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How Old Is Jim Huffman?
By Wendy Gould - Politics DailyJim Huffman, a former Northwestern Lewis & Clark law professor/dean and constitutional expert, is the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Oregon. He's running against Democratic incumbent Ron Wyden, who's served in the Senate since 1996. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about his life. How old is Jim Huffman? Huffman is 65 years old. When was Jim Huffman born? Jim Huffman was born on March 24, 1945. Where was Jim Huffman born? Huffman was born in Fort Benton, Mont. He grew up in ...
Is Jim Huffman Married?
By Wendy Gould - Politics DailyJim Huffman, a former Northwestern Lewis & Clark law professor/dean and constitutional expert, is the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Oregon. He's running against Democratic incumbent Ron Wyden, who's served in the Senate since 1996. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about his life. Is Jim Huffman Married? Yes. Who is Jim Huffman's wife? Jim Huffman is married to Leslie (Murray Spencer) Huffman. How old is Jim Huffman's wife? Leslie Huffman is 53 years old. What does Jim ...
New Poll Has Harry Reid Leading Sharron Angle in Nevada Senate Race
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(July 16) -- According to the latest polls, embattled Nevada incumbent Democratic Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is now leading Republican challenger Sharron Angle, 44 to 37 percent. In last month's poll, Angle was ahead three percentage points. Reid's seat has long looked vulnerable in this purple state, which has the country's highest unemployment rate -- 14 percent. The majority leader is the local face of the Obama administration, and even though Obama took Nevada in the 2008 presidential election, his popularity there has declined. For Republican's eyeing big wins in the mid-term ...
Roxanne Conlin Guns for Sen. Charles Grassley's Seat in Macho Iowa
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyIn Iowa, the political glass ceiling is a tough one to crack. Only one woman, actress Jean Arthur, has served the state in Congress -- and that was in Billy Wilder's 1948 classic, "A Foreign Affair." Just ask Roxanne Conlin about that glass ceiling. After serving as one of the first two women U.S. attorneys, she ran for governor of Iowa in 1982. She lost to Republican Terry Branstad, who won 53 percent of the vote. Since then, she's been in private practice and is is one of the attorneys who won a class-action anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft. Now she's running against GOP Sen. Charles ...
NASA, Obama and the Angry Red Voters
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Want to Know How Health Care Will Play in November? Wait Until October
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyIt should be enshrined as the Obama Uncertainty Principle. Making his do-the-right-thing argument last week to wavering Democrats, the president repeatedly stressed the cloudy, crystal ball limitations of self-interested political prophecy. As he put it last Friday at a health care pep rally at George Mason University, "I don't know what's going to happen with the politics on this thing. I don't know whether my poll numbers go down [or] they go up. I don't know what happens in terms of Democrats versus Republicans." Presidents rarely give such public voice to humility, even if the conceit ...
Sarah Palin Releases Political Hit List for 2010 Elections
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyUrging her supporters to "get organized," Sarah Palin released a list Tuesday of 17 Democrats in Congress who her political action committee will work to defeat in the November elections. On her Facebook page, the former vice presidential candidate wrote that SarahPac will be "paying particular attention to those House members who voted in favor of Obamacare and represent districts that Senator John McCain and I carried during the 2008 election," CBS News reported. Here's the list: Ann Kirkpatrick (Ariz.), Harry E. Mitchell (Ariz.), Gabrielle Giffords (Ariz.), John Salazar (Colo.), Betsy ...
Another Democrat Bows Out: Arkansas Rep. Marion Berry Will Retire
By David Sessions - Politics DailyMarion Berry, a Democratic representative from Arkansas, said he will retire after seven terms, making him the 12 Democrat leaving a seat open this November, Politico reports. John McCain won Berry's district in the 2008 presidential election, an indication that Republicans will have a strong shot at filling the spot. "The message coming out of the Massachusetts special election is clear: No Democrat is safe. In the aftermath of Scott Brown's victory this past week, it has become evident to Democrats that to run for reelection in this toxic political environment is to ensure defeat at the ...
Young Voters Hold Key Cards in 2010 Election
By Nicholas Field - Politics DailyTen months out, with our major political parties dealing with low approval ratings and the country in distress, this year's midterm elections are shaping up to be as impassioned as 2008's general election. Both parties are hoping to turn their respective messages into outcries that will reach the masses (aka those who vote in the general election and sit out the midterms). As President Obama stated Sunday, "If you were fired up in the last election, I need you more fired up in this election." The Democrats' stunning loss of the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts Tuesday will only ...
McCain Re-Election Ads Slam Obama's 'Left-Wing Crusade'
By David Sessions - Politics DailyDuring the 2008 presidential campaign, John McCain defended candidate Barack Obama from critics McCain thought went to far, and cultivated his image as a "maverick" not beholden to the partisan dealings of his party. Now, in the first radio ads for his 2010 re-election campaign, McCain seems to be embracing the tough talk used by many of his Republican colleagues since Obama took office. "He's lived trough a battle or two, vanquished many a foe," the voice-over begins. "But perhaps no battle is more important than the one John McCain fights now: a battle to save America." "President Obama is ...
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