By The Admin on August 26, 2009
Josh Kraushaar, Politico
- For the first time, Virginia gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds is using President Obama in an ad — but not many voters across the Old Dominion will be able to hear it. The ad is only airing on African-American radio stations in the urban centers of Richmond, Norfolk and Roanoke.
In the radio ad, [...]
Posted in By State, State & Local News
By The Admin on August 26, 2009
Shelia Phillips doesn’t see the New Orleans that Mayor Ray Nagin talks about, the one on its way to having just as many people and a more diverse economy than it did before Hurricane Katrina. How could she?
From the front porch of her house in the devastated Lower 9th Ward, it’s hard to see past [...]
Posted in Louisiana, State & Local News
By The Admin on August 26, 2009
In a chilling forecast, the White House is predicting a 10-year federal deficit of $9 trillion—more than the sum of all previous deficits since America’s founding. And it says by the next decade’s end the national debt will equal three-quarters of the entire U.S. economy.
But before President Barack Obama can do much about it, he’ll [...]
Posted in Federal Government
By The Admin on August 26, 2009
Unlike most states, a successor to fill Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s seat in the Senate will be chosen through a special election, not by the governor.
Massachusetts law requires a special election for the seat no sooner than 145 days and no later than 160 days after a vacancy occurs. The law bans an interim [...]
Posted in Congress
By The Admin on August 26, 2009
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was a Democrat’s Democrat, so much so that he became a rallying point for those in his party and an object of derision for Republican opponents.
Yet his affability and capability to span the partisan divide on an array of legislative matters prompted an outpouring of condolences from those in the GOP [...]
Posted in Congress, Party Politics
