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House GOP takes a political beating in payroll tax fight CBS News House Republicans have so far refused to accept a compromise with Senate Democrats and President Obama -- but while they may be holding out for a legislative victory, they are already losing the fight politically. The fight over the payroll tax cut ... See all stories on this topic »

Politics Live blog: Thursday 22 December The Guardian (blog) 9.14am: It's the last Politics Live blog of the year and the river of news hasn't yet quite dried up. There's not much on the agenda; all I've got is Andrew Mitchell, the international development secretary, making an announcement about the measles ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

The Fix's best political books of 2011 Washington Post Looking for a last-minute gift for the political junkie in your life? Check out The Fix's list of the best political books of 2011. AP / AP "The Whole Damn Deal: Robert Strauss and the Art of Politics" by Kathryn J. McGarr Monkeys, lion cubs, ... See all stories on this topic »

'The Ides of March' could have voters playing politics Los Angeles Times 'The Ides of March,' with well-known liberal George Clooney playing a Democratic presidential candidate, could have Oscar voters playing politics. George Clooney in a scene from the "Ides of March." (Columbia Pictures) By Gary Goldstein, Special to the ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

HUFFPOST FUNDRACE - This Is Politics Huffington Post This is politics. Those were the words Mitt Romney used to deflect calls for him to ask the super PAC run by his former campaign aides to stop running negative advertisements against his opponent Newt Gingrich. This came one day after Romney stated ... See all stories on this topic »

Africa: Power Politics - Foundation of United States Policy AllAfrica.com When cornered by unpopularity, it is a tradition of US political leaders to either instil hell's fear in the populace, or to whip up jingoistic emotions by rallying Americans against a perceived enemy. It used to be the Great Satan from Eastern Europe, ... See all stories on this topic »

Booktalk: The political books of 2011 BBC News One of the things you learn presenting BBC Parliament's Booktalk is that there is a distinct cycle dictating the kind of political books which appear. For example, in the wake of a general election there are politicians, or ex-politicians, ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Politics may cripple NLRB Philadelphia Inquirer Graham and other South Carolina politicians are still angry that the NLRB tried to prevent Boeing Co. from moving hundreds of aircraft jobs from Washington to their state. Boeing and the machinists settled their argument earlier this month. ... See all stories on this topic »

Asylum seeker solution: focus on the policy not political games ABC Online But we pay our politicians a bit of money and we should expect them to come up with policies that are in the best interests of Australians and the human beings who seek our assistance. One of the most frustrating and defining aspects of the so-called ... See all stories on this topic » ABC Online

End-of-year politics quiz BBC News Which woman political stalwart took a final bow from the spotlight in autumn this year? Which MSP took a "baby" into the chamber during a member's debate? When is the independence referendum likely to take place? Officially, there are 68 SNP MSPs ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Chiru decries politics of mudslinging The Hindu Congress leader and Tirupati MLA K Chiranjeevi said on Wednesday his emergence into the political horizon was to show that politics was not about mudslinging and for playing destructive politics. Participating in the silver jubilee celebrations of ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

The art of politics Los Angeles Times It may come as a surprise to learn only one film revolving around politics has ever won the Academy Award for best picture: 1949's "All the King's Men." Based on the novel by Robert Penn Warren, the Robert Rossen-directed drama (unsuccessfully remade ... See all stories on this topic »

Global Politics Occupy a Quiet Block and Throw Local Family Into Turmoil New York Times (blog) She added that Fort Greene is a politically active and aware community, and that the protesters could have pleaded their case without disrupting her family and neighbors' lives. Neighbors said they have received letters from Mr. Grossman and Ms. Weir ... See all stories on this topic »

Havel on politics and theater Prague Post By Václav Havel I recently read an article titled "Politics as Theatre," a critique of all that I have tried to do in politics. It argued that in politics, there is no place for a realm as superfluous as theater. To be sure, in the early months of my ... See all stories on this topic » Prague Post

Politics at Christmas Jamaica Observer It is not for me to judge the sincerity of such messages with an election a few days away, but politicians will always be politicians. However, the see-saw political campaigns over the years where either political side says the same thing about the ... See all stories on this topic » Jamaica Observer

Blute returns to politics with state GOP post The Boston Globe Peter Blute, the former Massachusetts congressman who left public service after a scandalous booze cruise, has returned to politics as deputy chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party. He said it was time to come back after a radio career in which ... See all stories on this topic »

PTI's politics The News International What was started by Imran Khan as a movement to bring about change in Pakistan has become a political circus. Khan's 'tsunami' is slowly being hijacked by opportunistic politicians and retired bureaucrats who want to stay in power perpetually and are ... See all stories on this topic »

