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Mar 14, 2008 Democratic Party embracing the faithful With a Pentecostal minister at the helm, the committee planning the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August is determined to demonstrate that the party has overcome its squeamishness about religion, and that its big tent will accommodate religious believers. Some Democratic... more
Jan 23, 2008 DemClips - Wednesday, January 23, 2008 more
Jan 22, 2008 DemClips - Tuesday, January 22, 2008 more
Jan 21, 2008 DemClips - Monday, January 21, 2008 more
Jan 11, 2008 DemClips - Friday, Januray 11, 2008 more
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Dec 20, 2007 DCCC targets 40 GOP seats DCCC Targets 40 GOP Seats December 20, 2007 By David M. Drucker, Roll Call Staff The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, convinced that its vulnerable incumbents are now well-positioned for re-election, is shifting... more...
Dec 18, 2007 DemClips - Tuesday, December 18, 2007 more
Dec 17, 2007 Demclips - Monday, December 17, 2007 more
Dec 13, 2007 A galling grasp for power The decision by the Maryland State Board of Education to reappoint state schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick more than six months before her contract expires is both puzzling and galling. more...
Dec 6, 2007 Poll: Twice as many Hispanics prefer Dems to Republicans WASHINGTON (CNN) � More than twice as many Hispanic voters say they favor Democrats as Republicans � the lowest level of support for President Bush�s party since shortly before his first White House run, according to a new poll released Thursday.

Fifty-seven percent of registered... more...
Nov 29, 2007 Memorial Services Scheduled for Delegate Jane E. Lawton �We have lost both a rising legislative star and a long-time Democratic pillar of energy and strength in Montgomery County. Jane Lawton became a Delegate in 2005 but she was one of the most remarkable members of the Democratic Party�s long-time community of experienced and enthusiastic volunteer... more...
Nov 7, 2007 Beshear Unseats Fletcher in Landslide Beshear easily wins victory nearly 60% to 40% more
Nov 7, 2007 Democrats Seize Control of Virginia Senate Democrats wrested control of the Senate from the Republicans in yesterday's legislative elections, picking up the four seats they needed to give them a majority of at least 21 to 19 and end a decade of GOP dominance in the chamber. more
Oct 26, 2007 Baltimore Sun column on our October 24 Presidential Candidates Surrogates' Forum more
Oct 4, 2007 Democratic Senators, Governors Discuss Impact Of Bush's Children's Health Veto On States more
Oct 4, 2007 America Speaks Out on the War in Iraq more
Sep 28, 2007 O'Malley's budget update Comprehensive solution for Maryland budget by Governor O'Malley more...
Sep 26, 2007 House Passes Children's Health Bill Despite Strong Republican Support, Threatened Veto Will Probably Stand By Christopher Lee and Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, September 26, 2007; Page A04 A broad House majority gave final approval last night to a $35 billion expansion of the... more...
Sep 24, 2007 Florida Democrats Affirm an Early Primary PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., Sept. 23 � The Florida Democratic Party announced Sunday that it would move ahead with its plan to hold its presidential primary on Jan. 29 despite the national party�s decision to block the state delegation from the 2008 Democratic convention. State party leaders said... more...
Sep 14, 2007 Editorial: No Exit, No Strategy Published: September 14, 2007 This was the week in which Americans hoped they would get straight talk and clear thinking on Iraq. What they got was two exhausting days of Congressional testimony by the American military commander, hours of news conferences and interviews, clouds of... more...
Sep 14, 2007 Democratic Response to President's Address CQ Transcripts Wire Friday, September 14, 2007; 1:09 AM SPEAKER: SEN. JACK REED, D-R.I. [*] REED: Good evening. I'm Senator Jack Reed from Rhode Island, and I was privileged to serve in the United States Army for 12 years. I opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning. It... more...
Sep 14, 2007 Democratic Reform Committee �On the Right Track' It's a delicate political balancing act: Finding a way to impose a code of civility on political campaigns without being accused of censoring candidates. And it's the Arlington County Democratic Committee up on the high wire. The party's Electoral Practices Commission held a public forum Sept. 12... more
Sep 6, 2007 'I am back' Sen. Johnson vows to keep working for S.D. more
Sep 5, 2007 Democrats Aim to Reframe Iraq Debate WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 � As Congress reopened for business on Tuesday, the Democratic leadership promised to force a change in President Bush�s war strategy, and lawmakers maneuvered to frame the debate over Iraq ahead of reports next week by Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C.... more...
