GOP Resting Hopes on Normally Conservative Upstate N.Y. for House Election, but Area Has Been Defying Political Trends
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 26th, 2009 5:31 am by HL
GOP Resting Hopes on Normally Conservative Upstate N.Y. for House Election, but Area Has Been Defying Political Trends
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — For the Republican Party, the long road to a comeback winds through the hills, small towns and dairy farms of Upstate New York and runs smack through such places as the Halftime Sports Bar and Grill, where Mark Hansen was recently nursing an afternoon beer.
President Obama Picks former Gov. Gary Locke as Commerce Nominee
SPEAKERS: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR. FORMER GOV. GARY LOCKE, D-WASH. NOMINATED TO BE COMMERCE SECRETARY [*] OBAMA: Good morning, everybody. Last night, I outlined my vision for our common future, one in which we accept the responsibility to act boldly and wisel…
Obama’s Budget Expects Limits on Greenhouse Gases to Produce Revenue
A mandatory cap on the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, which President Obama embraced on Tuesday as central to his domestic agenda, would be designed to generate badly needed revenue for the government while addressing arguably the world’s most pressing environmental issue.
