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Politico has a double-bylined take-out of the conservative movement’s rebellion against Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, the liberal Republican nominated for the

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, appearing on NPR’s Weekend Edition , said that while agrees that the federal government has to cut spending, it also has to raise the debt ceiling to avoid defaulting on its loans. A full transcript of the interview follows

Critics see retrenchment on Obama’s pledge to rebalance the foreign policy apparatus away from the military.

This Gallup poll, in some ways, is tautology: Republicans are conservative about the role of government, and Democrats are liberal. Members of the GOP believe

The National Republican Congressional Committee is up on the air in South Carolina with an ad not-so-secretly aimed at getting Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.) to

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) will name his administration’s former general counsel, Carte Goodwin, to replace the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D). While

Today’s now-postponed Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan was overshadowed by Gen. David Petraeus’s brief but frightening loss of

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) stepped up his calls for federal and state investigations into how Alvin Greene managed to win his state’s Democratic

A victim of the ongoing federal budget battle, U.S.

Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District, which encompasses the wealthy suburbs west of Minneapolis, should be competitive. Political strategists have often rated the district a tossup, but Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen has managed to keep the district in Republican hands following the 2008 retirement of moderate Rep.

This morning, President Obama named three people to the board of the Federal Reserve: Janet Yellen to be vice chairman, and Peter Diamond and Sarah Bloom Raskin

Brian Beutler at Talking Points Memo reports that Democrats plan to hold off on altering Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s (D-Ark.) derivatives language until after her

Just released from the Vice President: I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in East Jerusalem. The

In a unanimous decision issued just moments ago, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that Iowa’s definition of marriage, which excluded same-sex couples, violates

The Quartet of major international players attempting to broker an Israeli-Palestinian negotiated settlement -- the European Union, the U.S., Russia, and the

It sure is getting to be a hot summer. And the town hall protesters are turning up the heat: they’ve gone from objecting to a national health care plan to

That previously mentioned luncheon with Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) went awry when the news broke that former Health and Human Services Secretary-nominee Tom

GUANTANAMO BAY -- This morning, attorneys for Omar Khadr, the Canadian citizen charged with murder, conspiracy and material support for terrorism, will attempt

Here’s a quick appendix to yesterday’s story about the civil war in the right-wing anti-terrorism blogosphere. I quoted Robert Spencer of JihadWatch as

A longtime analyst for mortgage giant Freddie Mac who served as acting Chief Financial Officer since the firm was taken over by the federal government ast

All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on Nov. 12, 2009. Not the blue states. There are