Aug 31, 2007 Justice Dept. Probing Whether Gonzales Lied By Dan Eggen and Paul Kane Washington Post Staff Writer and washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Friday, August 31, 2007; Page A01 The Justice Department 's inspector general indicated yesterday that he is investigating whether departing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales... more...
Aug 27, 2007 DNC Strips Florida Of 2008 Delegates No Convention Slots Unless Later Primary Is Set By Michael D. Shear Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, August 26, 2007; Page A01 The Democratic National Committee sought to seize control of its unraveling nominating process yesterday, rejecting pleas from state party... more...
Aug 20, 2007 Translation of Iraqi Oil privatization law more
Aug 12, 2007 War Protesters March on Cheney�s Home in Wyoming more
Aug 9, 2007 Minorities Now Form Majority in One-Third of Most-Populous Counties By SAM ROBERTS Published: August 9, 2007 In a further sign of the United States� growing diversity, nonwhites now make up a majority in almost one-third of the most-populous counties in the country and in nearly one in 10 of all 3,100 counties, according to an analysis of census... more...
Aug 8, 2007 Edwards Makes Courting Labor a Key Strategy in Bid for Nomination Backing Meant Little for 2004 Candidates By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 7, 2007; Page A05 CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 6 -- Former senator John Edwards of North Carolina came to a labor hall here Monday morning for a speech on trade policy, but he had... more...
Jul 24, 2007 Poll Finds Democrats Favored on War Most Americans see President Bush as intransigent on Iraq and prefer that the Democratic-controlled Congress make decisions about a possible withdrawal of U.S. forces, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. more
Jul 17, 2007 Obama Faces the Test Dean Failed: Broadening Support By Anne E. Kornblut and Perry Bacon Jr. Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, July 17, 2007; Page A01 He raises tens of millions of dollars over a few months. His supporters are passionate, almost fanatical. And his grass-roots movement threatens a more established... more...
Jul 17, 2007 On Tour to Highlight Poverty, Edwards Tries to Shift Race's Focus By Perry Bacon Jr. Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 17, 2007; Page A07 MARKS, Miss., July 16 -- From the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans to the Mississippi Delta to this town where Martin Luther King Jr. began his Poor People's Campaign almost four decades ago,... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Richardson courts women voters in N.H. By PHILIP ELLIOTT | Associated Press Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:23 pm CONCORD, N.H. � Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson said he will not concede the women�s vote to rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and opened his courtship of the important Democratic voting bloc Monday by pledging... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Democrats Plan to Keep Senate in Session All Night for Iraq Vote By CARL HULSE Published: July 17, 2007 WASHINGTON, July 16 � Senate Democrats said Monday they would keep the Senate in session through the night on Tuesday in an effort to highlight Republican resistance to allowing a simple majority vote on a plan to withdraw troops from Iraq .... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Obama�s Camp Cultivates Crop in Small Donors By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK , MIKE McINTIRE and JEFF ZELENY Published: July 17, 2007 WASHINGTON, July 16 � Senator Barack Obama was the guest of honor at a dinner at the luxurious Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco this spring with a few hundred lawyers, executives and investors.... more...
Jul 3, 2007 Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Sentence By Amy Goldstein Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 3, 2007; Page A01 President Bush commuted the sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby yesterday, sparing Vice President Cheney 's former chief of staff 2 1/2 years in prison after a federal appeals court had refused... more...
Jul 3, 2007 Only Libby smiling today Robert Novak column - President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence pleased but did not fully satisfy restive conservatives, while enraging his liberal critics. Libby himself can breathe a sigh of relief that he does not have to serve prison time, but hardly anybody else is all that... more
Jun 28, 2007 Senators Subpoena The White House Panel Demands Papers On NSA Wiretapping By Michael A. Fletcher Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 28, 2007; Page A01 A Senate committee investigating the National Security Agency 's warrantless wiretapping program issued subpoenas yesterday ordering the White... more...
Jun 26, 2007 GOP blocks Union Bill in Senate The outcome was not a surprise, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., saying for months that he would stop the legislation in the Senate. The White House also made it clear that if the bill passed Congress it would be vetoed. more
Jun 20, 2007 Coal-to-Liquid Provision Stalls The Senate yesterday rejected two additions to an energy bill that would have pumped billions of federal dollars into efforts to ramp up production of a coal-based fuel for cars and trucks, which proponents had called an important alternative to petroleum. more
Jun 19, 2007 Bush Aides' Misuse of E-Mail By Michael Abramowitz White House aides made extensive use of political e-mail accounts for official government business, despite rules requiring that they conduct such business through official communications channels, according to new evidence disclosed yesterday by congressional investigators. more...
