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Obama: Allies Will Soon Take Control of Libyan Campaign
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Democrats Could Lose Senate, Biden Warns Party
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South Dakota Governor Signs Tough Abortion Bill Into Law
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Obama Getting Heat From Left and Right for U.S. Role in Libyan Attacks
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Allied Airstrikes Buoy Libyan Rebels; Obama Stresses Limited Military Goal
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Opposition Rises to Increased Nuclear Power Use; Offshore Drilling Support Rebounds
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French Warplanes Enforcing Ceasefire in Libya After Gadhafi Keeps Up Attacks
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Economic Issues Underpin Obama's Trip to Brazil, Chile, El Salvador
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Obama to Gadhafi: Stop the Attacks or Face Military Action
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House to Consider Bill to Defund National Public Radio
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New Fire Breaks Out at Damaged Japanese Nuclear Plant
- Carla Baranauckas
Japanese Nuclear Power Plant Rocked by Second Explosion in Quake's Aftermath
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Published: 07/6/10

Republicans' Dilemma: Michael Steele's Replacement

By Politics Daily Staff - Politics Daily

Although his tenure as Republican National Committee chairman has been peppered with high-profile resignations, sex club allegations, frequent gaffes and fundraising woes, the calls for Michael Steele's resignation prompt a larger question: Who to put in his place? Steele's term runs out in January, so he's likely to hang on. The bigger issue confronting the Grand Old Party is who, in the absence of an agreed-upon national leader (i.e., a president or a presidential nominee), is the best kind of person to assume the party apparatus as the GOP attempts to recapture one or both houses of ...

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Published: 06/2/10

Denish vs. Martinez for New Mexico Governor: A Rare 2-Woman Race

By Jill Lawrence - Politics Daily

It says something about how far women haven't come that the governor's race in New Mexico is only the country's third to feature a woman competing against a woman. In this case it will be Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, a former businesswoman and state party chair, versus Republican Susana Martinez, a district attorney with a crime-fighter reputation. Denish has been second in command to Gov. Bill Richardson for eight years and is trying to convince voters she represents a break from the past (one of her slogans is "A New Way Forward"). Martinez's Web site features a strategy memo that ...

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Published: 11/10/09

Jodi Rell Decided Not to Run Again Even Though Her Numbers Were Improving

By Bruce Drake - Politics Daily

Connecticut's Republican Gov. Jodi Rell stunned a lot of people yesterday when she announced she would not seek re-election next year, but while a new survey from Quinnipiac released today showed her potentially vulnerable to a challenge from Democratic Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz, the pollster said Rell appeared to be rebounding from her recent job-approval slump. ...

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Published: 02/25/09

Connecticut Governor Calls Jim Calhoun Salary Tirade 'Embarrassing'

By Michael David Smith - AOL News

Connecticut governor Jodi Rell is the latest person to weigh in on the Jim Calhoun salary controversy, and the governor said Tuesday that she found Calhoun's response to a question about his status as the state's highest-paid employee "embarrassing." Said Rell of Calhoun's answer to a question about his salary, "I think if Coach Calhoun had the opportunity right now, he would welcome a do-over and not have that embarrassing display." Rell, whose salary is $150,000, wouldn't directly answer whether she believes Calhoun should take a pay cut. Calhoun declined to answer when the Hartford Courant ...

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