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Josh Gerstein at Politico puts together something that’s been clear for months: As long as the Obama administration can delay announcing a final disposition for

Now that Sen. Ted Stevens is out of the Senate, nixing a chance for a special election in Alaska, Gov. Sarah Palin might be eyeing another potential seat --

National Institute on Money in State Politics released a report this week that shows that the National Organization for Marriage was one of the top political

The breakdowns of the Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll that asked 2,400 people about where they believe the president was born are revealing. As Steve Benen and

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll adds to the pool of evidence that despite assertions from legislators stating that the vast majority of Americans oppose same-sex marriage, it is actually beginning to enjoy wide mainstream acceptance for the first time in American history.

Check out this New York Times piece about the Afghanistan debate’s latest shifts in the White House. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense

Scott, who has never held elected office, ran on his business experience as a former health care executive despite the fact that he was forced out after his company paid $1.7 billion to the U.S. government for Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

Update: I wrote a second post on this topic after talking with the CJR reporter. Here it is. Reading this post in the Columbia Journalism Review over the

Top GOP figures have generally pledged to take the president at his word, that he’s a Christian, tacitly leaving the door open for speculation among the

LANSING, Mich. — Thousands of people descended on the Michigan Capitol earlier today as part of a national movement of tea parties to protest high taxes

Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) toes the party line, endorsing Marco Rubio over successor Charlie Crist. Independent campaign spending this year is up four

This morning, I recapped the current legislative efforts to further extend unemployment benefits and aid the millions who have been out of work for more than

Yesterday I highlighted the departure of Gen. William Wallace from the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine command as an example of the end of the Rumsfeld era --

Republicans on the Wake County School Board hired retired Army Brigadier Gen. Anthony Tata to be the district’s superintendent, in part for his military

Could America be colorblind in 2028? Sen. Russ Feingold’s (D-Wis.) okay with CIA assassinations, not okay with being kept in the dark. With a little more

From Dexter Filkins’ New York Times Magazine profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, which you really ought to read in its entirety: I asked General Flynn to

On the heels of the first ever Senate hearing on the DREAM Act, six undocumented students were detained Tuesday in Atlanta during a protest against H.B. 87, Georgia’s immigration-enforcement law. # DREAM Activist — an undocumented students resource network — said in a press release issued Tuesday that “the youth aimed to take a stand against HB 87, a recently passed law modeled after Arizona’s SB1070 that would severely restrict and isolate the immigrant community within the state.” # The DREAM Act would grant people who entered the U.S

Lynne Torgerson announced on Thursday that she intends to challenge Rep.

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced the members of his Social Conservatives Statewide Steering Committee today; the list includes prominent anti-gay rights and anti-abortion rights activists in Florida’s Christian right circles. According to a press release from the campaign: … Each member has been an active voice in state politics and an advocate for conservative causes and issue campaigns. The Romney campaign will utilize this coalition to perform voter outreach and coalition building for Get Out the Vote efforts

The Palin brand is undergoing yet another test today in Delaware among Republicans -- will her endorsement energize conservatives in Sussex County to get out

Latinos are the fastest-growing minority group in the U.S., and their votes could hinge on how the government addresses immigration: A poll released today by