Jun 11, 2007 A Test of the Senate Published: June 11, 2007 The Senate has scheduled a no-confidence vote today on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. No one who has followed the news needs to be told why it is necessary. Mr. Gonzales is the Michael Brown of the Justice Department, smilingly presiding over incompetence,... more...
Jun 6, 2007 Libby Given 30 Months for Lying in C.I.A. Leak Case WASHINGTON, June 5 � I. Lewis Libby Jr. , the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney and one of the principal architects of President Bush�s foreign policy, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for lying during a C.I.A. leak investigation that became part of a... more...
Jun 4, 2007 Democrats Focus on Iraq In Contentious Second Debate By Anne Kornblut and Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, June 4, 2007; Page A01 GOFFSTOWN, N.H., June 3 -- Democratic presidential candidates clashed sharply over Iraq in the second debate of the campaign Sunday night, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ( N.Y. )... more...
May 24, 2007 Democrats Banking on a Bush vs. Kaine Turnout Virginia Democrats are hoping two men will become the face of the party's efforts to make substantial inroads in the General Assembly this year. The first is a popular Democratic governor who has just completed a remarkable series of high-profile events. The second is a Republican president who... more...
May 22, 2007 Richardson's Bid Is Now Official LOS ANGELES, May 21 -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson established another landmark in the 2008 campaign Monday, becoming the first Hispanic Democrat to seek the presidency of the United States. Richardson, 59, the son of a Mexican mother and half-Mexican father, made his candidacy official at... more...
May 22, 2007 Richardson's Bid Is Now Official LOS ANGELES, May 21 -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson established another landmark in the 2008 campaign Monday, becoming the first Hispanic Democrat to seek the presidency of the United States. Richardson, 59, the son of a Mexican mother and half-Mexican father, made his candidacy official at... more...
May 16, 2007 Clinton, Obama to Back Vote to Cut Off Funding for Troops in Iraq By Shailagh Murray Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, May 16, 2007; Page A04 Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton ( N.Y. ) and Barack Obama ( Ill. ) announced yesterday that they will support a symbolic vote to cut off funding for combat troops in Iraq within a year, an... more...
May 11, 2007 Mr. Bush Alone The difference between mainstream hawks and mainstream doves on Iraq seems to have boiled down to two months, with House Democrats now demanding visible progress by July while moderate Republicans are willing to give White House policies until September, but no longer, to show results. Then... more...
May 11, 2007 Michelle Obama's Career Timeout By Anne E. Kornblut Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, May 11, 2007; Page A01 CHICAGO -- For the first time in her adult life, Michelle Obama is about to be unemployed. She never aspired to be a stay-at-home wife or mother. For years she wrestled with the issues that... more...
May 10, 2007 Number of Fired Prosecutors Grows Dismissals Began Earlier Than Justice Dept. Has Said By Amy Goldstein and Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A01 The former U.S. attorney in Kansas City , Mo. , Todd P. Graves, said yesterday that he was asked to step down from his job by... more...
May 8, 2007 Richardson points to N.H. plant as potential model By PHILIP ELLIOTT | Associated Press Sun May 6, 2007 2:48 pm PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) _ Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson traipsed up a mountain of woodchips and called for increased investment in alternate energy sources, such as the wood-burning power plant he toured Sunday. The... more...
May 8, 2007 How Big a Stretch? For Barack Obama, Winning the White House Would Mean Bridging The Biggest Gap Of All By Lynne Duke Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 7, 2007; Page C01 They watch him. They listen to him talk. Is he the kind of person they think he is? The kind of black man? The stakes... more...
May 8, 2007 On Poverty, Edwards Faces Old Hurdles Critics Say He Brings Few Fresh Ideas to Signature Issue By Alec MacGillis Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 7, 2007; Page A01 ALLENDALE, S.C. -- His rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination were busy April 26 preparing for their first televised debate, but... more...
May 6, 2007 O'Malley Taps Adkins to Head Veterans Affairs Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) is scheduled to announce the appointment of James Adkins as his new secretary of Veterans Affairs tomorrow, say several sources with knowledge of the decision. more...
