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Arlen Specter to Teach at Penn Law School
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyAfter spending 30 years on Capitol Hill, Arlen Specter has a new job. The former senator, a longtime Republican who switched parties and then lost the Democratic primary, has been hired to teach law at the University of Pennsylvania, his alma mater. The school announced Tuesday that Specter, a former member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will become an adjunct faculty member for the fall 2011 semester. He will teach a class on the relationship between Congress and the Supreme Court. Specter, 80, who represented Pennsylvania in Congress for three decades, earned an undergraduate degree ...
Bill Clinton Cameos in 'The Hangover 2': 6 Other Weird Things He's Done Lately
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Nov. 15) -- Bill Clinton's latest project was leaked the other day, and it's not political. He's secured himself a cameo in the upcoming movie "The Hangover 2." Slick Willy showed off his performance style as early as the 1992 presidential campaign, when he played the sax on the Arsenio Hall show. While George W. Bush has largely stayed out of the media spotlight (except for his recent promotion of his new memoir,) Clinton has a way of sticking around. Here are six of the weirder things he's done recently. 1. Gone vegan: Recently, the famous Big Mac chomper swore off animal products ...
Midterm Elections 2010: Ugly Campaigns, Scared Incumbents and Angry Voters
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyFor more than half a century, the reigning ethos in Washington was neatly articulated in the succinct wisdom of Speaker Sam Rayburn, words imparted to freshmen members of Congress when they first arrived in the nation's capital: "If you want to get along, go along." A sprawling congressional office building is named after the former speaker from Texas, and in January some of the new members of the congressional class chosen Tuesday by voters will set up shop in the Rayburn House Office Building. Some of them, however, will know in their hearts that they got here on the strength of a ...
Why 'Red Herring' Candidates May Help Diehard Conservatives
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyJill Lawrence makes a fascinating point in her column today, writing that "Pat Toomey -- the diehard conservative who drove Arlen Specter out of the Republican Party -- seems almost middle of the road compared with his fellow Republican Senate nominees." If her theory is true -- and I believe it is -- then it implies that the shrewdest move conservatives can make is to field more conservative candidates. Think of it as a negotiation. A smart negotiator will always ask for more than he is willing to settle for. In political terms, this means that if you start off a negotiation by asking ...
Rush Limbaugh Lists 'Top 10 Republican Moderate Moments'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyOn his radio show today, Rush Limbaugh listed his "Top 10 Moderate Moments" -- a list he first introduced on Nov. 3, 2009. According to Limbaugh, these are the "moderate moments" to remember: 10: "Newt Gingrich doing a PSA on global warming with Nancy Pelosi in 2008." 9. "Bush-Quayle '92." 8. "Dole-Kemp '96." 7. "Ford-Dole '76. Do you see a pattern here?" 6. "Jumpin' Jim Jeffords jumps from the Republican Party." 5. "Arlen Specter switches parties." 4. "Richard Nixon resigns in disgrace." 3. "Dede Scozzafava endorses the Democrat, Owens, in New York 23." 2. The McCain campaign of ...
Obama to Attend Fundraiser for Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyDemocratic Rep. Joe Sestak will get some presidential help in his uphill battle against Republican Pat Toomey in his Senate race in Pennsylvania. President Barack Obama will attend a Sept. 20 fundraising event for Sestak in Philadelphia, The Associated Press reported. It will be the president's first campaign stop for Sestak, who beat Republican-turned-Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter in the primary. The White House had backed Specter, but threw its support behind Sestak for the general election. Toomey, a businessman and former congressman, has been leading Sestak in the polls. A Franklin & ...
Murkowski Loss Underscores Trend: Appropriators Are Biting the Dust
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyNow that Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has conceded, she has become the latest victim of a growing trend: Appropriations Committee members who have lost this year. Once thought of as a powerful committee for members wanting to "bring home the bacon," in today's political environment sitting on an appropriations panel seems to be an albatross. "Earmarking is a corrupt practice, plain and simple," says Andy Roth, a vice president at the conservative Club for Growth. "Voters understand that, but insecure politicians do not. And that's why the old adage that pork buys you votes doesn't work. It ...
Will Outgoing Sen. Arlen Specter Be Offered a White House Job?
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailySen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) leaves office at the end of this term but isn't necessarily ready to give up public service, and White House officials might consider offering him a job in the Obama administration, ABC News reported Thursday. Sources told ABC the job discussions are in the very early stages. Specter, a close friend of Vice President Joe Biden, has deep roots in Washington, having served in the Senate for nearly 30 years. The talks are not part of any "deal" that came when Specter switched parties and threw his support behind President Obama's agenda, sources said. Neither ...
Bank Bailout Vote Comes Back to Haunt Lawmakers Up for Election
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyWhile the $700 billion bailout of banks has been credited with containing the financial meltdown of 2008, many lawmakers who voted for it -- Republicans as well as Democrats -- have found it to be a political albatross in this year's elections, the New York Times reports. The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was proposed by former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, with the backing of then President Bush and the Democratic congressional leadership. But in this election year with its strong anti-Washington overtones, members of Congress who voted ...
Kagan Declines to Criticize Roberts Court
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (June 30) -- Elena Kagan declined an invitation to criticize the current Supreme Court on Wednesday, testifying at the third day of her confirmation hearings, "I'm sure everyone up there is acting in good faith." In a lengthy exchange with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Kagan said pointedly she didn't agree with the Rhode Island Democrat's analysis that justices appointed by Republican presidents were "driving the law in a new direction by the narrowest possible margins" in a series of 5-4 rulings. The exchange occurred as Kagan returned to the witness chair for another long day of ...
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