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On 'Daily Show,' Christie talks politics and 'Jersey love' Philadelphia Inquirer New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, center, walks to a meeting with Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Christie is in Washington to talk about aid to help his state recover from Superstorm Sandy ... See all stories on this topic » Philadelphia Inquirer

Politics of Pot: Washington State Residents Light Up ABC News Politics of Pot: Washington State Residents Light Up. States begin to reevaluate their stance on legalization of the cannabis plant. 02:16 | 12/06/2012. Related Links: Watch: Marijuana Supporters Light Up in Seattle · Watch: Marijuana Laws: What You ... See all stories on this topic »

The Election One Month Later: Barack Obama and the Politics of Realignment Huffington Post (blog) In the month since President Obama's victory, the magnitude of his accomplishment and its implications for the future of American politics have become increasingly clear. Since the outbreak of the American Civil War more than 150 years ago, only four ... See all stories on this topic »

Share via e-mail Boston Globe Ortiz, who has made no public comments about a political future, has been promoted by some Democratic insiders as a potential gubernatorial candidate. But as a federal employee, she is barred by the federal Hatch Act from participating in politics. In ... See all stories on this topic » Boston Globe

'Fiscal cliff' makes for odd GOP politics Washington Post Some Republicans are doing political acrobatics to get what they want out of the "fiscal cliff."' Lori Montgomery joins us from Capitol Hill to discuss. The Fold/ The Washington Post. Correction: Clarification: RELATED. The FOLD · E-mail · Save/Share ... See all stories on this topic »

The hypocritical politics of rich left-wingers Chicago Tribune When, at long last, will people understand that the left is boring? The question came to mind as I was dipping in and out of Oliver Stone's miasmic 700-plus-page tome. I'll never read the whole thing, and not because it's a left-wing screed full of ... See all stories on this topic »

Romney got last-minute boost from billionaire casino mogul Boston Globe WASHINGTON — Final campaign finance tallies trickled out Thursday for a presidential race expected to be the most expensive in US political history, showing a last-minute $10 million donation to a political action committee backing Republican ... See all stories on this topic » Boston Globe

TimesCast Politics: The Debate Over Cuts to Entitlements New York Times (blog) TimesCast Politics: The Debate Over Cuts to Entitlements. By THE NEW YORK TIMES. Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press. 0:01 Fiscal Pushback From the Left. Megan Liberman talks to Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont about his efforts to avoid cuts to ... See all stories on this topic »

Why Are Our Politics So Scary? Blame Hollywood Bloomberg I've finally figured out why we spend so much time treating our political opponents as implacably evil. It's because Hollywood, which used to offer us villains we could love reviling, seems to have forgotten how to make its bad guys bad. The other ... See all stories on this topic »

Pornography and Gender Politics Within Neoliberalism CounterPunch THE MYTH OF WIND ENERGY — Sleepless nights, mysterious illnesses, millions of bird kills, no net reduction in carbon emissions: Robert Bryce explodes the fallacies behind the wind power industry. THEY'RE WATCHING EVERYTHING YOU DO: internet ... See all stories on this topic »

INSIDE WASHINGTON: Fiscal fight, broken politics U.S. News & World Report "Unfortunately, polarization, gridlock and dysfunction are now the default settings for politics in Washington," said Bill Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a co-founder of No Labels, a national organization whose mission is get ... See all stories on this topic »

In politics, where Tarrant County goes, Texas follows Fort Worth Star Telegram Tarrant County can expect to get a lot of attention over the next two years as Democrats continue their uphill climb to try to turn Texas - one of the most Republican red states in the nation - blue. For the second presidential election in a row ... See all stories on this topic » Fort Worth Star Telegram

The invisible president The Economist (blog) THERE will be an empty seat in Brasília on December 7th at the presidential summit held by Mercosur, the South American trade block. Although Venezuela will be attending as a full partner for the first time, its president, Hugo Chávez, cannot attend ... See all stories on this topic » The Economist (blog)

Will Mario Monti's government fall? The Economist (blog) THE latest political storm in Italy blew out of an apparently clear winter sky in considerably less than 24 hours. The first thing to be said about it, then, is that it shows Italian politics are volatile. That may seem like a statement of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Thailand's politics The Economist ON DECEMBER 5th the ailing King Bhumibol celebrated his 85th birthday. For Thais it was an opportunity to pay homage to a revered man and institution. But for the second most famous Thai of all, Thaksin Shinawatra, it marked another milestone in an ... See all stories on this topic » The Economist

Populist Politics leads Louisiana Champions Day Classic contenders without ... NOLA.com Without the reigning champion, all eyes likely will be on morning-line favorite Populist Politics, who finished 1 1/4th lengths behind Star Guitar in the Classic last year despite spotting him five pounds. Populist Politics trainer Tom Amoss said he ... See all stories on this topic » NOLA.com