May 2, 2007 Democratic Field Seeks New Moves to Halt War Clinton and Obama More Cautious Than Rivals By Dan Balz and David S. Broder Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, May 2, 2007; Page A06 Democratic presidential candidates urged Congress yesterday not to yield to President Bush's veto of an Iraq funding bill that included a... more...
Apr 29, 2007 Young aide's link to Abramoff sheds new light on Marianas bill
The guilty plea last week by a former senior committee aide to Rep. Don Young sheds new light on the circumstances surrounding Young�s success seven years ago in blocking reforms of the sweatshop industry on the Mariana Islands.

But the plea also raises new questions about why... more
Apr 25, 2007 Abramoff Scandal Closes in on Young more
Apr 23, 2007 Democrats challenge Bush on Iraq bill A historic veto showdown assured, Democratic leaders agreed Monday on legislation that requires the first U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later. more...
Apr 20, 2007 Attorney General: Iglesias firing didn't surprise him By JENNIFER TALHELM | Associated Press April 19, 2007 WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales confirmed Thursday that he discussed with President Bush concerns about U.S. Attorney David Iglesias of New Mexico, but he could not remember precisely why or when Iglesias was added... more...
Apr 20, 2007 Warming and Global Security People who give short shrift to environmental matters pay attention when national security becomes part of the conversation. So the debate over global warming took a useful turn this week as diplomats and retired military officers drew persuasive connections between climate change and the very... more...
Apr 20, 2007 Wolfowitz Backed Friend for Iraq Contract in �03 By THOM SHANKER and STEVEN R. WEISMAN Published: April 20, 2007 WASHINGTON, April 19 � Paul D. Wolfowitz , while serving as deputy secretary of defense, personally recommended that his companion, Shaha Ali Riza, be awarded a contract for travel to Iraq in 2003 to... more...
Apr 17, 2007 Final War Funding Bill in Works: U.S. Divided on Pullout, Favor Congress to Set Policy, Poll Finds Democrats appear to be standing on firm political ground, as they work toward a final bill. A Washington Post-ABC News poll of 1,141 adults, conducted April 12-15, found that 58 percent trusted the Democrats in Congress to do a better job handling the situation in Iraq, compared with 33 percent... more
Apr 5, 2007 Dispatch - Boehner, Hobson clash on Pelosi trip; Ohio Republicans disagree on mission to Syria Rep. David L. Hobson of Springfield, who joined Pelosi and other lawmakers in a meeting yesterday with Syrian President Bashar Assad, disagreed with Boehner that Pelosi "came here to embarrass Bush. I think she came here to reinforce certain policies, understand the region better and have the... more
Apr 4, 2007 THE HILL: N.M.�s Domenici, Wilson face more questions about Iglesias The testimony of former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Gonzales, Kyle Sampson, before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week suggests that congressional pressure may have played a significant role in the firing of a New Mexico prosecutor. more...
Apr 4, 2007 THE HILL: N.M.�s Domenici, Wilson face more questions about Iglesias The testimony of former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Gonzales, Kyle Sampson, before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week suggests that congressional pressure may have played a significant role in the firing of a New Mexico prosecutor. more...
Mar 30, 2007 Ex-Aide Says He�s Lost Faith in Bush
AUSTIN, Tex., March 29 � In 1999, Matthew Dowd became a symbol of George W. Bush�s early success at positioning himself as a Republican with Democratic appeal.

A top strategist for the Texas Democrats who was disappointed by the Bill Clinton years, Mr. Dowd was impressed by... more
Mar 27, 2007 Maryland Primary Date Now February 12 February 12th "mid-Atlantic Primary" Bill Passes House and Senate; MD Senate votes 46 - 1 for Final Passage; Maryland and Virginia Link with DC Expected to Join more...
Mar 8, 2007 Unions To Delay Supporting A Candidate By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 8, 2007; Page A14 Leaders of the AFL-CIO pledged yesterday to consult more widely with workers before making a decision about endorsing a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination and strongly urged... more...
Mar 8, 2007 Inquiry Into Ouster of U.S. Attorneys Moves Toward Subpoenas at Justice Department By DAVID JOHNSTON Published: March 8, 2007 WASHINGTON , March 7 � The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday took the first step toward issuing subpoenas to five Justice Department officials whose names have surfaced in Congressional testimony about the dismissals of eight... more...
