.5 million more jobs'
In this week's edition of "Your Weekly Address from the President-elect," Obama dumbed down his unimpressive goal of "2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011."Last week Obama called for "2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011." This week Obama says he wants to "create or save 2.5 million new...
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Published 4 days ago

Democrats' Word Games
Democrats are all about propaganda rhetoric these days:Democrats, who almost never call themselves liberal anymore (preferring to be known as progressives), have apparently decided that the terms "bailout" and even "stimulus" won't do either. Such efforts will now be called economy "recovery"...
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Published 4 days ago

Picking on Obama's cabinet
Late night comics make fun of President-elect Obama's cabinet picks in the following MSNBC video:
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Published 5 days ago

Happy Thanksgiving 2008
The traditional Thanksgiving story is that some time in the fall of 1621, the settlers at Plymouth, Mass., held a feast to thank God they'd survived their harrowing first year in the New World. They invited neighboring Indians, who had taught them agricultural skills critical to their survival....
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Published 5 days ago

Obama's 2.5 million jobs are not enough
In this week's edition of "Your Weekly Address from the President-elect," Obama announced a goal of "2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011":“I have already directed my economic team to come up with an Economic Recovery Plan that will mean 2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011 â€" a plan...
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Published a week ago

Most Republicans want a more conservative GOP
A recent Gallup Poll found only 34% of Americans have a favorable view of the Republican Party. Just as bad, if not worse, 61% now hold an unfavorable view of the party. That is the highest unfavorable number recorded for the Republican Party since Gallup started polling on that question in...
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Published a week ago