Bob Kerrey
5 Strangest Explanations for Jared Loughner's Attack (The Atlantic Wire)
Yahoo! News - 5 days ago
WASHINGTON, DC – There's no shortage of media speculation as to why Jared Loughner chose to attack Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Commentators have suggested possible roles for overheated political Rhetoric, mental illness, and even Sarah Palin'…
Read more >>He Was Angry About Healthcare
National Review Online - 5 days agoEx-Sen. Bob Kerrey on Imus: “Tomorrow they were going to vote to Repeal this Health Care bill — and it’s not going to go anywhere in the Senate — it’s one of the reasons that this guy was angry and pretty obvious that…
Read more >>An answer to Proposition 8: Repealing DOMA
Glenn Greenwald - 23rd Jun 2010(updated below - Update II) The most potent ingredient making Tuesday's Election bittersweet is the apparent passage of Proposition 8 in California. It's one thing for a state to decide in advance not to allow Same-Sex Marriages. It'…
Read more >>Which States Have the Most Living Ex-Governors?
Smart Politics - 15th Jun 2010
250 ex-governors are still living in the United States; New Jersey has five times more living former Governors (10) than Connecticut and Wyoming (2) This is the fourth in a series of historical reports leading up to the gubernatorial Elections …
Read more >>JOHN BRUMMETT: The very best Arkansas
Las Vegas Review-Journal - 14th Jun 2010Being a longtime political writer in the Little Southern state of Arkansas positions one for a couple of insights into Presidential politics. One is that we propel our Candidates by the most superficial of judgments. The other is that we may as…
Read more >>Book review: 'The Upper House' by Terence Samuel
Washington Post - 11th Jun 2010THE UPPER House A Journey Behind the Closed Doors of the U.S. Senate This Story By Terence Samuel Palgrave. 255 pp. $26 One of the great challenges of serving in the U.S. Senate is balancing the demands of the Capitol with those of your const…
Read more >>Does Chris Matthews Have a Problem with Women?
Media Matters - 9th Jun 2010Recent remarks about Clinton latest in string of sexist commentary about women elected officials Washington, DC -- Chris Matthews, MSNBC's marquee talent and Hardball host, sparked a firestorm of criticism after saying about Democratic Presid…
Read more >>The time Karl Rove reportedly offered someone a job to get them to drop out of a race
Media Matters - 4th Jun 2010Last week, I noted that Karl Rove's insistence that the Obama Administration violated a statute that "prohibits a federal official from interfering... with the nomination or Election for office" with its offer to Rep. Joe Sestak appeared to …
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