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Friedlander, Other Comics Roll Out Plans to Fix Washington [VIDEO]
By Barry Weintraub - AOL News(Oct. 28) -- If you know anything about Judah Friedlander's character on "30 Rock," he's a sex-crazed slob with a trucker hat for every occasion. In real life, Friedlander is out with a new book, "How to Beat Up Anybody," and he's hoping his next gig will be as president of the United States. We caught up with him at New York City's Comic Strip -- the legendary comedy club that launched the careers of Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler and other standups. Our mission was simple: We just wanted comics to tell us, "How would you fix Washington?" Since so many of us think Washington, ...
Tea Party Pick Ken Buck Thumps Jane Norton in Colo. Senate Race Poll
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyKen Buck started out as a long shot in Colorado's Republican race for the U.S. Senate. In fact, last August, it appeared Buck would exit the race to clear the field for former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton, the National Republican Senatorial Committee's chosen one. Ten months and lots of voter uprising later, Buck is the front runner in the Aug. 10 primary. A Denver Post weekend poll put him ahead of Norton 53 percent to 37 percent among likely GOP voters. Norton's staff issued its own poll Tuesday showing her ahead 39 percent to 33 percent, especially among women (the Denver Post's poll featured 57 ...
Feminists' Job One: Electing More Women to Office
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyWomen make up almost 51 percent of the U.S. population. Women make up almost 17 percent of the U.S. Congress. Although 1992 may have been the "Year of the Woman" in congressional contests, that election changed the proportion of women from 6 percent to only 10 percent. Whoop-de-doo. Let's set aside, for the moment, the discussion of who's a feminist (Sarah Palin?) and whether your position on abortion is a factor. Let's talk about electing more women to office. "We had a year, and that passed quickly, and that was a long time ago," said Marie C. Wilson, president and founder of The ...
Political Insider Predicts Big Election Losses for Congressional Democrats
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyBarack Obama has seen his approval rating drop to its lowest point during his eight months in office, reflecting the brutal political battle over health care. Worse news for Democrats in Congress came on Thursday from the well-respected Cook Political Report. It predicted a net Democratic loss in the House and Senate of "between six and 12 seats" in the 2010 elections. In fact, the report's founder and "indispensable" National Journal columnist, Charlie Cook, projects the Democratic losses look much bigger to him: "The situation this summer has slipped completely out of control for President ...
Republicans Pass Democrats in Congressional Preference Ballot
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThere is a surprise for Democrats and President Obama in the polls on this 100th day of the Obama presidency that could put a damper on the celebrations, especially among Congressional Democrats. Rasmussen Reports published new results for its generic Congressional ballot, and for only the second time in the past five years, Republicans topped Democrats in voters' preference for Congress. And both of those instances have occured since January. Forty-one percent of voters now say that they would vote for the Republican candidate in their district versus just thirty-eight percent who would ...
Obama, Democrats Lured Specter with Promises of Pork, Campaign Cash
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyNow that Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) has made official what many Republicans have suspected – that he has actually been a Democrat for some time – reports are surfacing about the price Specter was able to exact from Democrats for his ultimate act of betrayal toward the party that elected him to the Senate five consecutive times. Specter did not come cheaply. Specter was enticed to join the Democratic Party with promises of two very valuable things. One is rumored to be the hugely powerful chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The other was a promise from President ...
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