Feb 9, 2007 Democrats Set House Debate to Rebuke Bush Over Iraq Policy By JEFF ZELENY Published: February 9, 2007 WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 � House Democratic leaders persuaded members of their party on Thursday to limit the scope of an Iraq war resolution next week to a simple repudiation of President Bush�s troop buildup plan, hoping to temporarily set... more...
Feb 6, 2007 Dispatch - Audit of Blackwell office requested The shredding of documents before J. Kenneth Blackwell left office as secretary of state is one reason his successor wants a complete audit of the office. The new secretary of state, Jennifer L. Brunner, hand-delivered a letter yesterday to Auditor Mary Taylor seeking a top-tobottom review of... more
Feb 6, 2007 G.O.P. Senators Block Debate on Iraq Policy By CARL HULSE and JEFF ZELENY Published: February 6, 2007 WASHINGTON , Feb. 5 � Republicans on Monday blocked Senate debate on a bipartisan resolution opposing President Bush�s troop buildup in Iraq , leaving in doubt whether the Senate would render a judgment on what... more...
Jan 30, 2007 Senate to Consider Minimum Wage Bill With Tax Breaks WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 � The Senate is expected to clear the way on Tuesday for an increase in the minimum wage that Democrats and some Republicans agree is overdue. But the Senate�s approval may not mean that workers will actually start receiving bigger paychecks in the immediate future. ... more...
Jan 30, 2007 Senate to Consider Minimum Wage Bill With Tax Breaks WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 � The Senate is expected to clear the way on Tuesday for an increase in the minimum wage that Democrats and some Republicans agree is overdue. But the Senate�s approval may not mean that workers will actually start receiving bigger paychecks in the immediate future. ... more...
Jan 22, 2007 N.M. Governor Joins Presidential Race New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson began a run for the Democratic presidential nomination yesterday, betting that his long r�sum� and Hispanic heritage will boost his chances in a field already stocked with better-known candidates. "I am taking this step because we have to repair the damage... more...
Jan 17, 2007 Race and Gender Make Democrats' Field Historic Democrats moved a step closer yesterday to what shapes up as one of the most historic and compelling contests ever for their party's presidential nomination, a study in contrasting styles and candidacies in which race and gender play central roles in the competition. At center stage stand Sen.... more...
Jan 17, 2007 Race and Gender Make Democrats' Field Historic Democrats moved a step closer yesterday to what shapes up as one of the most historic and compelling contests ever for their party's presidential nomination, a study in contrasting styles and candidacies in which race and gender play central roles in the competition. At center stage stand Sen.... more...
Jan 1, 2007 U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 3,000 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The day after Saddam Hussein's execution, the death toll for Americans killed in the Iraq war reached 3,000 as President Bush struggles to salvage a military campaign that has scant public support.
The death of a Texas soldier, announced Sunday by the Pentagon, comes as... more...
Dec 6, 2006 O'Malley's brother to join Smith's staff
Governor-elect Martin O'Malley's brother will be Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith's chief of staff, Smith announced in a statement today. Peter O'Malley will replace Ann Beegle effective January 2, 2007
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Nov 29, 2006 Feds to Toughen E-Voting Standards? more
Nov 28, 2006 Reid: Ethics, Stem Cells Atop Senate Agenda more
Nov 17, 2006 With new majority in House & Senate, Democrats find their teeth again. U.S. Senator Patric Leahy requests new documents from Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez regarding U.S. interrogation procedures and potential abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody around the world. more...
Nov 17, 2006 Carville Simply Wrong on Howard Dean and DNC I find it difficult to express my severe disappointment with my former hero, James Carville. When Carville appeared on the national political scene, he was a real breathe of fresh air. more...
Nov 11, 2006 O'Malley got boost from Baltimore County Executive
O'Malley's campaign said that Baltimore County Democrats - most prominently Smith and east-side County Councilman John Olszewski Sr. - were instrumental in the win.
