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Michelle Obama Rejects Demonizing Twinkies In Her Anti-Obesity Crusade
Massachusetts Study: Health Care Reform Reduced Abortions
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Democrats' Dilemma: Health Care Vote and the 'Enthusiasm Gap'
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McCain's GOP Primary Challenger Trails Him by Just 7 Points
By Bruce Drake
Conservative talk show host and former congressman J.D. Hayworth, who is mounting a primary campaign from the right against Sen. John McCain in Arizona, trails the former GOP presidential candidate by just 7 points, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 17. McCain leads Hayward, 48 ...
McCain Challenger Hayworth on Gay Marriage: Could Human-Horse Unions Be Next?
By Christopher Weber
J.D. Hayworth, the former congressman challenging Sen. John McCain in Arizona's Republican primary, said he supports a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages because otherwise men might end up marrying horses. Hayworth appeared on an Orlando, Fla., radio station over the weekend. When ...
Six Reasons Barack Obama is Still the Odds-on Favorite in 2012
By Carl M. Cannon
Less than six months after he took office, Barack Obama was labeled a "lame duck" president by a few overeager conservative commentators. Before his first year in the White House was up, some nervous liberals began pronouncing their hero more Jimmy Carter than J.F.K. Now, independents are apparently ...
Lieberman Forges Ahead on Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
By Tom Diemer
Two keys senators are moving forward on a bill throwing out the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that bans gays from serving openly in the military, despite pleas from the Pentagon for more time study the impact on the Armed Forces. Pentagon spokesmen told reporters on Wednesday that the military ...
McCain Running Hard in Arizona -- With a Little Help From His Friends
By Tom Diemer
Facing a primary challenge from the right in Arizona, Sen. John McCain is highlighting endorsements from a bevy of political luminaries in a bid to overwhelm rival J.D. Hayworth and neutralize his opponent's claim on the conservative, anti-Washington Tea Party movement. McCain, the Republican ...
McCain Calls Kerry-Graham-Lieberman Climate Change Plan 'A Joke'
By Patricia Murphy
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Tuesday derided as "a joke" a bipartisan proposal being crafted by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), and John Kerry (D-Mass.) to address climate change since it does not spell out what to do with toxic waste that would be generated by proposed new ...
Sen. Graham, White House Talks on Gitmo Worrying Some Republicans
By Tom Diemer
Sen. Lindsey Graham's private conversations with the Obama administration on closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are making some of Graham's fellow Republicans nervous. Graham (R-S.C.) has been involved in meetings and phone calls with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel over ...
Generals Wary of Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal; Navy to Let Women Serve on Subs
By Tom Diemer
Two top Army and Air Force generals remain deeply concerned about the prospect of gays serving openly in the Armed Forces and the abandonment of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. With their public comments, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. and Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, his ...
Mitt to Mac: I'm on Your Side in Arizona Re-Election Campaign
By Tom Diemer
The rapprochement continues. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who sparred with Sen. John McCain in the hard-fought 2008 Republican presidential campaign, said Tuesday he is endorsing McCain's bid for re-election in Arizona, where he faces a conservative challenger. "For years, I've been an ...
Obama: I've Backed Some GOP Health Care Ideas All Along
By Tom DiemerPresident Barack Obama said Saturday he hopes neither political party tries to turn the upcoming White House summit on health care reform into "political theater with each side simply reciting talking points and trying to score political points." Obama has invited Republican and Democratic ...
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