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Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 3rd, 2011 5:36 am by HL

Capehart: Supreme Court affirms Fred Phelps’s right to be ugly
When I read the breaking news alert this morning, I almost fell out of my chair. “Supreme Court upholds Westboro Baptist Church’s right to stage anti-gay protests at funerals of U.S. troops.” And after the initial shock wore off, I recognized that the near-unanimous ruling was the right decision.

Obama signs short-term spending bill, averting federal shutdown
President Obama on Wednesday signed a stopgap measure that will keep the federal government funded through March 18, averting a shutdown for two more weeks while congressional leaders head to the White House to broker a longer-term deal.

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Democrats Need GOP Voters to Win

Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 3rd, 2011 5:31 am by HL

Democrats Need GOP Voters to Win
Nathan Gonzales, Roll Call
Vulnerable Democrats beware: The bipartisan well is about dry. Last cycle, Democrats saw their percentage of the Republican vote drop dramatically, and that could spell trouble for incumbents relying on that vote to survive in 2012. Sen. Ben Nelson is at the top of the list. The Nebraska Democrat received a whopping 42 percent of the GOP vote in 2006 when he cruised to re-election, but with two GOP statewide officeholders already running against him, the Senator’s narrow victory in 2000 is a better road map for a third term. The former two-term…

Obama Reflects on Race & the Presidency
Kenneth Walsh, US News & WR
Home > Politics & Policy > Obama Says Race a Key Component in Tea Party Protests By Kenneth T. Walsh Posted: March 2, 2011African-Americans have been an integral part of the White House since it was built in part by slaves. In Family of Freedom: Presidents and African Americans in the White House, veteran U.S. News White House reporter Kenneth T. Walsh traces this sometimes fraught history from its roots all the way to the Barack…

Autocracies, Totalitarians & the Mideast
Austin Bay, SA Express-News
Libyan rebels on the outskirts of Tripoli foreshadow the demise of Col. Moammar Gadhafi's four decades of dictatorship. But Gadhafi's not gone — yet — and the Libyan Civil War of 2011 may or may not end even if he goes in a coffin or on a jet into Venezuelan exile.