GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, N.J.
WASHINGTON Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading ...
 6.4K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 190.0 Judge: Virgina violated some voters rights
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) A federal judge has ruled that Virginia violated the voting rights of military service members and other Americans overseas when officials failed to mail more than 2,100 absentee ballots in time for last year s presidential elect...
0.8K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 148.0 Judge: Virgina violated some voters rights
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) A federal judge has ruled that Virginia violated the voting rights of military service members and other Americans overseas when officials failed to mail more than 2,100 absentee ballots in time for last year s presidential elect...
0.8K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 148.0 Senate leaders see need for more troops
WASHINGTON Saying the U.S. mission in Afghanistan is in serious jeopardy, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says more troops are needed to combat an increasingly potent Taliban. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein s views on the issue ar...
5.1K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 190.0 Clinton, Gates: Goals steady in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama s top defense and diplomacy advisers said the United States retains the Afghanistan war goal that he outlined just two months into his presidency to sideline al-Qaida but changing circumstances require a reasse...
5.9K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 148.0 Bill by Thanksgiving?
WASHINGTON Vice President Joe Biden asserted today that a health care bill will be done by Thanksgiving because President Barack Obama has re-centered debate and there s an emerging bipartisan consensus for change despite fights over details like...
6.7K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 190.0 Once Medicare's foe, GOP now shifts to defend it
NEW YORK Weren t Republicans against Medicare before they were for it? It s a question vexing Democrats in the fierce battle over President Barack Obama s push for a health care overhaul as the head of the Republican Party has portrayed the GOP as ...
7.0K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 190.0 Don't forget immigrants
It would be a fitting tribute to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., if Congress could act on his other great unfinished cause: immigration reform. Kennedy s death undoubtedly will elicit calls to get health care reform legislation passed in his m...
3.1K - Sep. 3, 2009; scored 148.0 Afghanistan poses tough choices for Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) With the nation s top military officer calling the situation in Afghanistan dire, President Barack Obama soon may face two equally unattractive choices: increase U.S. troops to beat back a resilient enemy, or stick with the 68,000 a...
4.2K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 148.0 'Ka-ching' for Detroit
This is what I told my friend Frank: Under the cash for clunkers program, you could get more money for your 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis than it was worth up to $4,500 if you used it to buy a new vehicle with much better gas mileage. What ...
3.1K - Aug. 10, 2009; scored 148.0 Obama: Cronkite was reporter who never let us down
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama praised broadcasting icon Walter Cronkite as a newsman who never let us down. The 92-year-old retired CBS News anchorman died Friday night at his Manhattan home after a long illness. In a statement, Obama des...
3.2K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 221.0 Obama wants funds for colleges
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is proposing a multibillion-dollar investment in the nation s community colleges, a $12 billion effort to help the two-year institutions reach, teach and train more people for the jobs of the future. Obam...
3.3K - Jul. 14, 2009; scored 148.0 Time to toughen up, Palin
Guest editorial People love Sarah Palin or they love to hate her. Now the lovers and the haters disagree on her future, since she s said she ll step down as governor of Alaska: Either she s finished in politics or she is shrewdly preparing for a come...
0.9K - Jul. 13, 2009; scored 148.0 GOP rallies against more stimulus spending
WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans lined up Sunday in opposition to a second economic stimulus package, a rare demonstration of unity from an out-of-power political party in search of a rallying cry against President Barack Obama. Republicans called Obama...
2.8K - Jul. 13, 2009; scored 221.0 Palin gives few hints as she blasts media
JUNEAU, Alaska Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn t wait long to give some hint of what her political life might look like after she leaves office at the end of the month. After staying out of the public eye for most of Saturday, a day after abruptly ann...
7.4K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 148.0 Palin quits office
WASILLA, Alaska Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin surprised supporters Friday and announced she is resigning from office at the end of the month, leaving open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012. The news rattles a Republican Par...
8.3K - Jul. 4, 2009; scored 263.0 Sports Briefs: BCS presidents reject MWC plan
Bowl Championship Series presidents have rejected the Mountain West Conference s playoff plan. The MWC proposed an eight-team playoff system that would allow greater access to the national championship game to teams outside the six most powerful leag...
3.1K - Jun. 25, 2009; scored 148.0 Obama: U.S. prepared for N. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea - President Barack Obama assured Americans in an interview broadcast today that the U.S. is prepared for any move North Korea might make, amid reports that Pyongyang is planning a long-range missile test to follow up its provocativ...
4.6K - Jun. 22, 2009; scored 263.0 Obama: Iranian voters should be heard
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the world is inspired by the outpouring of Iranian political dissent, but Sen. John McCain said Obama isn't speaking out strongly enough. Obama said Monday an inquiry into the disputed presidential electi...
6.1K - Jun. 16, 2009; scored 244.0 What is the GOP these days?
If someone says, I am with the GOP, what does that mean exactly? According to a recent USA Today/Gallup poll, most Americans cannot name one person who speaks for the Republican Party. Asked to identify the main person who speaks for the Republica...
2.8K - Jun. 15, 2009; scored 148.0 | 
