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Fox News Adds Indiana Democrat Evan Bayh as Commentator
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyFormer Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, an influential voice for moderation during his 12 years in the U.S. Senate, has signed on as a political commentator with Fox News. Bayh, 55, chose not to seek reelection last year -- and his seat was subsequently lost a Republican in November, Dan Coats. "I'm pleased to offer analysis of public policy and politics to the millions of Americans who get their news from Fox," Bayh said in a statement issued by the network. He will "lend a valuable point of view" and will be part of Fox's coverage of the 2012 presidential race, Fox Senior Vice President ...
Senate Farewells Sound Familiar Warning: Partisanship Is Ruining Us
By Linda Killian - Politics DailyOver the past few weeks, many of those leaving the U.S. Senate -- either voluntarily or by defeat -- have given a farewell address, something of a Senate tradition. The speeches have been remarkable for their similarity. Not in terms of thanking staff and family members and recounting memorable moments or greatest hits of a legislative career. Most of the senators did those things. Rather, they have been remarkable for the warning most of them have sounded about the dismal state of the nation's body politic. Intense partisanship. The lost art of compromise. The vast sums of cash needed ...
'No Labels' Wants to Deliver on Public's Cry for Change, but Will It Work?
By Linda Killian - Politics DailyNEW YORK – At the rollout for No Labels at Columbia University on Monday, one of the group's founders called the event "our little Woodstock of democracy." But the well- organized event, with its national media coverage, roster of top political names like New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, and media heavyweights like David Gergen and Joe Scarborough, felt like anything but Woodstock. No Labels may be a protest movement of sorts (if you are the tea party or MoveOn.org or even the Republican or Democratic parties) but it's not exactly a radical idea the group is ...
'No Labels' Speaker David Gergen in NYC: 'The Country Is on the Edge'
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyNEW YORK – More than a thousand Democrats, Republicans and independents converged on New York City on Monday to launch a national political organization to bring together Americans and put an end to damaging partisanship and divisive labels. Aptly, it's called "No Labels. Not Left. Not Right. Forward." From as far as Oregon and Colorado, Arkansas and Michigan, No Labels enthusiasts descended on New York City and filled a large hall at Columbia University to hear No Labels' founding leaders and guest speakers summon Americans to form a grassroots movement to unify the nation and support ...
Opinion: Hope, and Change, Ahead for Obama
By Bob Lehrman - AOL News
(Dec. 1) -- "Be upbeat," said Al Gore's likable chief of staff, Jack Quinn, to us staffers as we got up from the enormous table in Old Executive Office Building's Ceremonial Room and headed to our offices. "If you have your private predictions, keep them to yourself." It was Election Day 1994. He seemed embarrassed -- awkward -- about saying something so obvious. But 16 years later, I don't think he'll mind my sharing what I recorded in my journal back then, to answer this month's water-cooler question: Will 2012 be like 1996? Can Barack Obama come back the way Bill Clinton did? That was ...
Indiana's Joe Donnelly, Fighting Jackie Walorski and His Own Democratic Party
By Melinda Henneberger - Politics DailysSOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Democratic incumbent Rep. Joe Donnelly and his Republican challenger in next month's election, state Rep. Jackie Walorski, have a fair amount in common: Both are pro-gun, pro-life, and oppose climate change legislation, though it's Donnelly who has been endorsed by the NRA, and he, too, who emphasizes his stand against illegal immigration. Both candidates are running against Nancy Pelosi and on Hoosier values, whatever those might be. (Note to those decrying my fly-over elitism: I grew up across the Wabash River from Indiana, attended Notre Dame, and often visit my ...
Congress Delays Vote on Bush Tax Cuts Until After Elections
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWith a potentially bruising election less than six weeks away, Democrats on Capitol Hill came to an impasse Thursday over what to do about the Bush tax cuts. The result was a decision to do nothing, at least until after the elections, when Congress comes back to Washington for a lame duck session. For weeks, Republicans have happily watched from the sidelines as liberal and moderate Democrats have struggled to agree on the best course of action, both politically and on policy grounds, with the Bush-era tax policy that Democrats describe as a "time bomb." All of the tax cuts -- including those ...
Bush Tax Cuts For Wealthy Gaining Ground With Worried Democrats
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWith a bruising election likely ahead of them and the economy proving resistant to any quick fixes, nearly two dozen moderate Democrats are pushing for a proposal on the expiring Bush tax cuts that was all-but-unthinkable to liberals a year ago -- extending all of the tax cuts, even those for the wealthiest Americas, at least for a while. The number of moderates proposing the idea is far from a majority, but more than enough to scuttle President Obama's campaign promise to allow the Bush-era tax cuts to expire for individuals making more than $200,000 and for families making more than ...
Democrats May Keep Bush Tax Cuts for Rich
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Sept. 2) -- While Democrats may complain about the tyranny of the filibuster and lack of majority rule in our congressional system, when it comes to preserving the Bush tax cuts for the rich, it's likely to be their own party members who are responsible. President Barack Obama has indicated that he'd like to see the cuts remain in place for Americans who earn less than $250,000 a year but see those who earn more taxed at the pre-2001 rates. "However, a small but growing number of moderate Democrats are balking at boosting taxes on the rich," reports McClatchy Newspapers. McClatchy ...
U.S. Debt Could Be Cut by Sending Leftover Campaign Cash to Uncle Sam
By Robert Schmuhl - Politics DailyWhile senators and House members look for ways to tackle, if not tame, the gargantuan federal debt, they might look directly in the mirror for one source of available money. A principal criticism of American politics today is that there are too many dollars bankrolling the electoral system, making many races for public office overly expensive. Ironically, at the same time campaigns are awash with cash, the federal government is drowning in a sea of red ink. How, you ask, could the political situation help the governmental one? It's not that difficult. If you study the financial reports ...
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