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THE MESSENGER Sarah Palin's return is unnerving some Republicans. WASHINGTON — Via Oprah , Facebook and a bus trip that resembled a campaign swing more than a book tour, Sarah Palin reappeared on the national stage last week, minus her governorship and running-mate status, but with a new role as principled “rogue” to add to her previous credits as plain-spoken patriot and hockey mom.
Columnist Joe Conason, in Little Rock this week to follow Bill Clinton for a coming book, dipped into senatorial politics and found an incumbent U.S. Senator, Blanche Lincoln, looking weak rather than thoughtful. He found pressure from Lt. Gov. Bill Halter and a free health clinic and a not-thinly-veiled bit of advice from Clinton, whose [...]
President Obama's job-approval rating has slipped below 50% in the Gallup Tracking Poll for the first time in his presidency, pulled down by concerns about the economy, federal spending and health care legislation.
President Barack Obama's visit to Alaska last week got us to thinking about previous presidential visits. There have been several over the years, most of them stopovers to refuel on the way to Asia.
Norm Olson's genial tone belies his reputation as a radical militiaman, yet here he is, at 63, an affable grandfather explaining why Americans should arm themselves against their government. Walking stick in hand, clad in military fatigues, he strolls a trail... Militia - United States - Society and Culture - Politics - Military
NEWPORT NEWS — "Thought-provoking ideas and whimsical moments too."
Publisher HarperCollins said Friday that Sarah Palin’s memoir sold 300,000 copies its first day, among the best openings ever for a nonfiction book.
3 Democratic moderates to decide fate of health bill - for now - in crucial Saturday vote
WASHINGTON - Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health-care bill that is 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.
Thrilled with twin victories this month, Republican governors are looking to lead a party-wide resurgence in 2010 and shape the GOP for years to come.
Former President Bill Clinton has talked to two busloads of schoolchildren about his presidency and issues around the world during a visit to his library.from Channel 7
President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the Senate plans a make-or-break vote on his hard-fought plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. Obama also confronts a difficult choice on strategy and troop levels in Afghanistan, which will be criticized no matter what he decides.
Bruce King's body to lie in state at the capitol 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Former Gov. Bruce King will lie in state at the Capitol today, and former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to attend his funeral Saturday in Moriarty, the family said. The three-term governor will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The funeral will be in the Moriarty High School gymnasium on Saturday ...
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:50 pm | Updated: 6:02 pm, Fri Nov 20, 2009. "Going Rogue" is going big.
Public shows little support for eliminating presidential term limits as Bill Clinton hinted at.
Today is Friday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2009. There are 41 days left in the year. On Nov. 20, 1947, Britain's future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey.
