In the aftermath of last week’s dismal jobs report, showing that the U.S. economy created far fewer jobs than economists expected while unemployment inched up to 9.2 percent, nearly two-thirds of the American people believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. A Reuters/Ipsos poll released earlier today shows that 63 percent of Americans [...]
05 Jul
The Daily Beast is reporting that former Klansman David Duke is thinking about seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Duke, 61, plans to test the waters by launching a 25-city tour later this month. A former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan who later served in the Louisiana legislature from suburban Jefferson Parish, Duke [...]
01 Jun
Shortly after Sarah Palin’s magical mystery bus tour arrived in Philadelphia yesterday, the diva of the Tea Party movement and her family took a rushed half-hour tour of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell Pavilion. As a crowd of onlookers and a horde of media cameras tracked the former governor’s every step, it reminded me [...]
31 May
Country music pioneer Willie Nelson was honored by Vermont’s Bernie Sanders on Sunday, reports POLITICO’s Karin Tanabe. Sanders, one of only two independent members of the U.S. Senate, presented Nelson with the 2011 Vermont Free Spirit Award in recognition of his support for the nation’s family farmers. In presenting the award, Sanders called Nelson “an [...]
26 May
Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s approval ratings are in free fall, according to a Quinnipiac poll released on Wednesday. His 29% approval rating is the worst of any governor in the half-dozen states regularly surveyed by Quinnipiac. Making matters worse, 37 percent of those in his own party disapprove of Scott’s job performance and only a [...]
24 May
In an election that clearly turned into a referendum on U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s controversial plan to overhaul Medicare, Democrat Kathy Hochul scored a stunning upset earlier tonight in New York’s Republican-leaning 26th district, one of only four congressional districts in the state carried by John McCain in 2008. Regarded as an underdog at the [...]
24 May
Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and ex-Miami-Dade County Commissioner Carlos Gimenez appear headed for a June 28 runoff in the special election to replace Carlos Alvarez, who was ousted from office on March 15 in one of the largest recalls in U.S. history. With all 829 precincts reporting, Robaina unofficially had 62,770 votes, or 33.7 [...]
22 May
Democrat Kathy Hochul has pulled ahead of Republican Jane Corwin in the closely-watched race for New York’s 26th congressional district, according to a Siena Research Institute poll released on Saturday. According to the poll, Hochul, who commands a much higher favorability rating than her GOP rival, holds a narrow 42 percent to 38 percent lead [...]
21 May
Dennis Kucinich, who expects his congressional seat in Cleveland’s 10th district to be eliminated when the state loses two U.S. House seats through redistricting, is spending the weekend attending several events in the Seattle area, one of several places the eight-term Ohio congressman is reportedly eyeing as he considers extending his congressional career beyond 2012. Kucinich, [...]
18 May
The polls had barely closed last night when former Philadelphia mayor John F. Street told the local Fox affiliate that he’s seriously considering challenging Mayor Michael Nutter as an independent candidate in the autumn mayoral election. Nutter easily defeated T. Milton Street, John Street’s older and arguably more colorful brother, in yesterday’s Democratic primary, garnering [...]
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13 Jul