News: Charlie Baird and the Tobacco Lawyers

Source: The Austin Chronicle

In the waning days of the Democratic primary campaign (to be decided Tuesday, May 29), the Charlie Baird D.A. campaign, in a mailer and email, accused incumbent Rosemary Lehmberg of accepting campaign donations from tobacco settlement lawyers ...
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Chastened conservatives all too easily blame Bush

Source: The American Conservative

The Romney campaign’s approach to the Bush question can be summed up as follows: George who? Top Republicans who served in Congress during the Bush administration, however, must resort to other means of deflecting blame. Paul Ryan, T ...
Full article at: The American Conservative  More like this  1 day ago, 11:28am CDT

Our 5 Wishes for Dancing with the Stars All-Stars

Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer

After ABC confirmed next season's all-stars outing of Dancing with the Stars, Tom Bergeron revealed that it will feature past champions, fan favorites and controversial cast members, which kind of took the wind out ...
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How Conservatives Can (Try to) Stop Romney From Governing Like Bush

Source: The Atlantic

A new e-book from an unusually forthright conservative advises the right on how it can avoid the mistakes of 2001 to 2008. As the American right shifts from doubting whether Mitt Romney would make a good president to champio ...
Full article at: The Atlantic  More like this  3 days ago, 12:10pm CDT

Controversial Instructions at Core of Edwards Case

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

May 23, 2012 1:03 pm Share with others: By JOHN SCHWARTZ / The New York Times GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Legal analysts awaiting a verdict in the John Edwards federal corruption trial say the judge's interpretation of the la ...
Full article at: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  More like this  3 days ago, 12:10pm CDT

GOP Rep. Considers Bill to Allow Adult Children to Stay On Parents' Health Insurance Plans Until Age 31

Source: Reason

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Full article at: Reason  More like this  3 days ago, 10:50am CDT

Smear campaign mounted againts ethics initiative

Source: Arkansas Times

Supporters of this effort portray the goals of this reform as transparency and accountability in government. But, The Campaign Finance and Lobbying Reform Act of 2012 is more directed at limiting the influence of small business on Arkans ...
Full article at: Arkansas Times  More like this  5 days ago, 11:52am CDT

A Political Defendant Faces a Political Judiciary

Source: Texas Tribune

Tom DeLay can be hard to like. The former House majority leader seems to see everything through a partisan lens. He says remarkably caustic things about his foes. When you think it might be a good time for him to be humble, he puts on a matador ...
Full article at: Texas Tribune  More like this  6 days ago, 6:57am CDT

Districts are designed to help Republican powers

Source: Austin American-Statesman

In observing the Texas redistricting process, one must cast aside any notions of responsible behavior and accept the fact that it is an utterly cynical enterprise. Fortunately, redistricting occurs only once every ...
Full article at: Austin American-Statesman  More like this  6 days ago, 5:36pm CDT