Campaign launched to draft Colbert for Senate USA TODAY Last year, he won approval for a super PAC -- the political action committees that can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money in campaigns.Through the super PAC, Colbert raised awareness about political issues and held a mock presidential rally ... See all stories on this topic »

On Politics: Hansen pushes redistricting bill 77Square.com 2012-12-06T16:00:00Z 2012-12-06T16:10:58Z On Politics: Hansen pushes redistricting billDEE J. HALL | Wisconsin State Journal | dhall@madison.com | 608-252-6132 madison.com. 1 hour ago • DEE J. HALL | Wisconsin State Journal | dhall@madison.com ... See all stories on this topic »

Conrad: Politics set aside, a budget fix would be simple Dickinson Press But politics-as-usual has gotten in the way of sealing a deal, Conrad said. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Obama are both willing to make a deal, Conrad said, even if it means going against their own political parties. But Boehner could be ... See all stories on this topic »

Politics this week The Economist Borut Pahor, a former prime minister of Slovenia, won the country's presidential run-off election against Danilo Turk, the incumbent. During and after the election Slovenians took to the streets to denounce the political elite and alleged government ... See all stories on this topic » The Economist

Japanese politics The Economist LOOKING more like members of a J-Pop band than of parliament, two 30-something candidates of the Liberal Democratic Party hit the campaign trail in Tokyo on December 4th offering voters "a new LDP". It seemed a promising start on the first day of ... See all stories on this topic » The Economist

Letters: Dirty politics Pueblo Chieftain I hardly have heard any mention of the dirty politics. For days and days every little bit there were advertisements about how Romney canceled a woman's insurance and let her die of cancer. He was a felon. He never paid his income tax for 10 years and ... See all stories on this topic »

Religion, politics and the Sunday mail UC Berkeley (blog) The century-long struggle that ended postal service on the Sabbath, a campaign to protect both the Lord's Day and American workers from the ceaseless demands of commerce, illuminates the complex political alliances and conflicts among churches, ... See all stories on this topic »

Romney adviser opens up about Eastwood, the '47%' KCRA Sacramento A top adviser for Mitt Romney's failed presidential bid weighed in on some of the campaign's low moments, pointing to Clint Eastwood's unexpected monologue, the '47%' comments and Superstorm Sandy as three challenges for Romney's team in the final ... See all stories on this topic » KCRA Sacramento

Rand Paul: We Should Let Dems Raise Taxes And Then Let Them Own It RealClearPolitics SEN. RAND PAUL: I have yet another thought on how we can fix this. Why don't we let the Democrats pass whatever they want? If they are the party of higher taxes, all the Republicans vote present and let the Democrats raise taxes as high as they want to ... See all stories on this topic » RealClearPolitics

The politics of press regulation The Economist WHEN he embarked on his inquiry into the many misdeeds of Britain's diverse, raucous press in the autumn of 2011, Lord Justice Leveson, a senior judge, made clear that he did not want his plan for improving press regulation to gather dust in the House ... See all stories on this topic » The Economist

Tim Cook hates office politics, loves when you email him GigaOM On that note, he values humility and detests internal office politics: "We admit when we're wrong and have the courage to change. And there can't be politics. I despise politics. There is no room for it in a company. My life is going to be way too ... See all stories on this topic » GigaOM

Brown in a political dilemma on tax position Boston Globe Many eyes in his home state and Washington are on the Massachusetts Republican, who is in a political bind even though there is only a remote chance that his vote will prove to be pivotal, as it was in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street regulatory overhaul. See all stories on this topic » Boston Globe

How the AP-GfK poll was conducted The Seattle Times The Associated Press-GfK poll on President Obama and politics was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Nov. 29 to Dec. 3. It is based on landline telephone and cellphone interviews with a nationally representative ... See all stories on this topic »

Failing at Politics, Bishops Turn to Prayer Religion Dispatches The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, who failed in their increasingly histrionic efforts to get Catholic voters to reject President Obama, and whose first "Fortnight for Freedom" was overshadowed by the progressive "Nuns on the Bus" tour, are ... See all stories on this topic »

States pressure Obama to find $82 billion for federal superstorm relief San Francisco Chronicle (blog) Don't Miss: Local boy Dave Brubeck · Time again for the Untied Way · Rolling over for meatballs · Collector Gordon Bennett dies · Bizarre fix-it abduction · Bay Area & State · Nation · World · Politics · Crime · Tech · Obituaries · Opinion · Green ... See all stories on this topic »

Reid, McConnell duel over Obama's debt-ceiling demand Fox News The political dance started a day earlier, when Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell tried to call a vote on Obama's fiscal plan which included granting the White House the ability to approve automatic increases in the debt ceiling. Democratic ... See all stories on this topic »

