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GOP bill would expand power of corporations in presidential elections
Legislation that is expected to reach the House floor this week would give corporations and other large donors a greater role in presidential elections by dismantling the public campaign finance system. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) introduced a bill that would end public financing of presidential elections on the anniversary of…
Court orders Rahm Emanuel’s name back on Chicago mayoral ballot
UPDATE: Illinois Supreme Court granted former Obama aide Rahm Emanuel’s motion for a stay of appellate court ruling. Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel will be included on upcoming ballots as a candidate for Mayor of the City of Chicago, The Chicago Sun-Times reported. The Illinois Supreme Court…
Facebook hacker stands Sarkozy down from election
A hacker took over French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s Facebook account and posted a fake announcement that he was abandoning plans to run for re-election, his page said Monday. “Dear compatriots, given the exceptional circumstances our country is experiencing, I have decided in my spirit and conscience not to run for…
Iran hangs two activists held in 2009 election demos
Iran hanged on Monday two activists it said were members of an exiled group and who had joined protests against the result of the 2009 presidential poll, despite Washington urging that they be freed. The executions were the first reported hangings of protesters who took to the streets in their…
Embattled Irish PM steps down as party leader
DUBLIN – Ireland’s embattled Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced Saturday he was stepping down as leader of his Fianna Fail party but would remain as the country’s premier ahead of the March 11 general election. In a surprise move after a week of political turmoil, Cowen said he wanted the…
Sarah Palin accuses critics of ‘blood libel’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prominent Republican Sarah Palin on Wednesday accused critics of “blood libel” by blaming her rhetoric for contributing to the shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six and wounded 14, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords. “Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with…
Howard Dean: Tea party the ‘last gasp of the 55-year-old generation’
Slams Obama’s staffers’ ‘contempt’ for liberals The tea party movement represents “the last gasp of a generation that has trouble with diversity,” Howard Dean told an audience Wednesday. The former governor of Vermont and head of the Democratic National Committee told a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor that…
Obama will face no primary challenger, DNC chair predicts
WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama is unlikely to face a serious challenge in the 2012 White House race from within his party, the Democratic Party leader said Sunday. Obama, who became the first black president of the United States after defeating Republican rival John McCain in the November 2008…
US ambassador to China ‘hints at presidential bid’
WASHINGTON — Jon Huntsman, the US ambassador to China, has hinted he is considering running for the Republican presidential nomination in comments made to Newsweek. Huntsman, a former governor of Utah and a rising Republican star, was picked by US President Barack Obama for the China posting in 2009 in…
Murkowski to be certified winner of Alaska Senate race after Miller’s lawsuit dismissed
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by Republican Joe Miller and lifted a stay on certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate election, clearing the way for Sen. Lisa Murkowski to officially be declared the winner. The rulings by U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline mean Alaska state officials will certify…
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