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Nov 10, 2006 Democrats Take Control of U.S. Senate As Allen Concedes to Webb in Va. Democrat James Webb, who campaigned for Virginia's U.S. Senate seat by opposing the war in Iraq and calling for economic fairness, yesterday succeeded in his improbable bid to unseat Republican George Allen, giving the Democrats a 51-seat majority and control of both houses of Congress. more
Nov 9, 2006 A Steele Democrat Looks Back
The ugly, last-ditch efforts by Republicans Bob Ehrlich and Michael Steele to win over black voters in Prince George's County were "over the top," "foolish," "counterproductive," and "an unnecessary attempt to confuse voters," says one of the five prominent black Democrats who switched sides... more
Oct 25, 2006 Bushism research more
Oct 10, 2006 Poll: Dems gain big lead more
Oct 6, 2006 Democrats say 2004 Election Data was Altered JUNEAU, Alaska � Alaska Democratic Party officials say the 2004 election data they sued the state to get may have been changed this year, and they want to know why. more
Aug 31, 2006 New York Times - Ohio to Delay Destruction of Presidential Ballots With paper ballots from the 2004 presidential election in Ohio scheduled to be destroyed next week, the secretary of state in Columbus, under pressure from critics, said yesterday that he would move to delay the destruction at least for several months. Since the election, questions have been... more...
Aug 14, 2006 Dispatch - Liberal, moderate faith groups team to counter religious right Liberals and moderates who feel their faith has been co-opted are organizing to counter what they say is the religious right's overemphasis on hot-button topics at the expense of other social justice matters. more...
Jul 24, 2006 Bush violating Constitution The president has overstepped his authority in attaching challenges to hundreds of new laws. more
Jul 14, 2006 Most Americans Plan to Vote for Democrats Republicans are in jeopardy of losing their grip on Congress in November. With less than four months to the midterm elections, the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that Americans by an almost 3-to-1 margin hold the GOP-controlled Congress in low regard and profess a desire to see... more...
Jul 12, 2006 Ivins: Republicans feed politics of greed while poor go hungry I don't get it. What's the percentage in keeping the minimum wage at $5.15 an hour? After nine years? This is such an unnecessary and nasty Republican move. Congress has voted seven times to raise its own wages since last the minimum wage budged. Of course, Congress always raises its own salary... more...
Jul 7, 2006 Beacon Journal - Democratic flag bearers Ohio-bound Sen. John Edwards and Sen. Hilary Clinton will be featured speakers at a national convention starting this weekend in Columbus. more...
Jul 5, 2006 Deeds and Words Michael Steele, the lieutenant governor, is currently a man of few words, and it's easy to see why. Nearly every time he opens his mouth in public, something slips out that shows either willful ignorance or breathtaking insensitivity.
Steele has estimated that he will need some 25 percent of... more
Jun 13, 2006 Post - Democrats closing fundraising gap with Republicans A surge in small, individual contributions is lifting Democratic campaigns this year and is helping close a Republican fundraising advantage that has existed for years in national politics. more...
Jun 13, 2006 Biden Effort Creates �Special Envoy� to Help End Genocide in Sudan Today Congress approved the establishment an office for a Special Envoy for Sudan at the Department of State. The provision, authored by Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., was approved as part of the FY 2006 Supplemental spending bill. more...
Jun 10, 2006 Dems pamper neglected reds Holland said the DNC's resources have already allowed the party to reach rural parts of the state where it has been absent for years, it has revived atrophied local party organizations and recruited a record number of candidates.
Specifically, Holland cites progress in building the... more...
Jun 9, 2006 Dems hold united rally after divided primary The state�s top Democrats, including a few former rivals, joined hands Thursday morning to show support for gubernatorial nominee Chet Culver and lay out a plan of attack against Republican opponent Jim Nussle. more...
May 24, 2006 Daily News - Democrats unveil TV ad against Blackwell The Ohio Democratic Party has launched a TV ad attacking Republican J. Kenneth Blackwell right where Blackwell is supposed to be strongest � as a man of strongly held beliefs who sticks to them. more...
May 22, 2006 A Restive Base Throws the GOP Off Balance Dismay, and hints at rebellion, in the party's conservative core don't bode well for November. more...
May 17, 2006 Confidence In GOP Is At New Low in Poll Democrats Favored To Address Issues more...
May 3, 2006 Dispatch - It's Blackwell vs. Strickland Congressman Ted Strickland rolled to an easy primary victory, setting the stage for what will be an expensive, highly contested general election battle against Ken Blackwell. more
May 1, 2006 Dean's Broad Brush Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean's much-debated "50 state strategy" made its national debut on Saturday with more than 1,000 voter-canvassing events across the country, designed to spread the party's message through neighbor-to-neighbor contact. more...
