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Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) had an exchange with Gen. Stanley McChrystal that underscores both the Republican Party’s predicament and the general’s unwillingness

The Supreme Court seal (Pic by Hayfordoleary, via WIkimedia Commons ) Spanish-language news reporters who spoke Sunday on Al Punto , a Univision program, said the coming Supreme Court decision on Arizona’s immigration enforcement law S.B. 1070 will have an impact on both the 2012 elections and on the lives of millions of immigrants. Alan Rivera of Hispanic News Network said that the Supreme Court decision that would come in June, in the midst of the 2012 presidential campaign, and will greatly influence the Obama campaign against the eventual Republican nominee.

A New Mexico district court judge ruled that the Martinez administration can continue its investigation into the residency of foreign nationals holding driver’s licenses, but must show “good cause” for doing so. Judge Sarah Singleton said the state cannot send out more letters to determine the residency of other foreign nationals who have driver’s licenses or follow up as to why some 4,200 did not respond to letters, but may continue investigations when there is “good cause” for fraud. She said that investigating solely on the basis of nationality violated the Equal Protection Clause for citizens and noncitizens alike.

Trevor Griffey digs up a 1971 memo written by Pat Buchanan, then an adviser to President Richard Nixon, arguing that the administration needed to get ready for

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be in Florida tomorrow to tour the Winding Waters Wetland Preserve in West Palm Beach and to announce several

A SurveyUSA/KSTP poll released Wednesday evening found that a slim majority of Minnesotans would vote for a ballot initiative that would place a ban on gay marriage in the Minnesota Constitution. According to the poll, 51 percent of registered voters surveyed said they would vote in favor of the amendment, while 40 percent say they’d vote against it. Eight percent said they would not vote either way.

From yesterday’s Twitter feed of Brad Dayspring, spokesman for the GOP whip’s office: Dayspring doesn’t mis-attribute the study to the New England

Even before tonight’s jobs speech, conservation groups in Colorado and across the Rocky Mountain West says it’s clear President Barack Obama has chosen polluting industry jobs over other employment sectors, demoralizing the environmental base ahead of the 2012 campaign. Last week’s decision by the Obama administration to shelve tougher EPA smog standards , coming hard on the heels of the State Department’s nod to the Keystone XL pipeline , has many mainstream environmentalists wondering if young, green voters will turn out for Obama next year the way they did in 2008. “ a huge mistake politically, and I don’t understand it at all,” Dr.

The EPA seal (Pic via sentryjournal.com) The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded seven universities in the southeast — one of which is Daytona’s Embry-Riddle — People, Prosperity and the Planet Phase I grants for the 2011-2012 school year. According to a press release, the grants will go toward designing “creative solutions to sustainability challenges in the developed and developing world” and will challenge students “to design and build sustainable technologies that improve quality of life, promote economic development and protect the environment.” Daytona Beach’s Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University was awarded a $12,845 rant to help design a portable solar water purification system for public use during disaster recovery

A new report shows that despite the unusually high national unemployment rate, some specific industries are facing shortages of skilled workers, shortages that

New polling figures out this week from Public Policy Polling aren’t good news for Gov. Terry Branstad . “Republican Governor Terry Branstad remains unpopular with his approval rating falling to 39 percent with 47 percent disapproval, slightly worse than his -4(41/45) rating in April,” writes Michael Sadowsky of PPP , who takes note of Branstad’s 10-point victory margin against Democrat incumbent Chet Culver during the 2010 general election

Republican Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday urged the state legislature to pass anti-bullying legislation, but his office declined to disclose which pieces of legislation currently pending before the legislature he supported

Eric Kleefeld sees the 40th president referred to as Ronaldus Magnus on the GOP’s new Website and wonders what’s going on. While it’s strange to see the

A report issued today indicates that Hispanic buying power, estimated to reach $1.1 trillion by the end of 2011, will have a positive impact on seven industry sectors nationwide. IBISWorld , a market and industry research firm, states that 20 industries in seven sectors over the next five years “will benefit most from a growing Hispanic population in the United States.” The report adds: Hispanic buying power will total $1.1 trillion in 2011, or about 9.5 percent of the U.S.

Kalley King Yanta, a former anchor for a Minneapolis-based television station and an anti-abortion-rights activist, has joined the Minnesota for Marriage group

New Mexico’s two U.S. senators want to expand the zone within New Mexico in which Mexican nationals who hold Border Crossing Cards, or “laser cards,” can travel inside. The current limit is 25 miles from the border, and Democratic Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall want to expand that to 75 miles so that urban areas not immediately on the border can take advantage of Mexican consumers.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant. For that reason, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has endorsed airing on C-SPAN the conference committee’s negotiations, as the

A failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to strike a $1.5 trillion budget cut deal, or a later decision by Congress to reject the plan, could lead to automatic and devastating consequences for the nation’s military and the defense industrial base, a Pentagon spokesman warned. If either of those scenarios takes place, press secretary George Little said, “we would be looking at, in all likelihood, the smallest Army and Marine Corps in decades, the smallest tactical Air Force since was established and the smallest Navy in nearly 100 years.” George Little Automatic cuts to the Defense Department would take place, through the 2011 Budget Control Act’s sequestration mechanism, if the Committee members don’t offer a plan to reduce the deficit by Nov

The congressional hearing on whether Brian McNamee injected Roger Clemens with steroids, as the Mitchell Report said he did, was an awkward affair. Awkward