Toomey Leads Sestak in Pennsylvania »
A new Public Policy Polling survey in Pennsylvania finds Pat Toomey (R) leading Joe Sestak (D) in the U.S. Senate race, 45% to 36%. “This is our first poll of the race explicitly surveying likely voters and given the considerably greater enthusiasm on the Republican side we’re seeing an electorate in the state that voted [...]
Blagojevich Guilty on Just One Count »
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty on one count of giving a false statement to federal agents but the jury couldn’t reach a unanimous decision on the other 23 counts, the Chicago Sun Times reports. Said Blagovevich: “This was a persecution. They threw everything they could at me. The jury agreed the government [...]
Giannoulias Holds Edge Over Kirk »
A new Public Policy Polling survey in Illinois finds Alexi Giannoulias (D) edging Rep. Mark Kirk (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 37% to 35%, with Green party candidate LeAlan Jones at 9%. Most interesting finding: “Both candidates continue to be very unpopular. Giannoulias’ favorability is 26/42 and Kirk’s is 26/34. Independents have a negative [...]
Blunt Leading Carnahan in Missouri »
A new DailyKos/Public Policy Polling survey in Missouri shows Roy Blunt (R) beating Robin Carnahan (D) in the U.S. Senate race, 45% to 38%. Visit Source
Candidate Claims Sunspots are Behind Climate Change »
In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson (R) claimed “extreme weather phenomena were better explained by sunspots than an overload of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, as many scientists believe.” Said Johnson: “I absolutely do not believe in the science of man-caused climate change. It’s not proven by any [...]
Gates Will Leave Next Year »
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to leave his post in the spring of 2011, CNN reports. “According to the senior administration official, Gates privately promised President Barack Obama he would not leave the Cabinet in 2010 in order to maintain stability at the Pentagon while more U.S. forces are heading to Afghanistan. In addition, [...]
Did Outside Groups ‘Fail’ to Disclose With the FEC? »
The trendy way to influence elections this cycle is through “independent expenditure committees,” and as I wrote yesterday, these committees are, in most cases, failing to disclose their receipts and expenditures to the FEC. But is “failure” the proper way to describe this reticence? Turns out there’s an active debate about how much, if anything, these committees [...]
White House Makes a Push for Immigration Reform, But Offers No Timetable »
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visited the White House’s press briefing today to discuss the $600 million border security bill signed into law this morning. She argued the bill would bolster border security and echoed statements by President Barack Obama and other Democrats who have said the next step is comprehensive immigration reform. [...]
Feinberg Hires Law Firm to Write Spill Compensation Rules »
Kenneth Feinberg has chosen the law firm Cozen O’Connor to write a series of standards on who does and does not receive compensation from BP because of losses from the Gulf oil spill, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Feinberg, who has been put in charge of overseeing the BP claims process, tells the Inquirer that [...]
Obama Traveling to New Orleans for Five-Year Katrina Anniversary »
President Obama is going to New Orleans Aug. 29 to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, according to the White House. The White House: The visit will include remarks by the President at Xavier University of Louisiana. Members of the President’s Cabinet who have worked to speed recovery and restoration efforts will also be [...]
Oil and Gas Industry Writes Its Own Pipeline Standards »
The United States has millions of miles of oil and gas pipelines. (Creative Commons) This story is the third in a series on federal oversight of the nation’s 2.3 million miles of oil and natural gas pipelines. You can read the first story here and the second story here. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety [...]
The Democrats’ Jobs Problem »
The Wall Street Journal has a piece today on the challenges facing Democrats because of the dire economy they inherited, and the slow pace of job growth. The unemployment rate will probably tick up or hold steady until the November elections. The economy is not producing enough jobs to keep up with population growth. And [...]
Lunchtime Links »
At least three senators agreed to back Elizabeth Warren. The Taliban exploits flooding in Pakistan. Chuck Schumer wants more credit from voters. FiveThirtyEight coins a term for silly constitutional amendments. Stephen Colbert calls for an end to shacks because the Unabomber used one. Ayn Rand’s message spreads to outer space. A Republican senator blocks the [...]
GE Blasts Administrations ‘Clean Coal’ Report »
GE Energy, which has been a vocal proponent of so-called “clean coal” technology, is none too pleased with the Obama administration’s interagency report on the issue, released yesterday. The report, which outlines a plan for commercializing carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, finds that while there are no “insurmountable” barriers to deploying CCS technology, a [...]
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