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TimesCast Politics: The Push for Gun Control New York Times (blog) Michael Cooper discusses the politics of earlier mass shootings and looks at how gun restriction laws have been written in the past. 6:25 One-on-One With Patrick Gaspard. Jeff Zeleny interviews Patrick Gaspard, the executive director of the Democratic ... See all stories on this topic »

In Benghazi Hearings, Partisan Politics Play Out Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—Congressional hearings to help unravel details behind the September consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya, morphed into a political face-off Thursday as Democrats and Republicans sought to position themselves and their parties for the ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Politics and trading don't mix, man MarketWatch (blog) If you're searching for a unique stocking stuffer, be sure to check out my new book, "Everything You Need to Know About Investing" the #1 best-selling Investment Education book at Amazon. Or give the gift of a subscription to TradingWithCody.com at 40 ... See all stories on this topic »

Mitch McConnell polls on Ashley Judd's politics Politico Judd wouldn't make it through the starting gate, the GOP leader's political team believes, once her views on coal, abortion and Obamacare are known to voters in solidly red Kentucky. In fact, McConnell's campaign has polled some of Judd's comments and ... See all stories on this topic » Politico

All (Syrian) Politics Is Local Foreign Policy (blog) The noose is tightening around Syrian President Bashar al-Assad -- and he's beginning to realize it. After a week that saw the opposition's National Coalition win widespread international recognition and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sign orders ... See all stories on this topic » Foreign Policy (blog)

Cravaack prepares to leave Minnesota, politics behind Minneapolis Star Tribune The one-term Republican, who stunned the political world when he defeated DFL stalwart Jim Oberstar two years ago, now says he will likely put politics and Minnesota behind him to be reunited with his wife, Traci, and their two young sons, who have ... See all stories on this topic » Minneapolis Star Tribune

The 50 Worst Columns of 2012 The Atlantic Wire Richard Cohen in The Washington Post on why we should like politicians who lie to us Any old politician can stick to his or her word, but it takes a great one to earn the confidence of voters though bold-faced lies, argues Richard Cohen. "If that ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlantic Wire

Gwen's Take: Sandy Hook And the Politics of Pain PBS NewsHour (blog) Watching the faces of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting scroll by, in silence, at the end of the PBS NewsHour on Monday night was excruciating. I tried to escape by Christmas shopping. Cashiers asked me what the shooter's mother ... See all stories on this topic » PBS NewsHour (blog)

Inside Politics: Gingrich evolves on gay marriage Washington Times Gay-rights groups are applauding former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for advising Republican leaders to take a deep breath and embrace gay marriage. "The momentum is clearly now in the direction in finding some way to accommodate and deal with ... See all stories on this topic »

Rural U.S. relevance lessens in politics The Tennessean Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has some harsh words for rural America: It's becoming "less and less relevant" in politics. Charlotte farm-owner Randy Simpkins agrees. Simpkins, a Dickson County commissioner who operates full-time his 1,200-acre ... See all stories on this topic »

Making Moscow more pleasant The Economist (blog) EARLIER this month, at the closing session of a city-sponsored forum on urban planning, the architect and critic Grigory Revzin said that until recently, it was fashionable for young people in the capital to talk about art or film. But now, he said ... See all stories on this topic » The Economist (blog)

Extreme Makeover? (I): Israel's Politics of Land and Faith in East Jerusalem International Crisis Group Jerusalem no longer is the city it was in 2000, when Israelis and Palestinians first negotiated its fate. In the interval, much has changed, complicating the task of unscrambling the Jerusalem egg based on the formula presented by President Clinton in ... See all stories on this topic »

Veterans No Longer Dominate American Politics National Journal They also will be grieving the passing of an era in which veterans of World War II dominated American politics. In 1963, when Inouye joined the Senate, more than half of his colleagues shared an important bond with him: The distinguishing fact of their ... See all stories on this topic »

Politicians and Their Guns: A Love Story, in Photo-Ops The Atlantic Wire But some of the most prominent, most serious public figures in America — national politicians — have been glamorizing guns for decades. At The National Review, Charlotte Allen thinks that the Newtown shooting reveals how feminized American culture is ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlantic Wire

The Politics Blog Interview: Karen DeSalvo, Part Two Esquire (blog) A couple of years ago, I went down to New Orleans with my friend, the sportswriter Lee Feinswog from Baton Rouge, and we volunteered at the free medical clinic sponsored by the Association Of Free Clinics. One of my duties there was to meet the people ... See all stories on this topic »