May 1, 2006 Blade - Dems push for takeover in U.S. House The push to take back the U.S. House begins in Ohio, as Democrats are targeting up to five Congressional seats for victory. more
May 1, 2006 Poll: Gas Prices, Iraq Weigh Down Bush May 1, 2006 (CBS) With gas prices sky-high and no end of the Iraq war in sight, President George W. Bush's approval rating hits an all-time low in a new CBS News poll. Only 33 percent approve of his job performance, Mr. Bush's lowest approval rating yet in CBS News polls. A majority � 58... more
May 1, 2006 Can Techie Oust Orrin Hatch? This has all the makings of a classic Old West showdown between Hatch -- seemingly beholden to the entertainment companies who contribute to his campaigns -- and... more...
Apr 26, 2006 Democrats call for new energy laws WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As the debate over what to do about high gas prices continued on Capitol Hill, Democrats on Wednesday called for a new energy bill and federal legislation to punish price gougers. "There's no reason why we can't put forth a real energy policy that addresses... more...
Apr 20, 2006 White House Shifts Into Survival Mode In a White House known for both defiance and optimism, yesterday's senior staff changes represent a frank acknowledgment of the trouble in which President Bush now finds himself. more
Apr 19, 2006 White House spokesman stepping down White House spokesman Scott McClellan says he's "ready to move on." more
Apr 18, 2006 Biden, Democratic Senators Blast Bush for Gasoline Prices WASHINGTON, April 18, 2006 (AFP) - Democrats on Tuesday accused President George W. Bush of an "absence of leadership" for failing to slow the rapid rise of US gasoline (petrol) prices, which now have breached the three dollars per gallon mark in parts of the country. more
Apr 18, 2006 Democrats File Lawsuit To Get 2004 Election Records Anchorage - The Alaska Democratic Party filed suit in Superior Court today seeking to force the Division of Elections to release public records needed to verify the 2004 election results. more...
Apr 17, 2006 E-Mails Tie chief of staff to Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah), to Abramoff In April 2002, when Safavian was chief of staff to Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah), he and Abramoff exchanged e-mails about Safavian's interest in working for Abramoff's law firm, Greenberg Traurig. Then, on April 17, Safavian e-mailed: "you and I need to talk. I was just offered the chief of staff... more...
Apr 17, 2006 Local office seekers get pointers on campaigning Political candidates are made rather than born, according to Joseph Casados, a New Mexico State Democratic Party regional organizer. more...
Apr 17, 2006 Anger at Bush May Hurt GOP At Polls; Turnout Could Favor Democrats Intense and widespread opposition to President Bush is likely to be a sharp spur driving voters to the polls in this fall's midterm elections, according to strategists in both parties, a phenomenon that could give Democrats a turnout advantage over Republicans for the first time in recent years. more...
Apr 17, 2006 Rumsfeld under renewed attack WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior Democrats sought to raise the heat on embattled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Sunday as Republicans and the Pentagon came together to defend him and the way he has conducted the war in Iraq. more...
Apr 15, 2006 Associated Press - Most Americans Still Say Tax System Unjust People think the middle class, the self-employed and small businesses pay too much in taxes, the poll found. And they think those with high incomes and big businesses don't pay enough. The survey was conducted in the days before the mid-April deadline for filing income tax returns. more
Apr 14, 2006 Iraq Speeches Have Done Little To Buoy Iraq War Support USA Today article on Bush's inability to boost his ratings with talk about the war in Iraq. more...
Apr 11, 2006 Records in N.H. Election Phone Jamming case show White House ties Democratic National Committee spokesman Damien LaVera said Monday: "With every development in this case, there are new questions about the extent to which key national Republicans had knowledge of or were involved in a criminal scheme to keep New Hampshire voters from getting to the polls. The... more...
Apr 10, 2006 Leaker-in-Chief After long denouncing leaks of all kinds, Bush is confronted with a statement - unchallenged by his aides - that he authorized a leak of classified material to undermine an Iraq war critic. more
Apr 7, 2006 Molly Ivins: Time to hit the panic button Time magazine warns us to "Be Worried. Be Very Worried." On the other hand, my sister is on the Global Warming Committee of the Unitarian Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They go around replacing old light bulbs with more energy-efficient models. My money's on my sis. more...
Apr 4, 2006 Republican Rep. Tom DeLay says he's leaving US Congress WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - Republican Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas, the House of Representatives' fallen majority leader, announced on Tuesday the end of a re-election fight he was in jeopardy of losing and said he would soon step down from the U.S. Congress. more...
