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Conn. coalition seeks stop smoking help for needy

Washington Examiner - 2hrs 56mins ago

An anti-smoking organization wants Connecticut's Medicaid program to offer services that help needy clients kick the habit. The group Mobilize Against Tobacco for Connecticut's Health, also known as the MATCH Coalition, has scheduled a forum in Ha…

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Romney travels to Middle East

CNN Political Ticker - 5hrs 50mins ago

(CNN) - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney left Friday for a one-week trip to Afghanistan, Israel, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told CNN Romney had meetings scheduled with President Hamid Karzai of …

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Republican Mitt Romney, eyeing 2012, on Mideast swing

Breitbart - 8hrs 34mins ago

Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said Romney met the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus. Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts, ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 only to lose to John McCai…

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Romney on trip to Afghanistan, Middle East

Washington Examiner - 10hrs 26mins ago

Past and likely future Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney arrived Sunday in Afghanistan on a weeklong trip to the frontlines of the U.S. war zone and to the Middle East. Senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said the former Massachusetts Gover…

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HHS head urges nation to forge ahead on health law

Washington Examiner - 2 days ago

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL'-yuhs) is urging the country to forge ahead with President Barack Obama's landmark Health Care overhaul despite Republican calls to Repeal the law. Sebelius made the comments dur…

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The biggest threat to health-care reform

Ezra Klein - 2 days ago

The private Recession vs. the public Recession Last night, I rounded up some of the GOP's criticisms of the score the Congressional Budget Office produced for the Affordable Care Act. If you want the full rundown, click here. They're a pretty ragg…

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Palin in Perspective

Public Policy Polling - 2 days ago

A Sarah Palin Presidential bid would certainly make history- in all of the wrong ways for Republicans. PPP has polled the 2012 Presidential contest in a dozen states over the last two months and in 9 of those Palin would lose by the biggest margi…

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Mayor Daley: Theres No Chicago Mafia in The White House

Weasel Zippers - 2 days ago

And if you disagree he’ll set you up with a new pair of cement shoes. (The Hill)- President Obama’s selection of William Daley as his new Chief of Staff is not an example of a “Chicago mafia,” Mayor Richard M. Daley, Willia…

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