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The online betting site -- with a record on these matters slightly better than that of the average political pundit -- is seeing a big surge in Obamacare to

The presidential campaign for Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced members of its Iowa team Friday.

GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) Herman Cain has announced that he will attend the Republican Party of Sarasota’s “Statesman of the Year” dinner , to honor Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla

Offering comparison charts of educational town hall meetings over the past several months, Iowa Senate Democrats charged their party’s offerings have been held at more more family- and teacher-friendly times.

The salient paragraph from the indictment of Faisal Shahzad in May’s attempted bombing in Times Square: In December 2009, Shahzad received explosives training

The Personhood Mississippi logo (Pic via Facebook) Mississippians will decide today whether or not to approve a so-called “fetal personhood” amendment — a deeply divisive measure that would define life as beginning at the moment of conception. A new poll, conducted by Public Policy Polling , found that support for Amendment 26 stood at 45 percent, while opposition was at 44 percent. Only hours before the vote, groups continued to come out to either support or oppose the amendment

One year after the Beer Summit, Democrats are once again on the defensive on race. Jerry Brown (D) on Meg Whitman (R): I’ve overseen thousands of

National People’s Action and the Public Accountability Initiative are up with a report on financial links between payday lenders, Main Street banks and Wall

Newly released guidelines from the Justice Department are calling renewed attention to the fact that the FBI is allowed to initiate assessments of individuals

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Analysts hailed the victory of a former governor over a Tea Party favorite as a sign of strength for Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney, and of weakness for Mike Huckabee, in 2012.

Though it’s unlikely the New Mexico Legislature and Gov. Susana Martinez will agree on measures to tighten rules for foreign national driver’s licenses, fewer foreign nationals are applying for them, according to the AP : An average of 22 foreign national licenses have been issued daily from January through July this year. That’s down from 52 a day during the same period last year and an average of 38 a day in 2009, according to an AP analysis of state records A total of 9,079 new foreign national licenses were granted from August 2010 through July 2011 — a drop of about 7,200 from the previous 12 months

It is over. After a marathon 20-hour session, the conference committee reconciling the House and Senate versions of financial regulatory reform completed their

Colorado Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Udall has long urged his colleagues to reform three of the most controversial provisions of the Patriot Act , saying the provisions are ripe for abuse. This week Congress decided against reform and extended the act as it stands for four more years.

Since the Democrats’ 1988 vice presidential nominee destroyed Dan Quayle for comparing himself to John F. Kennedy, most Republicans have stayed well away from

I’m a little late to this, but Ed Morrissey, one of the best conservative bloggers out there, has a must-read recap of this past weekend’s fifth annual Western

As I’ve noted on the blog, since the government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in September 2008, their roles in the housing market have changed

Earlier today, I participated in a reporters’ call with Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), regarding the collapse of the jobs bill,

And here she is talking about the no-bid contracts four Western oil companies will reap from the Iraq war: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday said