The League of Ordinary Gentlemen“Phony theology” and evangelical identity politicsSalonThat Mitt Romney faces particular suspicion from the evangelical voters who have come to dominate southern Republican politics is old news. In his 2008 campaign, the former Massachusetts governor tried to run as the right’s default non-John McCain …Santorum challenges policy on prenatal testingCNN InternationalRick Santorum [...]
Los Angeles TimesPolitics chases Romney to Olympic celebrationLos Angeles TimesThough Romney frequently cites his experience fixing the Salt Lake City Olympics as one of the reasons he is qualified to be president on the campaign trail, on Saturday, he did not mention a word about politics, instead highlighting the success of the …Romney draws on [...]
Toronto StarNew media, old nasty politicsStarPhoenixThen again, cyberspace seems to have been infected with the nastiness of “old politics” that seeks out such unregulated space as a canvas for its dirty work – as this week’s tale of “@ vikileaks30″ demonstrates. The anonymous Twitter account was …’VikiLeaks’ account linked to House of Commons IP addressYahoo! [...]
The DrumPolitics News: David Cameron’s deal for Scotland: Reject independence and earn …Scottish Daily RecordDAVID Cameron yesterday promised more powers for the Scottish Parliament – but only if the country rejects independence. The Prime Minister came to Scotland to make a passionate plea for the UK to stay together, but he muddled his message with [...]
Milwaukee Labor PressObama puts Master Lock jobs first as political storm evaporatesMilwaukee Labor PressHe doesn’t have to play politics to push policy. This is an election year when voters respond to common sense and good ideas — and despise meaningless intransigence. So the day after Valentine allowed him to deliver a detailed Valentine not just [...]
HaaretzIn election-season Iran, domestic politics trump fear of Israeli attackHaaretzThese are important elections, not because they will draw a new political map in Iran, since most of those defined as reformists have decided to boycott them, but rather because they will determine the extent to which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will …Ahmadinejad jockeying to retain power [...]
BBC NewsThe politics of Moody’s credit rating for the UKBBC NewsBy John Pienaar Chief political correspondent, BBC Radio 5 Live Just a few years ago – before the banking crisis – the international ratings agencies were barely mentioned in any political debate. At Westminster, most MPs would have struggled to name …Politics live blog: Tuesday [...]
New York TimesEastwood’s ad is political footballNews ChiefBy REG HENRY But, nowadays, everything is kicked around for political effect. In truth, politics has become football, as the Super Bowl ended up proving. Consider that politics and football are both contact sports. Both involve lots of money.When Cars Meet Politics, a ClashNew York TimesEastwood: A maverick [...]
New York TimesEastwood’s ad is political footballNews ChiefBy REG HENRY But, nowadays, everything is kicked around for political effect. In truth, politics has become football, as the Super Bowl ended up proving. Consider that politics and football are both contact sports. Both involve lots of money.When Cars Meet Politics, a ClashNew York TimesEastwood: A maverick [...]
Pentagon Moves to Weaken Combat Troops and Family Values POSTED 02.12.2012 ON As Maine Goes In the latest move to weaken the military, the Pentagon just announced that it plans to open up more positions to women that were previously… READ MORE
RollingStone.com (blog)Religion and Politics Clash Over Birth Control MandateKPTM-TVThe mandate touched a political firestorm. Catholics say the mandate is an affront to their religious values. Women’s health advocates say it’s about fairness. “The core of this debate is about religious liberty. It’s about the First Amendment and the …Political Wisdom: Obama’s Political Storm Over Birth [...]
USA TODAYVA POLITICS: Senate’s partisan rancor threatens ’12 budgetDelmarva Daily TimesAP Political Writer RICHMOND — Sharp ideological clashes, petty resentments and ongoing legislative struggles over partisan power have thrown timely Senate adoption of a new state budget into question. Democrats organize as the Senate minority even …Both sides claim politics as payroll tax cut extension [...]
FirstpostWill ‘super PACs’ ruin politics?Los Angeles TimesNow Obama has done almost the same thing, despite his longtime opposition to massive special-interest spending in political campaigns. His decision to embrace Priorities USA Action, a political action committee founded by two former aides, …Super PACs: The new flood of money poisoning US politicsFirstpostIn Reversal, Obama Embraces Super [...]
Contributing editor Mark Bourrie wonders if the Sun Media chain’s family values are up to snuff. Well, I’ll be a dirty bird. Roll me in eleven herbs and spices and call me Kentucky Fried. I’m shocked and appalled. Outraged. Think of the kids. I think I’m getting ahead of myself. Last week, people on Parliament Hill [...]
