Why did Congressional Black Caucus invite Scott and West?
Daily Kos - 1day 6hrs agoThis past Election Day, two new Republicans who happen to be black were elected to serve in the 112th Congress: Allen West from Florida's 22nd district and Tim Scott from South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. Both West and Scott's district…
Read more >>Keep An Eye On Rick Scott's New Business
Examiner.com - 1day 14hrs ago
All that, after 12 years of Republican control of the State Legislature and the Governor's office. Yet such was the failure of Democratic messaging in 2010 that those same Republicans, even ones like Scott with huge ethical clouds hanging over the…
Read more >>Monday Fix: A look back at both parties' 2010 victories; a political forecast
Washington Post - 2 days ago
Quote of the week "I think it's fair to say that this has been the most productive post-election period we've had in decades." - President Obama BY THE NUMBERS 8House seats that s…
Read more >>Mike Larsen: WTF Is an Independent Voter?
The Huffington Post - 2 days agoPoliticians, pundits and reporters often talk about the need to appeal to Independent Voters as if people who have the inability to articulate a clear position are capable of forming an organized group. Voters who don't identify with either part…
Read more >>One-sixth of House skips final lame-duck votes
Washington Post - 5 days agoMore than 70 House members didn't bother showing up to vote Tuesday, even as the lower chamber wraps up its final priorities of the lame-duck session -- including a bill on funding the Federal Government through March and a measure on health ben…
Read more >>President Obama basks in glow of victories as he arrives in Hawaii
New York Daily News - 6 days agoPresident Obama didn't have much to be thankful for last month, but it looks like he'll have a Merry Christmas after all. The Commander in Chief can bask in the glow of big legislative wins as he spends the holidays in Hawaii, and a new poll sho…
Read more >>'Lame duck Congress morphed into energizer bunny
Breitbart - 6 days agoSenate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., talks with the Associated... Shaken by a historic election in which angry voters canceled Democratic control of the House, lawmakers of both parties and President Barack Obama tried something new: Th…
Read more >>One-sixth of House skips final lame-duck votes...
Drudge Report - 7 days agoMore than 70 House members didn't bother showing up to vote Tuesday, even as the lower chamber wraps up its final priorities of the lame-duck session -- including a bill on funding the Federal Government through March and a measure on health benef…
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