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Voter photo identification proposals in 32 states, including Colorado, are the product of a coordinated effort by conservatives to reduce polling place turnout by minority groups, who turned out in unprecedented numbers during the 2008 presidential election, a progressive civil rights organization alleges in a new report .

Great profile of Defense Secretary Robert Gates in the Christian Science Monitor. I’ve been writing for months now that Gates is the key swing vote in the

The results of a new Gallup poll show that between 2001 and 2009, the percentage of Americans who identify as Republican or lean Republican has declined in

More bad economic news is out today already, with a jobs report showing unemployment leaping to a 14-year high of 6.5 percent -- much worse than expected. That

The good news? The unemployment rate fell to 9.5 percent -- the lowest rate in a year. The bad news? It only fell that much because so many people left the

American Elect , the non-party online presidential nominating organization, has made it onto the ballot in Colorado, easily hitting the 10,000 resident signatures it needed.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) who highlighted his support for cap-and-trade legislation to woo independent and environmentally-minded voters during the 2008

First, as Art points out this afternoon, two recent articles in the Journal of the American Medical Association charge that the pharmaceutical giant withheld

Thirty minutes after she was initially supposed to arrive at the Iowa State Fair for a soapbox appearance, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) kept her message to supporters — and would-be hecklers — short and sweet

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) Gov. Rick Scott sparked a debate when he released the salary data on dozens of professors at Florida’s public universities

It’s fun, I know, to get all concerny about the apparent lack of press briefing transcripts on the new White House website, but if you actually want to get the

Earlier this month, a CNN poll found that more Americans oppose the Afghanistan war than support it for (what I think was) the first time since the 2001

Florida Senate Majority Leader Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando (left) and state Sen. Joe Negron, R-Palm City (Pic via flsenate.gov) In a committee meeting today, state Sen. Joe Negron made clear that he wants legislators to take a hard look at social services in order to determine whether the state will continue funding them

President Obama has not acknowledged tensions between efforts to reach out to the Muslim world and new air travel screening rules.

Federal agencies have stepped up efforts to crack down on medical marijuana, and while high-profile ATF raids may be more immediately shocking, there is a less

Lots of attendees at a Tea Party on Saturday in Alamagordo, N.M., that’s who.

Looks like Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is looking to make a serious grab on climate policy. That is, if he ever gets around to it. The powerful chairman of the

Later this morning, President-elect Barack Obama is expected to make it official and announce that Adm. Dennis Blair (ret.) and former White House chief of

Newly released information from Public Policy Polling shows that Iowans have had a “dramatic shift” toward President Barack Obama , and that he now leads potential opponents by at least nine and up to 21 points in the Hawkeye State.

He promised to do so on the campaign trail, and now he’s done it: President Obama has approved a troop increase to Afghanistan. His just-released statement is

More from the White House’s letter objecting to certain provisions in the fiscal 2010 defense authorization. I thought this deserved to be quoted in