Diplomacy: 'circle-the-wagons' politics Jerusalem Post Less than two months before the elections, Netanyahu gains politically by being perceived as standing up both to the Palestinians and the world on an issue that is well within Israel's consensus. Netanyahu was careful in selecting where the new units ... See all stories on this topic »

TEXAS VIEW: Politics, cronyism have no place in health care Odessa American When is tone deafness scarier than cancer? When medical ethicists and respected independent researchers refer to the abysmal failure of the state cancer agency to recognize the need to remove tumorous politics and cronyism from its handling of ... See all stories on this topic »

Inside Politics: Big public swearing-in will be an Obama redo Washington Times Because Inauguration Day falls on a Sunday this time, President Obama will hold a small, private swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20 and stage a big public redo the next day. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies announced Thursday ... See all stories on this topic »

Jim DeMint Is Leaving the Senate Four Years Early The Atlantic Wire South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint, one of the most conservative of conservatives leaders in the U.S. Congress and a founder of Washington's Tea Party movement, will resign from the Senate to take over the Heritage Foundation, one of the most ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlantic Wire

Deficit panel's Simpson hits political 'stupidity' The Seattle Times Deficit panel's Simpson hits political 'stupidity'. The co-chairman of President Barack Obama's deficit commission is assailing the politics of political brinksmanship surrounding the "fiscal cliff," saying Congress "put the chain on their own ankle ... See all stories on this topic » The Seattle Times

Op-Ed: UNH can't afford to play politics with our endowment UNH The New Hampshire (subscription) Ignorance is traditionally defined as "destitute of knowledge or education." However, the word's meaning has evolved with the times. Often is the phrase heard: "ignorance is bliss." Empty though it is, the old bromide captures a certain happy ... See all stories on this topic »

Michigan GOP approves right to work amid protests Fresno Bee Senate Republicans introduced right-to-work legislation in the waning days of the legislative session as outnumbered Democrats pledged to resist the proposal and say rushing it through would poison the state's political atmosphere. Right To Work ... See all stories on this topic » Fresno Bee

Center-Left fails to unite; no contenders for PM Jerusalem Post "This was the first time I felt baseless hatred from my political home, and it hurt. Shelly said I was sabotaging our party's efforts to replace Netanyahu. She said that for me she would have zero tolerance, a term used for terrorists and perpetrators ... See all stories on this topic »

Count on Walker to play politics with tax dollars Capital Times (blog) Never let it be said that our friend Scott Walker would miss a chance, any chance, to play politics with his official duties. As the top aides in his Milwaukee County executive office plead guilty to felony and misdemeanor counts of criminal wrongdoing ... See all stories on this topic »

Nowakowski to lead Buffalo GOP Buffalo News (blog) Politics Now. 6a00d83451b85a69e2017d3e876951970c. Nowakowski to lead Buffalo GOP. December 6, 2012 - 3:12 PM. By Robert J. McCarthy. For the first time since 1985, someone named Ryan will not be heading the Buffalo Republican Committee. See all stories on this topic » Buffalo News (blog)

Did SF prosecutors subpoena protesters' account information from Twitter? San Francisco Bay Guardian A group calling itself the Anti-Colonial Anti-Capitalist 19 (ACAC19), representing 19 demonstrators who were arrested Oct. 6 in downtown San Francisco during a Columbus Day protest that devolved into a violent clash with police officers, says the ... See all stories on this topic »

Daily politics roundup: Christie goes to Washington; is a 'fiscal cliff' deal ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Governor Chris Christie will be in Washington, D.C. Thursday to lobby White House officials and congressional leaders for emergency funds to cover 100 percent of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. Christie estimates the costs of the damage to be $40 ... See all stories on this topic » The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Culture 'Hurting' Coast Women in Politics AllAfrica.com Coast women yesterday admitted they have lagged behind in political leadership because of culture biases and poverty. They were speaking during a media encounter between women groups and journalists organised by the African Woman and Child ... See all stories on this topic »

Kibaki: I have no interest on coalitions Daily Nation "We (State House) wish to state that President Kibaki remains focused on his service to the nation and peaceful elections and transition and should not be dragged in ongoing political activities," said a statement from the Presidential Press Service ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Nation

After Obama re-election, gun owners clinging to Second Amendment Fox News The common wisdom in Washington insists that gun owners' fears are unwarranted – Obama pushed no gun control agenda during his first term, and the political arithmetic suggests any such effort in a second term would be doomed. An indication of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Change in political climate: Patrick Murphy talks global warming MiamiHerald.com (blog) (registration) One measure of the changing political climate in Florida and Washington: Democratic U.S. Rep Patrick Murphy, a political novice who ousted Republican Allen West in a tight race, made an impromptu stop at a four-county climate change conference in ... See all stories on this topic »

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