The politics of disaster GMA News (blog) Indeed, demarcating the boundary between the two is problematic because I believe the disasters we face are as much political as they are natural. How can it not be political when the government allows the indiscriminate depletion of our natural ... See all stories on this topic »

Special Series: The Shiite Political Offensive in Iraq STRATFOR 18, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki launched a political offensive against high-level Sunni officials. The crisis came rapidly but was also a long time coming, as Iraq's Shiite majority — and by extension Iran — have been waiting to exploit the ... See all stories on this topic » STRATFOR

Satirical Political Site MadHumans.com Launches Today Mobile Game, Mad Humans ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) The web site currently highlights a dozen national political characters with more to be added as the election season heats up in 2012. A page dedicated to each character includes a steady stream of satirical social media commentary and news feeds and ... See all stories on this topic »

High hopes for 2012 politics: Armenian government, opposition forces sure of ... ArmeniaNow.com Almost all political forces of Armenia have said their New Year wishes and hopes are for free and fair elections in 2012. The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), however, thinks that the only alternative – should such elections fail – will be ... See all stories on this topic » ArmeniaNow.com

Yes, Virginia, America does have a political center TheReporter.com Some of my little friends say there is no political center in America. "Papa says, 'If you see it in THAT CAGLE COLUMN it's so.' "Please tell me the truth: Is there a political center in America?" "PS My friends say there are no elves. Is that true? ... See all stories on this topic »

District map pushes politics aside Times Herald-Record Suggested political maps released this week by the good-government group Common Cause offer a glimpse of how New York's congressional and state Legislature districts could look in 2013 if drawn strictly by neutral principles, without the usual ... See all stories on this topic »

Oregon politics roundup: Fallout from payroll tax vote, a rush of PERS retirees OregonLive.com By Michelle Cole, The Oregonian SALEM -- I don't know about the rest of you, but I am fascinated by the payroll tax meltdown in Washington and how it will play out politically. So, let's start today's political news round-up, with that: --Northwest ... See all stories on this topic » OregonLive.com

A look-back at S'pore politics Channel News Asia By S Ramesh | Posted: 22 December 2011 1657 hrs SINGAPORE: It was a year of surprises for Singapore politics in 2011 with a watershed general election (GE) and the retirement of several ministers. The May 7 GE led to the defeat of three ministers at ... See all stories on this topic »

Q&A: Salafist politician Emad Abdel Ghafour Aljazeera.com The head of Egypt's Al Nour party talks about religion in politics, relations with Israel and democracy. Emad Abdel Ghafour is head of Al Nour party, the main Salafist party in Egypt. Al Nour came in second after the Muslim Brotherhood's Justice and ... See all stories on this topic » Aljazeera.com

When politics meet economics, always ask, "Then what?" CBS News I am glad I took him up on the suggestion, because in my opinion it's one of the best books on economic policy and what Sowell calls "thinking beyond stage one" -- the unintended consequences that often result from politically motivated decisions ... See all stories on this topic »

American College of Surgeons Calls on Congress to "End Politics" and Fix the ... MarketWatch (press release) 21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today the American College of Surgeons (ACS) expressed its deep disappointment in Congress' inability to enact comprehensive and politically viable legislation to fix the Medicare physician payment system. ... See all stories on this topic »

Aliyu Gusau and the dynamics of security and politics Vanguard Shehu Musa Yar'adua has therefore become a potent symbol around which ruling class politicians are constructing props of idealism; the dead general is being deployed as what they all aspired to but can never be, lost as they are in the most obscene ... See all stories on this topic »

The New Politics of Energy Hudson New York The environmental movement is well funded and far more politically astute than the corporations which produce the energy that powers the US economy. The Greens have long maintained a laser-like focus on politics, whereas the oil companies and the ... See all stories on this topic »

How much do individuals really matter in politics? Aljazeera.com New York, NY - As the world digests the deaths of Vaclav Havel and Kim Jong-il, an interesting and unresolved questions is raised once again for observers of politics: How much influence does any one person ever really have over the evolution of ... See all stories on this topic » Aljazeera.com

DUP want to 'normalise' politics Belfast Newsletter AMBITIOUS plans to "normalise" political structures in Northern Ireland have been put forward by the DUP. Outlining his party's submission to the committee reviewing how the main business of the assembly functions, Simon Hamilton said the DUP had been ... See all stories on this topic »

Grappling With Ron Paul's Racist Newsletters The Atlantic The question is complicated by facts not in evidence and inherently subjective judgments about politics, race, and the norms that govern how much a candidate's bygone associations matter. My conclusions are conflicted -- more on that shortly -- but ... See all stories on this topic »

