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This Public Policy Polling survey of Maine isn’t all that surprising: She has a 46/40 disapproval/approval rating from state Republicans. By a whopping 27

Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s seat in the U.S

Though the primaries remain a dot on the political horizon, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has wasted no time name-dropping a veep shortlist, according to several news sites citing the Bearing Drift , a conservative news site based in Virginia. Chris Christie On the shortlist are Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell , U.S.

On Monday Defense Secretary Gates took a major step toward rebalancing U.S. military spending.

On a morning conference call, I got a chance to ask Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) about voter registration, voter fraud, and his new PAC’s political adviser Sara

Feeling burned by bank overdraft fees of $30 or more, or by credit-card interest rates that can top 25 percent, a growing number of consumers are turning to prepaid, reloadable “cash cards.

This morning we ran a piece anticipating the difficulties facing Democratic leaders as they try to make good on their progressive campaign promises during a

Shorter GOP: there has never been a more important time than the aftermath of a failed terrorist attack on an airplane to ensure the Transportation Security

As expected, Republicans this weekend already began threatening trouble for Democrats if President Obama nominates someone left of mainstream to succeed Supreme

Gee, no one could have predicted this. The Senate Post Office has recently seen an influx of envelopes containing tea bags addressed to Senate offices. The

Apparently a direct result of the interrogation of captured deputy Afghan Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar: Police in northwest Pakistan arrested

This thing is on its way to an end, a military spokesman says.

In the latest issue of The Nation, Andrew Ross looks into the strange allegiance between climate fears and nativism. It’s worth checking out the whole piece,

Tom Ricks, preparing for today’s Pentagon subcabinet-official hearings, muses: It’ll be interesting to watch the Armed Services Committee hearing today on

Here’s an interesting detail/admission from Michael O’Brien’s interview with Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho): Crapo said that he credited the August recess protests

Newt Gingrich spent the last week promoting a liveblog of the health care summit at his Center for Health Transformation, with expert commentary and the

HALT, an immigration-enforcement bill, is necessary because President Obama is seeking “backdoor amnesty” for millions of undocumented immigrants, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, said Tuesday during a House Judiciary committee hearing

The Center for Responsive Politics reports that Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) is getting some serious help in his Senate primary contest against billionaire Jeff

In a rote column about liberals stifling dissent, The Washington Examiner’s Michael Barone argues that the two most violent incidents at this summer’s town