Archive for March 9th, 2009
Conn. Group Files To Back Sarah Palin For President
A Connecticut group says it is the first in the nation to register to raise money to draft Sarah Palin for president.
Lieberman now sings Obama’s praises
The Democrat-turned-Independent who once called Barack Obama naive and untested now is singing his praises.
Health overhaul tests Obama’s political skills
Embarking on arguably his most complex political fight yet, President Barack Obama is using skills honed during his presidential campaign and lessons learned from past failures to try to overhaul the health care system.
Obama to reverse Bush-era stem cell policy
President Barack Obama’s announcement Monday that he is overturning his predecessor’s policies toward embryonic stem cells also will include a broad declaration that science _ not political ideology _ would guide his adm..Full story
AG, Wallace’s daughter observe Selma anniversary
The nation’s first black attorney general and Gov. George C. Wallace’s daughter celebrated the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march Sunday _ 44 years after state troopers from her father’s administration beat ma..Full story
About Rush Limbaugh
He has sometimes written for us. That friendship has, however, never prevented him from expressing disagreement with our writers when he felt it appropriate, or vice versa.
Tussle over GOP leadership, party’s future path
Rush Limbaugh has been Topic A in the political world, with Republicans debating his influence on their party and Democrats trying to elevate the conservative radio host to the GOP’s de facto spokesman.
Talk of amendment for replacing senators
The recent appointments of several U.S. senators are prompting a move to amend the Constitution.
NKorea to elect members to rubber-stamp parliament
North Koreans voted Sunday to elect legislators to the country’s rubber-stamp parliament _ a poll outside observers are watching closely for hints leader Kim Jong Il may be grooming a successor.
The poll is the first si..Full story
Guantanamo ‘worse since Obama election’
Guantanamo ‘worse since Obama election’ March 8, 2009, 12:01 pm A freed Guantanamo Bay prisoner has said conditions at the US detention camp in Cuba have worsened since President Barack Obama was elected, …
