Krugman: China is a Rogue Superpower
Krugman: China is a Rogue Superpower Paul Krugman writes: Last month a Chinese trawler operating in Japanese-controlled waters collided with two vessels of Japan’s Coast Guard. Japan detained the trawler’s captain; China responded by cutting off Japan’s access to crucial raw …
Weekly Standard Rips D'Souza's 'Tribesman' Theory
Weekly Standard Rips D'Souza's 'Tribesman' Theory The Weekly Standard writes: I remember a press conference in 1993 got up by Empower America, a now-forgotten Republican think tank. The purpose was to mark the end of the first year of the Clinton administration. A murderers row …
France Might be Target of Terror Attacks
France Might be Target of Terror Attacks CNN reports: Paris, France (CNN) -- Saudi Arabian intelligence services are warning of a new terrorist threat from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula targeting Europe, especially France, French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said in a …
Whitman and Fiorina Skip Palin Event
Whitman and Fiorina Skip Palin Event The New York Times reports: ANAHEIM, Calif. — What if you held a voter turnout rally and the top candidates on the ballot didn’t show up? Michael Steele , the Republican National Committee chairman, and Sarah Palin , arguably the …
Poll: Obama Supporters Defecting to GOP
Poll: Obama Supporters Defecting to GOP Yahoo! News reports: WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's winning coalition from 2008 has crumbled and his core backers are dispirited. It's now Republicans who stand to benefit from an electorate that's again craving change. Nearly two …
Alaska Prepares to Fight Over Write-In Ballots
Alaska Prepares to Fight Over Ballots The Wall Street Journal reports: In Alaska, where Sen. Lisa Murkowski is mounting a write-in campaign to hold on to her seat, officials and candidates are gearing up for possible legal wrangling over which misspellings of her name should be …
Rossi May Secure the Senate for GOP
Rossi May Secure the Senate for GOP The New York Times reports: EVERETT, Wash. — Never mind Nevada. If you are among the party power brokers and political fortunetellers obsessed with America’s most elusive elected position, Senate seat No. 51, head to Washington — the real one. …
1/4 of Afghan Votes May be Fraudulent
1/4 of Afghan Votes May be Fraudulent The New York Times reports: KABUL, Afghanistan — Although the preliminary results of the Sept. 18 parliamentary elections, expected to be announced Sunday, were postponed, interviews with Afghan and Western officials indicate that fraud was …
Israeli Governing Coalition at Risk
Israeli Governing Coalition at Risk The Guardian reports: Israel 's coalition government, led by Binyamin Netanyahu , appears to be in danger of fracturing over the gridlocked peace process and a controversial "loyalty law". As Israel announced the building of 238 more …
Iran Won't Budge on Nukes
Iran Won't Budge on Nukes CNN reports: (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is taking a hard line ahead of nuclear talks scheduled for next month with world powers skeptical of his government's intentions, local media reported Sunday. Ahmadinejad said that Iran is …
Norquist Compares Daniels to Nazi Reenactor
Norquist Compares Daniels to Nazi Reenactor Politico reports: Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has now managed to alienate prominent social and fiscal conservatives. The potential presidential candidate’s already rocky path to the Republican nomination became more treacherous this …
Alito Will Not Attend State of the Union
Alito Won't Attend State of the Union Politico reports: WASHINGTON — When Supreme Court justices enter the House of Representatives in their black robes for the president's next State of the Union address, Samuel Alito does not plan to be among them. The justice said the annual …
Gingrich Raises $4 Million
Gingrich Raises $4 Million Politico reports: Newt Gingrich’s political groups raised nearly $4 million from July through September — a total that dwarfs that of other prospective 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls, but one that comes with a big asterisk. The bulk of the money …
Silver: GOP to Gain 50 House Seats
Silver: GOP to Gain 50 House Seats Nate Silver reports: FiveThirtyEight’s projection for the U.S. House shows little change from last week. Republicans are given a 73 percent chance of taking over the House, up incrementally from 72 percent last week. During an average simulation …
GOP Candidates have Fundraising Edge
GOP Candidates have Edge in Fundraising The Wall Street Journal reports: Republican candidates in the closest campaigns for the Senate have moved ahead of their Democratic rivals in the fund-raising race, according to reports released late Friday. In the 10 closest Senate …
Nuclear Renaissance Slow to Come
Nuke Power Gets the Shaft The Economist reports: Nuclear power should be hot. It emits virtually no carbon dioxide. It requires no costly imports of oil from countries that breed terrorists. Even greens don’t hate it as much as they used to. What’s for a politician not to like? …
Inside North Korea's Flower Cult
Inside N. Korea's Flower Cult The Economist reports: SOMETIMES there are Kimilsungia exhibitions. Sometimes there are Kimjongilia ones. Citizens of Pyongyang are also treated to combined Kimilsungia and Kimjongilia shows. One such got underway at the beginning of this month, at …
Murkowski Ad Features Ted Stevens
Murkowski Ad Features Ted Stevens The Wall Street Journal reports: Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski unveiled a TV spot featuring an endorsement by the late Ted Stevens , taped just 10 days before the former senator’s death in an August plane crash. The ad shows …
RGA Raises $30 Million
RGA Raises $30 Million The Wall Street Journal reports: The Republican Governors Association raised more than $30 million in the past three months with the help of sizable donations from Wall Street investors, the oil and gas industry, the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and other …