Los Angeles TimesRPOF: Democrats Playing Politics with Redistricting ProcessSunshine State NewsThe Republican Party of Florida says Democrats are playing politics with the state’s process to redraw voting districts to accommodate a growing population — districts that were approved in the House in a party-line vote Friday.Ideas emerge from political parties outside of Republican-Democrat paradigmRenegade RipFlorida [...]
The AtlanticKomen Says Efficiency, Not Politics, Drove Planned Parenthood ChangeNorth Country Public RadioBut the group denied politics played any role in its decision and said such allegations were a distraction from the search for cancer cures. First-time applications for unemployment insurance are running at the lowest pace since mid-2008.Komen’s Planned Parenthood decision all about politicsWashington [...]
Kansas City StarAbortion politics has nothing to do with breast cancerAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog)But because of this move, an apolitical cause that united men and women of all political philosophies is now in danger of being subsumed into a bitterly political war. For no apparent reason, the Komen organization has taken sides in a fight [...]
CTV.caKeystone XL refusal ‘bad politics’Toronto Sun”It’s an example of bad politics trumping good policy. (President Barack Obama) played to his environmental base and they wanted him to reject it and he delayed it for 15 months,” said David Wilkins. The 25-year Republican state legislature politician …Obama put politics over country when he killed the Keystone [...]
The Guardian (blog)Politics Live blog: Ed Miliband’s speech on Scotland staying in UKThe Guardian (blog)Its pretty unedifying watching politicians doing it, actually, I don’t like to see political figures jumping on a particular bandwagon to kick the guy … You can look at the share price and say well, there hasn’t been a great success.The [...]
TIMEPOLITICS AS USUAL (By Jim Baron) State of the Union recap; RI’s T-shirt warWoonsocket CallIt’s a safe bet that presentation won’t have the air of political theater that Chafee’s old Senate buddy, President Barack Obama, had in his State of the Union address a week ago tomorrow. Since my job on Tuesday was to listen [...]
Sydney Morning HeraldCommentary: Newt Gingrich and the politics of racial resentmentSacramento BeeFor as much as Republicans decry the so-called politics of envy, they still seem right at home practicing the politics of racial resentment — and mass distraction. In so doing, they tap a rich vein of stereotype and preconception about the supposed …The GOP: [...]
MTV UKUniversity Offers Beyoncé Politics ClassMTV UKA university in America is offering students the chance to take a class on Beyoncé and her cultural and political impact, it has been reported. The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the well-regarded Rutgers University in New Jersey is …Oprah Winfrey is not Godmother to Beyonce’s daughter, [...]
NewsdayHillary Clinton dodging political ‘high wire’NewsdayNation Newsday News Nation Hillary Clinton dodging political ‘high wire’ Originally published: January 26, 2012 1:48 PM Updated: January 27, 2012 5:41 AM By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she wants …Clinton: Done with the ‘high wire’ of politics. Really.Washington Post (blog)Hillary Clinton [...]
ABC NewsEgyptian Revolution’s Biggest Name Shuns Politics, SpotlightABC NewsBut Ghonim would not take the leadership role many hoped and after Mubarak fell, didn’t use his newfound celebrity status to push a particular political agenda, angering many young liberals. Instead, a few months after Mubarak stepped down, …As the dust begins to settleEgyptian GazetteEgypt One Year [...]
Globe and MailWeekly Standard: Gingrich and Frustration PoliticsNPRby Jay Cost A “Vote Here” sign is seen outside an East Bay Street voting station on Jan. 21, 2012 in Charleston, South Carolina. Voters decided between four major candidates in the key conservative state. Conservatives in South Carolina have upended …Can Newt Gingrich’s Pugilistic Politics Win Florida?Sunshine [...]
The Associated PressMoney, politics and powerSILive.comBy Staten Island Advance Editorial It has been two years since the US Supreme Court declared that when it comes to being free to spend money for political activism, corporations are people, and swept aside all laws placing limits on independent …On 2nd Anniversary of Citizens United: Why the Right, [...]
TIME (blog)Pipeline Politics: Keystone Is Dead (For Now). What Happens Next?TIME (blog)That’s not a knock on the protest movement—obviously they have concerns about the risk of pipeline safety and spills as well—but it makes the Keystone decision less a climate victory than a victory for traditional environmental politics, as I wrote …Keystone pipeline rejected over [...]
Milwaukee Small Business Times (blog)Wisconsin politics will be even more toxic in 2012Milwaukee Small Business Times (blog)All that money will flow directly into Wisconsin’s toxic political bloodstream. For a moment, think of the time, talent and treasure that will be devoted to recalling or defending Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four [...]
A defense of big money in politicsWashington Post (blog)Adelson is a good friend of Gingrich and a major player in Israeli politics. He owns a newspaper in Israel and supports politicians so far to the right I have to wonder if they are even Jewish. This is Sheldon Adelson, supposedly a bad man. …Cohen: Sheldon [...]
