With somewhat curious timing, Arkansas Democratic Rep. Mike Ross has announced that he will not run for reelection in 2012. One year ago today, Ross was part of a congressional delegation that was 5-1 Democratic: both the state’s U.S.
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The price of oil quickly dropped from nearly $95 a barrel to roughly $90 after the International Energy Agency announced plans to release 60 million barrels of oil — including 30 million barrels from U.S. reserves — into the world market over the next month.
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Democratic pressure for Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) to resign mounts after an uncensored photo of the congressman’s genitals was leaked Wednesday. Weiner admitted to sending lewd pictures over the internet to several women during his Monday press conference. Here’s the new rundown of Democratic reactions to Weinergate:
At this point, 9 Democratic leaders have called for his resignation:
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Budget: 40 of the Senate’s 47 Republican members stood with their House colleagues and voted for House Budget Committee Paul Ryan’s budget yesterday. Only five Republicans voted against the measure and one of them, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., did so because he thinks it did not cut spending enough in the short term.
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Budget: 40 of the Senate’s 47 Republican members stood with their House colleagues and voted for House Budget Committee Paul Ryan’s budget yesterday. Only five Republicans voted against the measure and one of them, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., did so because he thinks it did not cut spending enough in the short term.
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ABC News cameras captured a semi-candid conversation between former President Bill Clinton and GOP Rep. Paul Ryan regarding his plan to reform Medicare."I'm glad that we won this race in New York, but I hope that the Democrats don't use as an excuse to do nothing on Medicare." said Clinton to Ryan.
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Must read for the day: Shelby Steele's Wall Street Journal opinion article headlined “Obama’s Unspoken Re-election Edge. He argues that as America’s first black president Obama has a major advantage against any Republican nominee.
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So Mitch Daniels is not running for president.
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Hurray! That was my first response to the news that Osama bin Laden was killed by American forces. Good for Barack Obama for authorizing this apparently high-risk raid right some 100 meters from Pakistan’s military academy. And shame on whatever forces in Pakistan connived in allowing bin Laden this refuge—and whose connivance made it prudent for Obama not to inform the Pakistan government in advance about the raid.
What will be the political effect?
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On the morning that President Obama launches his reelection campaign, the Republican field of presidential candidates remains – at best – a guessing game.
Political pundits can tick off dozens of strategic reasons why the 2012 hopefuls are lying in wait. But a purely statistical analysis of a president's chances of winning reelection could be reason enough.
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