Health-Care Activists Are Targeting Democrats Who Are Usually Allies
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 28th, 2009 4:32 am by HL
Health-Care Activists Are Targeting Democrats Who Are Usually Allies
In the high-stakes battle over health care, a growing cadre of liberal activists is aiming its sharpest firepower against Democratic senators who they accuse of being insufficiently committed to the cause.
Homeland Security, Pentagon Clash on Military’s Role at Mexico Border
A proposal to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to counter drug trafficking has triggered a bureaucratic standoff between the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security over the military’s role in domestic affairs, according to officials in both departments.
The Sunday Take: Parties Try Again to Fix the Primary Process
There is no end to the complaints about the way the two political parties select their presidential nominees. As the litany goes, the process begins too early, gives undue influence to a handful of small, unrepresentative states and has encouraged a disorderly leapfrogging by other states that has…
Most Americans Want Sotomayor on Supreme Court, Poll Indicates
A sizable majority of Americans want the Senate to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, and most call her “about right” ideologically, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.