New Straits TimesSouth Korea’s political SpringNew Straits TimesBy Lee Byong-Chul | 0 comments THE ascension to power of the pudgy 29-year-old Kim Jong-un in North Korea has grabbed headlines around the world, but the most important story involving Korean young people and politics is taking place in the South. …Tips on How to Mix Politics [...]
ForbesFlood of money corrupts electoral politicsThe News Journal”Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” A California politician named Jesse Unruh said that back in 1966. There is nothing new about the importance of money in a political campaign. But when you look at the recent primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire, …Bitter Politics of Envy?New [...]
The GuardianMormon bashing part of dirty politics in SCStandardNetMitt Romney’s campaign, just a few weeks away from the 2008 presidential primary in a state where evangelicals look skeptically on the former Massachusetts governor’s Mormon faith, condemned the bogus card as politics at its worst. …South Carolina – where politics get (even more) nastyThe GuardianEvangelicals have [...]
» 38 comments If you have turned on Fox News during any hour of the day in the past several months, you know who Eric Bolling is. The host of Fox Business’s Follow the Money and co-host of The Five can be seen on nearly every program– from Fox Friends to filling in on The [...]
CTV.caUS POLITICS: Mitt Romney cruises to victory in New HampshireSan Francisco Luxury NewsAP – Mitt Romney easily won the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, leaving his opponents in disarray and taking a big step toward becoming his party’s choice to run against President Barack Obama in November. Romney garnered 39 percent of …Politics Today: Mitt [...]
News@Northeastern3Qs: Seeing politics from the front linesNews@NortheasternPolitical science senior Nick Beek, pictured here with Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, traveled to New Hampshire with students and faculty this past weekend to see GOP campaigners firsthand. Courtesy photo. …Why Politics Needs More Losers Like Newt GingrichHuffington PostPolitics Today: The “2012 New Hampshire Primary” EditionNeon TommyUS POLITICS: [...]
Center for Research on GlobalizationYou Can’t Price Stocks Without The Fallout From Politics And EconomicsForbes… as quantitative easing has not gotten many people jobs. All these strategic and political problems lay over the stock market as well as the bond market, where another fear is for inflation which will drive 1.90% 10 year Treasury yields [...]
The News InternationalNo room for dictatorship in politics says NawazThe News InternationalLAHORE: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said on Sunday there was no room for dictatorship in the country and politicians would have to show political maturity to strengthen democracy. “Political parties are the asset of the country and symbol of national …Playing politics?PakistanToday.com.pkFROM A RINGSIDE [...]
Daily MailA New Kennedy Mulls PoliticsWBURPatrick Kennedy announced he was stepping down in 2010, it appeared the political dynasty was over. Enter red-headed 31-year-old twin Joseph Patrick Kennedy III. He’s formally looking at running for Rep. Barney Frank’s soon-to-be vacated seat. …Fourth-generation Kennedy considers political lifeBBC NewsA Kennedy Considers Running for Frank’s SeatABC News (blog)Joe [...]
Christian Science MonitorOf Mice and Iowa… [Politics]AustinistNew Gingrich has also decided to stay in the race if only to block for Santorum against Romney and use his well-practiced attack politics in a scorched-earth campaign against the Republican Establishment that so clearly dismissed and attacked him over …Iowa Politics Insider: 8 votesDesMoinesRegister.comHackett on Politics: Santorum’s popularity [...]
The Guardian (blog)The perils of gurus in politicsThe Guardian (blog)What a way to start the new political year! David Cameron is back on the trail today, dogged by grim economic prospects, boosted by better-than-feared poll ratings and taking a clobbering from small businessmen at a Cameron Direct event in Berkshire. …Labour adviser: It’s time Miliband [...]
The Guardian (blog)The perils of gurus in politicsThe Guardian (blog)What a way to start the new political year! David Cameron is back on the trail today, dogged by grim economic prospects, boosted by better-than-feared poll ratings and taking a clobbering from small businessmen at a Cameron Direct event in Berkshire. …Labour adviser: It’s time Miliband [...]
The Boston GlobeRetail politics on a budget brings unexpected successThe Boston GlobeFrom the very beginning, Santorum believed that his year-plus slog through Iowa’s 99 counties would make all the difference to his success here, where voters take seriously the tradition of retail politics – being able to look politicians in the eye, …Obama Returns to [...]
FirstpostVoters will face intriguing political contestsAllentown Morning CallIn the world of politics, even-numbered years are always the most exciting for voters and campaign aficionados. They promise the highest profile races, largest slate of candidates and most engaged public. Nowhere is the excitement more present than in …Why money matters more to American politics than democracyFirstpostInside [...]