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Ash Wednesday Surprise: Wisconsin Senate Moves to Hold Separate Collective Bargaining Vote
By David Knowles - AOL NewsThe chess match continues, even on Ash Wednesday. The latest development in the ongoing standoff between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and his Democratic opponents in the state Legislature came tonight, when Senate Republicans voted to try to ram through the contentious restrictions on collective bargaining by breaking the current legislation in two. With 14 Senate Democrats still AWOL -- denying the Republican-controlled body the chance to form a proper quorum and pass the anti-union bill -- today's move was an attempt at an end-around. Cleaved in two portions, the collective bargaining parts ...
Mitt Romney Not Sorry for 'Romneycare,' but Will It Kill a White House Bid?
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsToday, likely GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney defended the universal health care law he implemented as governor of Massachusetts, saying there's a clear difference between his plan and President Barack Obama's reform effort. Romney has been in the hot seat during the health care debate because key elements of his plan are reflected in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. "Romneycare" includes an individual coverage mandate, for example, the provision that prompted Judge Roger Vinson to declare Obama's plan unconstitutional. According to Romney, "states have rights that the ...
Opinion: Capt. Kirk Was Right -- Read the Constitution
By John Merline - AOL NewsIt's been amusing to read the reaction in some quarters to the House Republicans' decision to read the entire U.S. Constitution at the start of the new Congress. Last week, Washington Post columnist and blogger Ezra Klein called it a "gimmick." Post blogger Greg Sargent added his two cents, calling it "a cheap way of humoring activists." A blogger on Firedoglake went a little further, dismissing it as an example of the House "shamelessly pandering" to the tea party. David Corn over at our Politics Daily site said the House GOP was turning the Constitution "into hollow political ...
Bowles-Simpson Deficit Reduction Proposals: Initial Reactions
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 10) -- Finally, someone has touched the third rail of American politics. Grappling with how to significantly reduce the nation's massive budget deficit, an 18-member bipartisan commission set up by President Barack Obama recommended that Social Security and Medicare benefits be cut, that defense and discretionary spending come way down and that taxes be raised. In addition, the commission's initial recommendations (read the full proposal here), which were released early by co-chairs Erskine Bowles and former Sen. Alan Simpson, argued that the retirement age should be raised to 69 by ...
Why Are Bailed Out Firms Abandoning Democrats?
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(Oct. 25) -- The bailout of Wall Street and Detroit's automakers couldn't have passed without the support of Democrats. But bailed-out firms aren't returning the favor. According to The Washington Post, most of the campaign donations from bailed-out companies are going to Republicans, some of whom ardently opposed the Trouble Assets Relief Program to begin with: Companies that received federal bailout money, including some that still owe money to the government, are giving to political candidates with vigor. Among companies with PACs, the 23 that received $1 billion or more in federal money ...
Brent Bozell's Open Letter to the Washington Post: 20 Questions About the JournoList
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyIn an open letter to Washington Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell (a conservative) is asking Brauchli and Post blogger Ezra Klein, founder of the JournoList, to answer 20 questions about the paper's involvement with the now defunct JournoList list-serv. The JournoList was an online forum through which liberal journalists and academics would share information. It was recently shut down after controversial e-mails were leaked to The Daily Caller. One Post reporter -- David Weigel -- resigned amid controversy over e-mails he sent via the ...
Politics: Five Rising Stars Age 25 and Under
By Katie Glueck - Politics DailyIt's been a big week for lists in Washington. Controversy surrounding the now-defunct liberal listserv, JournoList, continued to rage from the blogosphere to the Wall Street Journal op-ed page. Meanwhile, Politico released a list of the top 50 politicians to watch. In keeping with that theme, here's a look at five up-and-comers who have yet to reach their 26th birthdays. If you haven't heard of them yet, you may soon. Alejandra Salinas, 19, College Democrats of America In 2006, at the height of a pitched battle surrounding illegal immigration, Alejandra Salinas organized a walkout at her ...
Palin's Shocking Admission: Not Tough Enough to Be President
By David Corn - Politics DailySarah Palin can't expect anyone to take her seriously as a presidential candidate -- not after what she said this week. In recent days, the former Alaska governor and Tea Party fave has been on a tear against Journolist, a list-serv for nearly 500 journalists, policy wonks and academics, most of whom are self-identified liberals working for self-identified liberal outfits. The participants on this off-the-record e-mail chain promoted their work, debated politics and policy (occasionally quite sharply), and traded and tested ideas for articles and columns. Last month, The Daily Caller, a ...
Dave Weigel, Former Washington Post Reporter, Tells Story of His Exit
By David Sessions - Politics DailyFormer Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel, who left the paper last week after several media outlets reported leaked e-mails in which he attacked conservatives, wrote on the conservative media blog Big Journalism that his rants were "hubris" and explained how he came to express himself so openly on a liberal listserv known as JournoList. "I treated [JournoList] like a dive bar, swaggering in and popping off about what was 'really' happening out there, and snarking at conservatives," he wrote. "Why did I want these people to like me so much? Why did I assume that I needed to crack wise and ...
The Death of JournoList: Does Privacy End at the Edge of Your Thoughts?
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyThe life and death of a 3-year-old members-only online liberal bulletin board is a story that normally would offer all the searing drama of a public television pledge drive. But the sudden collapse of JournoList Friday afternoon -- after the private e-mails of Washington Post blogger Dave Weigel were maliciously leaked -- offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of candor in an age when everybody (and not just Big Brother) is watching. Founded in early 2007 by the youthful Ezra Klein, now a columnist for The Washington Post, JournoList was a private bull session which brought together ...
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