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Cuomo Leads With 57% in New Poll
Cuomo Leads With 57% in New Poll The New York Times reports: Can Andrew M. Cuomo breathe a little easier? Just one day after a poll showed his Republican opponent, Carl P. Paladino , with surprising strength in a one-to-one matchup, a new survey from a different polling …
Rick Scott Trails in Florida Gov Race
Rick Scott Trails in Florida Gov Race Political Wire reports: A new Mason-Dixon poll in Florida finds Alex Sink (D) leading Rick Scott (R) in the race for governor by seven points among likely voters, 47% to 40% with 11% still undecided. Click here to read more.
Israel: UN Flotilla Raid Report is "Biased"
Israel: UN Flotilla Raid Report is "Biased" Reuters reports: JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said it would study a U.N. inquiry's conclusion that its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla violated international humanitarian law, but again rejected the investigators' mandate as …
Palin: 'I'd Run if No One Steps Up'
Palin: 'I'd Run if No One Steps Up' CBS News reports: Sarah Palin hinted further at her interest in a 2012 presidential bid on Wednesday night, saying in an interview that she "would offer [herself] up in the name of service to the public, " in the event that "nobody else …
Murkowski Keeps Energy Panel Top Spot
Murkowski Keeps Energy Top Spot The Hill reports: Senate Republicans defied expectations Wednesday and did not remove Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) as the senior Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. ?? After debating her future during a closed-door meeting, …
Pelosi & Hoyer Split on Tax Vote Timing
Pelosi & Hoyer Split on Tax Vote Timing The Hill reports: A split has opened between Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) over whether to hold a vote before the midterm elections on extending the George W. Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class. …
Obama Pushes for MidEast Peace at UN
Obama Pushes for MidEast Peace at UN The New York Times reports: UNITED NATIONS — One year after delivering a sweeping speech here that promised a new era of American engagement with the world, President Obama returned to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday to …
Al Qaeda Planning More Small-Scale Attacks
Feds: Al Qaeda Focusing on Smaller Attacks The Washington Post reports: Al-Qaeda and its allies are likely to attempt small-scale, less sophisticated terrorist attacks in the United States, senior Obama administration officials said Wednesday, noting that it's extremely …
Clinton: Dems Need Their Own Pledge
Clinton: Dems Need Their Own Pledge The Hill reports: On the same day House Republicans will release their new governing document, former President Bill Clinton advised Democrats to issue their own written agenda that contains policy ideas before November the midterm elections. …
Woodward: Obama Committed to Afghan Timetable
Woodward: Obama Committed to Afghan Timetable Politico reports: For the past year, many in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill assumed that President Barack Obama’s commitment to begin U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan by July 2011 was a soft deadline, a fig leaf …
Poll: Independent Voters as Frustrated as Republicans
Independents as Frustrated as Republicans The AP reports: WASHINGTON — More bad news for Democrats clinging to control of Congress: Independent voters are nearly as grumpy as Republicans about politics this year. In an Associated Press-GfK Poll this month, 58 percent of independe…
Texas School Board to Vote on "Anti-Christian" Books
TX School Board to Vote on "Anti-Christian" Books CBS reports: Texas' State Board of Education - following a long history of throwing itself into "culture war" issues - is set to vote Friday on a resolution calling on textbook publishers to limit what they print about Islam in world …
NY-23: Hoffman to Run as Third Party Candidate
NY-23: Hoffman to Announce Third Party Run The Syracuse Post-Standard reports: Tea Party favorite Doug Hoffman will formally concede today to Matt Doheny in the tightly-contested Republican primary for the 23rd Congressional District seat, according to a source close to Hoffman's …
Obama Heckled for "Broken Promises"
Obama Heckled for "Broken Promises" Politico reports: NEW YORK – President Barack Obama was heckled multiple times during his speech at a Democratic fundraiser in one of the country’s most Democratic cities. Demonstrators held signs that said “Broken Promises” and interrupte…
New York Senate Race Tightens
New York Senate Race Tightens Mark Blumenthal reports: Today's big polling news comes from New York, where two new surveys show much closer results in the races for Senate and Governor than indicated by previous polling, and from four new surveys by CNN and Time in statewide …