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Ray Decerega Identified as Barack Obama Elbower
By Evan Hilbert - AOL NewsRay Decerega has been outed as the man responsible for former Hawaiian high school basketball player and current President of the United States Barack Obama receiving 12 stitches after catching an elbow to the face in a pick-up hoops game Friday. Initially, the deliverer of the elbow was not identified. Later in the day, however, Decerega, the director of programs for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, was named as the culprit. "I learned today the president is both a tough competitor and a good sport. I enjoyed playing basketball with him this morning," Decerega told the ...
Rand Paul Knocks Bill Clinton Over Lewinsky Scandal
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRand Paul hit back hard at Bill Clinton on Monday, making a crack about the former president's relationship with Monica Lewinsky after Clinton attacked the Senate candidate's ideas as "radical." Clinton was in Kentucky stumping for Paul's opponent, Jack Conway, who he called "a practical progressive common-sense moderate who has actually done things and actually has a plan." He contrasted Conway with Paul by describing the Tea Party favorite as "a man with radical ideas and no record to back it up," The Lexington Herald-Leader reported. Paul wasted no time responding, dismissing Clinton's ...
How Old Is Joe Sestak?
By jeanette friedman - Politics DailyU.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, a two-term Democratic incumbent from Pennsylvania's 7th District (since January 2007), is running for the U.S. Senate against Pat Toomey, a former Republican congressman who served from January 1999 to January 2005. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about Sestak's life. How old is Joe Sestak? Sestak is 58 years old. When was Joe Sestak born? Sestak was born on Dec. 12, 1951. Where was Joe Sestak born? Sestak was born in Delaware County, Penn., where he has ...
Is Joe Sestak Married?
By jeanette friedman - Politics DailyU.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, a two-term Democratic incumbent from Pennsylvania's 7th District (since January 2007), is running for the U.S. Senate against Pat Toomey, a former Republican congressman who served from January 1999 to January 2005. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about Sestak's life. Is Joe Sestak married? Yes. Who is Joe Sestak's wife? Susan L. Clark-Sestak. What does Susan Clark-Sestak do for a living? Susan is a defense-policy analyst and is now helping her husband ...
Washington in 60 Seconds: RNC Launching 'Fire Pelosi' Bus Tour
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! It's back-to-work day for Congress today as the House and Senate buckle up for their final work period before members of Congress face one angry electorate. In the next 60 seconds, read about the congressional to-do list HERE and everything else happening in Washington: - All Aboard! Michael Steele and the RNC will launch a cross-country bus tour Wednesday, complete with a giant image of Nancy Pelosi emblazoned across the side, promising loyal Republicans the bus "won't quit cruising until we've kicked out-of-touch Democrats and their radical leaders out of power ...
Putting Minorities Onstage: In Politics, Diversity is a Winning Message
By Eleanor Clift - Politics DailyThe latest grievance from the Tea Party nation is how the mostly white mainstream media projects its own flaws onto mainstream America when they report that most of the attendees at Glenn Beck's rally on Saturday were white. The allegation triggers memories of another big event, the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, where there were more minorities onstage performing and being honored than there were in the audience. That was the convention that nominated George W. Bush, running as a compassionate conservative and trying to convince voters that he had moved beyond the ...
Jimmy Carter Wins Release of American From North Korea
By Tom Kavanagh - Politics DailyFormer President Jimmy Carter has won the release of a U.S. citizen who was imprisoned in North Korea after entering it illegally in January, the Carter Center in Atlanta reports. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il granted amnesty to Aijalon Mahli Gomes, who had been sentenced to eight years of hard labor and fined about $600,000 for illegally crossing the country's border with China and for an unspecified "hostile act," according to CNN. "At the request of President Carter, and for humanitarian purposes, Mr. Gomes was granted amnesty," the Carter Center said in a statement. ". . . It is ...
President Obama Won't Attend Chelsea Clinton's Wedding
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyWell, now we know who won't be attending Chelsea Clinton's wedding on Saturday – wherever it takes place. That would be President Obama. Asked at the end of Monday's White House press briefing if the president would be at the nuptials for Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky, Robert Gibbs answered "no." Previously, Gibbs had said he didn't know if the president would attend. So, that much is clear, even if little else is. The wedding of the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mezvinsky, himself the offspring of former politicians, will ...
Hillary Clinton: Parents of the Bride Will Be Emotional
By Lisa Flam - AOL News(July 19) -- Here come the tears. Hillary Rodham Clinton says she and former President Bill Clinton are very happy for the end-of-the-month wedding of their only child, Chelsea, though she knows they'll be emotional at the happy occasion. "You should assume that if he makes it down the aisle in one piece, it's going to be a major accomplishment," the secretary of state said of the former president in an NBC interview. "He is going to be so emotional, as am I." Chelsea Clinton, 30, a graduate student at Columbia University, is marrying investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, 32, on ...
What If Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Isn't in Rhinebeck?
By Mara Gay - AOL News(July 16) -- If Chelsea Clinton is getting married in Rhinebeck, N.Y., in two weeks, few people in the Hudson River town seem to know much about it. So says The Wall Street Journal, which reports today that some residents think the daughter of the former president might be saying "I do" to Marc Mezvinsky somewhere else. Evan Agostini, AP Chelsea Clinton became engaged to longtime love Marc Mezvinsky last year. The mayor told the Journal he hasn't been contacted by the Clinton camp or its wedding planners for any July 31 event. The owner of the inn where guests were thought to be staying ...
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