Editorial: Drastic cut in Sandy aid is pure politics Newsday ... no place in a discussion where the need itself is so extraordinary. When Katrina hit, Congress approved $61 billion in aid within two weeks. Making New York and its neighbors wait, or making them rebuild shoddily, is pure politics, not fiscal ... See all stories on this topic » Newsday

RE: The Ugly Politics of Piers Morgan Commentary Magazine I certainly agree with Peter's post that Piers Morgan is a first-class jerk. His vicious, insulting tirade against Larry Pratt should, at the least, have gotten him severely reprimanded by CNN. If you invite a guest into your house, you don't treat him ... See all stories on this topic » Commentary Magazine

On Politics: Moment of silence Friday for school shooting victims Wisconsin State Journal 2012-12-20T15:30:00Z 2012-12-20T15:23:14Z On Politics: Moment of silence Friday for school shooting victimsDEE J. HALL | Wisconsin State Journal | dhall@madison.com | 608-252-6132 madison.com. 9 minutes ago • DEE J. HALL | Wisconsin State ... See all stories on this topic »

The Ugly Politics of Piers Morgan Commentary Magazine On Tuesday night, CNN's Piers Morgan interviewed Larry Pratt, the executive director of Gun Owners of America. Anyone who has watched Morgan knows he has an obsessive dislike for America's gun culture. He's a fierce advocate for gun control, so it didn ... See all stories on this topic »

Oklahoma Official Says No Politics Behind Voided Pact - NewsOn6.com - Tulsa ... News On 6 Oklahoma Official Says No Politics Behind Voided Pact - NewsOn6.com - Tulsa, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports - KOTV.com |. GNM: Real Home Page · Tulsa Shooting Spree · American Airlines: Turbulent Times · Connect With Us · Links Mentioned ... See all stories on this topic »

Boehner abandons plan to avoid 'fiscal cliff' Washington Post House Speaker John A. Boehner abruptly abandoned a partisan plan to avert the year-end "fiscal cliff" late Thursday after failing to persuade conservative Republicans to extend tax cuts for the vast majority of Americans and let tax rates rise for ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Post

Heart for community, head for politics — Oliver remembered for generosity ... Journal Times Alderman Keith Fair recalled Oliver's knack for politics, which he used to help Fair win a tight aldermanic race in 2005. "The thing that made him so awesome in politics was his attention span. He was a very good strategist," Fair said. Friends also ... See all stories on this topic »

Politics, Profits and Policing in South Africa CounterPunch HUMAN TARGETS — In a must-read investigation, geographer Joel Wainwright uncovers how the military and US intelligence agencies are becoming increasingly reliant on academic geographers and GIS systems to help them target drone strikes and other ... See all stories on this topic »

The fiscal cliff, party politics and paltry goals Burlington Times News "We know precious little about what this deal is — this is negotiated in private behind closed doors, they leak one or two little elements and they expect everyone else to comment intelligently on it when we don't know anything about it." — U.S. Sen ... See all stories on this topic »

House approves $633 billion defense bill MiamiHerald.com (registration) WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a $633 billion defense bill for next year despite Pentagon complaints that it spares outdated but politically popular weapons at the expense of the military's ability to fight. The vote was 315 ... See all stories on this topic »

An Asian-American Moment in US Politics Huffington Post The death of Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii has deprived the nation not only of its longest-seated senator, but also the highest-ranking Asian American in history. As president pro tempore of the Senate since 2010, Inouye held one of just five ... See all stories on this topic »

Hearings on Benghazi Attack Focus on Painful Lessons, Priorities, Party Politics PBS NewsHour Congress heard testimony on the "painful lessons" of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi after a report on systemic security failures made by State Department. Kwame Holman reports on the tough questions by Republicans on the early ... See all stories on this topic »

It's All Politics, Dec. 19, 2012 KSMU Radio Once again, a tragedy of horrific proportions has the nation talking about changing gun laws, discussions that in the past ultimately resulted in no change. Will this time be any different? And, with less than two weeks to go, what to make of talks ... See all stories on this topic »

Morning Joe Slams Fiscal Cliff Politics: Everyone's 'Offended' Their Base, And ... Mediaite On Thursday morning, the Morning Joe took a baffled look at the progress in fiscal cliff negotiations — or lack thereof. Everyone's "offended" their base and made some concessions, so why, the roundtable asked, can't they just get this done? "I'm at a ... See all stories on this topic »

Regulating Assault Rifles – a how-to primer for non-shooters Technorati Many gun rights advocates imagine themselves to be three things: brave, knowledgeable and patriotic. Like the skewed-polls guy, this self-superior AR15 and ammo attitude leads to lots of insular, self-serving and circular logic about freedom. On the ... See all stories on this topic » Technorati

