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 68.0 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 68.0 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 68.0 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 107.0 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 68.0 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 107.0 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 68.0 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 68.0 Cutting trees would preserve Marys Peak meadow
CORVALLIS (AP) On an upside-down summer evening when Marys Peak had its head in the sunshine and its feet in the clouds, Forest Service botanist Marty Stein led a small group of people on a meadow tour. As he walked, he paused to point out some of ...
3.9K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 158.0 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 68.0 '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 68.0 Dems are playing word games
On June 24, Sen. Charles Schumer gave a remarkable speech on immigration. Preparing the way for the Obama administration s expected push for comprehensive reform, Schumer adopted a newer, tougher-sounding tone as he promised that a bill would be pass...
4.4K - Jul. 21, 2009; scored 107.0 Dems are playing word games
On June 24, Sen. Charles Schumer gave a remarkable speech on immigration. Preparing the way for the Obama administration's expected push for comprehensive reform, Schumer adopted a newer, tougher-sounding tone as he promised that a bill would be pass...
4.3K - Jul. 20, 2009; scored 107.0 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 68.0 How the GOP should handle Sonia
Republicans have been given fair warning. Should GOP senators treat Sonia Sotomayor as contemptuously as Democrats treated Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito, they should expect Hispanic hostility for a generation. The chutzpah of this Beltwa...
4.1K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 136.0 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 68.0 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 68.0 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 136.0 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 68.0 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 136.0 | 