Mercosur Bloc – More Politics, Better Integration Inter Press Service The Uruguayan president emphasised that the bloc represents not only economic, but political, integration. "Without politics, there will be no Mercosur in the long run, and there will be no convergence, because this is not only an economic equation. ... See all stories on this topic »

Stadium politics played role in Koch and Brodkorb dismissal, insiders say MinnPost.com (blog) Some legislative and GOP insiders tell me politics over the proposed Vikings stadium was a factor in the ouster of the two most powerful people in the Minnesota Senate. That would help explain the brusque, even brutal, dismissal of Amy Koch as Senate ... See all stories on this topic » MinnPost.com (blog)

Progressives running for black seats: bad for Dems St. Louis American Now, back to the real world of power politics in the state of Missouri. Whether the non-black majority likes it or not, there are strongly held feelings about "black" seats and districts. We hope no politically active Democrat needs to be explained the ... See all stories on this topic » St. Louis American

Rick Santorum: The Hardest Working Lost Cause In Politics TPM There's been a steady debate throughout the Republican primaries whether the notion of "retail politics" — the old fashioned, baby-kissing, bus-stop-greeting, local-official-courting style of campaigning — is still relevant in the FOX News era. ... See all stories on this topic » TPM

Holiday perks list includes naughty and nice in Wisconsin politics Wis Opinion MADISON - A source close to the toy industry has once again leaked a copy of Santa's perks list for Wisconsin politicians and newsmakers. Here's what the good boys and girls in Madison and Washington will reportedly find in their stockings this ... See all stories on this topic »

Analyzing the politics and policies of the Wyden-Ryan Medicare plan News-Medical.net In fact, Ryan's political standing among Republicans may be stronger now than it was before (Nather and Haberkorn, 12/20). As lawmakers maneuver to avoid a 27.4 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursement to physicians, two Congressmen have introduced ... See all stories on this topic »

Claude Smadja A 2012 hostage to politics Business Standard Crucial decisions to get the global economy out of the recession looming ahead are in danger of remaining hostage to political considerations that may not be fully rational. The European summit of December 8-9 was supposed to be the "last-chance ... See all stories on this topic »

MadHumans.com Handles Politics with Satire and Rotten Fruit [with trailer] Digital Media Wire The proliferation of political talking heads is only going to get worse as the 2012 election heats up, but at least there's a new site to help citizens deal with it. MadHumans.com offers profiles of national political characters, along with relevant ... See all stories on this topic » Digital Media Wire

The Voice: Face-Off: Political Correctness in Politics my.hsj.org We are all aware of the "political correctness" that everyone faces around the holidays: Should we say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays"? Personally, you could say either, but should we really be that concerned about political correctness? ... See all stories on this topic »

The dual failure of conservative policy and liberal politics Aljazeera.com Politicians must 'recognise and nurture a new sort of dialogue between two different ideologies', author says. San Pedro, California - Last week I wrote about Newt Gingrich's incredibly destructive record and mindset. But as I wrote then, ... See all stories on this topic » Aljazeera.com

What Companies Can Learn from Political Campaigns blogs.hbr.org (blog) by Mark Penn | Comments With the Republican primaries now just weeks away, the range of observers who are watching polls and assessing campaign strategies is expanding beyond political wonks and news junkies. While politics has always been an avid ... See all stories on this topic »

Alec Baldwin Loses 'Appetite' For NYC Mayoral Run Due To 'Horny' Politics CBS New York Daldry asked Baldwin if he was going to have a political career, to which the actor responded "I doubt it now. The older I get, the more I feel that all of it has changed." "The people that are running for mayor – I know this is terrible – I look at ... See all stories on this topic » CBS New York

Mormonism and Politics The Weekly Standard (blog) The Mormon role in politics is explained by David Campbell, a Notre Dame professor and a Mormon himself, who recently delivered a presentation on the subject at an Ethics and Public Policy Center event titled "Mormonism and Politics: Historical and ... See all stories on this topic »

Right Wing Politics: What is the GOP Motivation? King of How To News The push for more drilling is a staple of right wing politics, which has made a living off of playing up the dangers of America's dependence on foreign oil. The 2012 presidential election figures to feature a lot of same arguments; however, ... See all stories on this topic » King of How To News

LETTER: Florida's weather is great — not the politics Taunton Daily Gazette But where Massachusetts hearts are warm and caring, it is most difficult to say the same for the heart of the political system in Florida. Florida, like many other states, is hurting because of the decrease in available Federal funds which have been ... See all stories on this topic »

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