By The Admin on December 27, 2010
National Journal
- President Obama praised Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie for giving NFL MVP candidate Michael Vick a second chance after his dog-fighting conviction.
Lurie told Peter King of NBC and Sports Illustrated that he recently received a phone call from Obama to talk about Vick and the Eagles’ plans to install wind turbines and solar [...]
Posted in White House
By The Admin on December 27, 2010
Chuck Hobbs, Esquire
- Florida Governor-elect Rick Scott recently has garnered praise from Florida Tax Watch and the Southern Poverty Law Center for his plan to cut the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice budget by ending incarceration for certain juvenile offenders.
While I join in the applause, I go further and suggest that the soon to be [...]
Posted in Featured, Florida
By The Admin on December 27, 2010
For the third straight year, President Barack Obama ranks as the man most admired by people living in the U.S., according to an annual USA Today-Gallup poll.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most-admired woman for the ninth year in a row, edging out former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and TV host Oprah Winfrey, [...]
Posted in Featured, Outside of the Political Realm
By The Admin on December 27, 2010
Politico
- Alvin Greene lost his bid for the U.S. Senate last month but he isn’t giving up on his hopes of winning an election.
The South Carolina Democrat filed on Christmas Eve to run for a seat in the state’s House of Representatives that belonged to a woman who died earlier this year. Greene paid $165 [...]
Posted in South Carolina
By The Admin on December 27, 2010
Daily Kos
- Take a good look at the picture above. That is a meeting at one of the two major political parties. Notice anything peculiar? Yes, everyone is white, but that shouldn’t be shocking. That would be the case at an Idaho Democratic officials meeting. But this photo wasn’t taken in Idaho. This is a [...]
Posted in Party Politics, Race