Posts Tagged ‘ TopStories ’

Glenn Beck seemed understandably exhausted after dealing with Eric Massa for all of his hour-long Fox News show yesterday, and at the end, even apologized to his viewers. "I have wasted an hour of your time," he said. On the radio today, Beck said that he "almost threw him out of the studio three times"...
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Ned Lamont speaks to the media after formally announcing his bid for Connecticut governor, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Lamont jumps in. Obama touts nuclear energy. John Podesta blames the White House for losing sight of the big picture on health care. Support for Cadillac tax erodes. Senate Dems try to revive public option. Leslie H. Gelb calls...
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Rep. Larry Kissell (D-N.C.) looks in decent position to win a second term, according to a new poll, despite the worsening environment for congressional Democrats in many Southern districts.Public Policy Polling, a Democratic polling firm in the congressman’s home state, found that the freshman sports a decent 45 percent job approval rating, with only...
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Andy Stern doesn't think labor can beat the excise tax. Leibo writes about Orszag's affairs, unapologetically. Something's cooking in Middle East talks. Mitchell seems to threaten financial pressure on Israel, which Israel rejects as the U.S. walks it back. Paul Burka sees Perry 2012. Spitzer makes his enmity to Gillibrand public. And the Times hasn't got a unified Gruber theory.
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The big story in the large Hmong communities in Fresno, Sacramento and Minneapolis this morning: Gen. Vang Pao is ready to return to Laos. Today's Sacramento Bee fronts news (story, front page) that the legendary Hmong leader, who worked in close coordination with the CIA to fight communist forces during the Vietnam War, has reached some sort of detente...
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Third-quarter growth was significantly weaker than previously reported, the government announced Tuesday. As measured by gross domestic product, which is seen by many as an increasingly flawed gauge that overstates the health of the economy, the revision showed that growth was still well into positive territory compared with four previous quarters of negative growth....
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The guy in the photo below is the pastor of Emmanuel Bible Baptist Church in Plymouth, Maine, Bob Emrich. Pastor Bob is also the director of the Maine Jeremiah Project, a backer of traditional values™. Those values, of course, include support for Stand for Maine Marriage, the anti-gay marriage organization in the state. ...
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All the Reid family wants for Christmas is about 10-20 more points in the polls. The Texas Governor's race gets a "game changer". And the Reids aren't even the most screwed political figure in Nevada. What the Friday wrap lacks in quantity, it more than makes up for in quality... MA-Sen: Dueling...
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It's all business as usual starting tomorrow in D.C. The debate is expected to last at least several weeks. Democrats would like to pass a bill by Christmas, but have yet to find a formula that can win 60 votes, the number required to conclude debate. Complicating the situation, lawmakers from...
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A quite funny turkey pardon. A bad day for the dollar. The word "unprecedented" is a White House fav. MoDo calls Obama disloyal. Packer thinks the Obama movement's focus on the man, not the issues, set up disappointment. Sullivan differs a bit. Whites seem to be the leading edge of disillusion. RedState's Erickson is an unexpected opponent of the purity test. Forty...
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