Walter Williams: Race politics fails ordinary blacks OCRegister JoAnn Watson, Detroit city council member, said, "Our people in an overwhelming way supported the re-election of this president, and there ought to be a quid pro quo." In other words, President Obama should send the nearly bankrupted city of Detroit ... See all stories on this topic »

Park Geun-Hye's life shaped by politics CNN ... to arming teachers by CNN · ▷ Park Geun-Hye's life shaped by politics by CNN · 7 Miss Universo revela a qué país de Latinoaméric... by CNN · 8 Neil Heslin on the Sandy Hook Shooting by CNN · 9 Entrevista con Olivia Culpo, Miss Univeso 2012 by CNN ... See all stories on this topic »

Brendan Monaghan: The politics of the Oregon Legislature's Nike special session OregonLive.com John Kitzhaber has been out of the medical practice almost as long as I've been alive, but certainly he knows the distinction between treating the symptom and the disease. With Oregon facing the long-term economic afflictions of high unemployment ... See all stories on this topic » OregonLive.com

Reps call for national travel boycott of Mexico over jailed Marine Fox News Two Republican congressmen called Thursday for a national travel boycott of Mexico until the country releases imprisoned former Marine Jon Hammar, urging "all Americans" to campaign for the war veteran's freedom by turning off the tap on America's ... See all stories on this topic »

The pendulum swings Bangor Daily News Every time a new leader or group comes to power, particularly in recent political history, they believe that they have done so because the voters have endorsed and validated everything about them, from their personalities to their ideological agenda. See all stories on this topic »

The Age of Obama? RealClearPolitics Cheer up, conservatives. Election night was gruesome, but it produced neither a landslide for President Obama nor a wipeout of the Republicans. Judging by the numbers alone, the message was not so much "Forward!" as "Sideways!" The president's 332 ... See all stories on this topic »

Groups urge probe of $12 million mystery donation The Seattle Times Two election watchdog organizations on Thursday urged the Justice Department and Federal Election Commission to investigate more than $12 million in campaign contributions that were mysteriously funneled through two little-known companies in ... See all stories on this topic »

Newark Mayor Cory Booker won't run for NJ gov, eyes US Senate campaign in ... Washington Post TRENTON, N.J. — Newark Mayor Cory Booker, perhaps New Jersey's highest-profile Democrat, has ruled out a bid for governor next year and is eyeing a run for U.S. Senate in 2014. The decision, announced Thursday on Twitter, means Booker has decided ... See all stories on this topic »

VA: Pushed by politics, $12 billion wind subsidy floating over 'fiscal cliff' Kansas Watchdog "An industry built on government handouts exists at the political whim of those in office," says Lisa Linowes of the Industrial Wind Action Group. "The size of the subsidy relative to wholesale prices is distorting competitive wholesale energy markets ... See all stories on this topic »

Newark Mayor Cory Booker to explore Senate race USA TODAY NOTE: This story was updated to correctly reflect Booker's announcement about his political future. Newark Mayor Cory Booker said Thursday he will explore a 2014 race for the U.S. Senate. Booker, a Democrat, had been considering whether to challenge ... See all stories on this topic »

Politics, not courts, main obstacle for new gun laws Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON - Despite the sweeping language of a 2008 Supreme Court decision that struck down parts of the District of Columbia's strict gun-control law, the decision appears perfectly consistent with many of the policy options being discussed after the ... See all stories on this topic »

Are the U.S. and Israel Heading for a Showdown? Mother Jones Here's the question no one is asking as 2012 ends, especially given the effusive public support the Obama administration offered Israel in its recent conflict with Hamas in Gaza: Will 2013 be a year of confrontation between Washington and Jerusalem? See all stories on this topic » Mother Jones

Classroom politics protested The Advocate Advocate staff photo by BRYAN TUCKKhadija Rashand and Rico Rice protest in front of the New Show caption Advocate staff photo by BRYAN TUCKKhadija Rashand and Rico Rice protest in front of the New Iberia School Board offices Wednesday in New ... See all stories on this topic »

Issues please:Kenyan politics thrive on rhetoric, drama ntvkenya Is there room for issue-based politics in Kenya? Just over 14 million voters will be seeking to elect new leaders in March next year, but on what will they base their decisions? Its just over two months to that election yet the substantive campaign ... See all stories on this topic »

NRA: Charlie Crist a hunter? Maybe for political office, not deer MiamiHerald.com (blog) (registration) I suspect that the only thing he has actually ever hunted is political office." Crist was quite good at that, winning three statewide posts and only losing two statewide Senate races: a longshot 1998 bid against incumbent Bob Graham and the once ... See all stories on this topic » MiamiHerald.com (blog) (registration)

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