Apr 2, 2006 Gen. Clark: Bush took U.S. on 'path to nowhere' more
Mar 31, 2006 Democratic Governors Call For Tough, Fair and Practical Immigration Policy; Gov. Richardson Sends Letter to Frist, Reid Democratic Governors Association (DGA) Chair New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson wrote, "No one understands the importance of border security more than border state governors like me. With my law enforcement overwhelmed by smugglers, drug runners, and other criminals, I declared a State of Emergency... more...
Mar 30, 2006 Taxation discussed without taxpayers Public not invited to meeting on revenue amendment Germantown - Two state senators held an invitation-only meeting Wednesday that largely excluded the public from discussion of a constitutional amendment that would clamp strict limits on government spending. The Republican lawmakers, Glenn Grothman of West Bend and Alberta Darling of River... more
Mar 29, 2006 Abramoff gets 5 years, 10 months in fraud case. Lobbyist in Washington's latest corruption scandal sentenced in Miami MIAMI - Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced Wednesday to five years and 10 months in prison for fraud related to the 2000 purchase of the SunCruz Casinos gambling fleet. The sentence was the minimum under his plea agreement in the case. Abramoff arrived in court several... more
Mar 28, 2006 Mr. President, meet your censurer. The high political stakes of the NSA domestic surveillance program WASHINGTON - As Sen. Russ Feingold urges the Senate to censure President Bush, the alleged misdeed that moved the Wisconsin Democrat to propose censure continues: the Bush administration keeps conducting surveillance of calls by suspected al Qaida operatives to and from people in the U.S. ... more
Mar 27, 2006 Dispatch - Bush showing signs of losing support among Ohio Republicans Almost a third of Ohio�s registered Republicans now dis-approve of Bush�s handling of Iraq, a new Dispatch Poll taken in the days surrounding the war�s third anniversary shows. more...
Mar 24, 2006 Some GOP flee from Bush, but not his money Even as some Republicans are becoming increasingly defiant on a range of issues, they're still lining up dutifully for the president's campaign dollars. "I would be shocked if a legitimate Republican candidate, not just a fringe candidate, who got word that the president was coming to do a... more...
Mar 23, 2006 Democrats create website critical of Republican Jim Nussle Last year Republicans created a website to criticize Democrat Governor Tom Vilsack's out-of-state travel. Now, Democrats have created a website to criticize the Republican candidate for governor's actions in Washington, D.C. more...
Mar 22, 2006 New Mexico Democrats call for Bush impeachment ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - The New Mexico Democratic Party is calling for President Bush's removal from office. Party Chairman John Wertheim said Tuesday that delegates to Saturday's state party convention supported a call for the president's impeachment largely because of "perceived abuses of power... more...
Mar 22, 2006 Spend-and-spend Republicans Our Position: U.S. can't afford any more 'get tough' pledges. more...
Mar 14, 2006 Grassroots movement sets Democratic record for Phil Avillo�s Congressional candidacy YORK, PA � Phil Avillo, candidate for the 19th Congressional District, said he was humbled and honored by the record number of nominating signatures gathered for a Democratic candidate for this office in recent history. �This was a real grassroots effort,� said the York College professor, a... more...
Mar 13, 2006 Blue Crab Newsletter, March 13, 2006 Steele's Deal, Regulating Ehrlich, Comcast Networks, Letters to the Editor more...
Mar 7, 2006 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll - Democrats Stretch Lead in Vote for Congress Fourteen-point Democratic lead is among the widest since 1994 more...
Mar 5, 2006 Jensen trial may hurt the GOP Chuck Chvala? He's yesterday's news. Brian Burke? Never heard of him. But Scott Jensen: Isn't he the guy who put all those state employees to work on campaigns? He and all his Republican friends? As the trial of the former Assembly speaker heads into its third week, with its daily... more
Feb 26, 2006 Democrats Look for Historic Shift in Governors' Races Republicans face a potential upheaval in the states this November, with Democrats positioned to capture a majority of the governorships for the first time since 1990 and seize an early advantage in the 2008 presidential contest. more...
Feb 6, 2006 Handful of Races May Tip Control of Congress Not since 1994 has the party in power -- in this case the Republicans -- faced such a discouraging landscape in a midterm election. more
Feb 4, 2006 Coretta Scott King honored About 50 honor King's widow Tribute recalls ways she served more
Feb 1, 2006 More Dishonesty from Bush in State of Union Presid