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Unions focus more on state and local races The Seattle Times Unions are shifting more of their political resources to state and local races this year as they try to head off passage of laws that could undermine bargaining rights, make it harder to organize or reduce their political muscle. By SAM HANANEL ... See all stories on this topic »

Anonymous political donation sets up legal battle Los Angeles Times Activists are pressuring California's campaign finance watchdog to investigate an $11-million donation from an Arizona political group, providing the first major test for new disclosure rules on donations from nonprofits. Common Cause, a nonpartisan ... See all stories on this topic »

Politics in the workplace: What readers say The Star-Ledger - NJ.com With President Obama and Mitt Romney barreling toward their Election Day showdown, politics is at the forefront of a lot of minds -- whether at home or on the job. On the editorial board, talking (and arguing) about politics is essential to our work ... See all stories on this topic » The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Talking politics at work Baltimore Sun Politics and the workplace collided dramatically in recent weeks, including the suspension of a Gallaudet University official who signed a Maryland referendum petition and reports of employers elsewhere encouraging workers to vote for specific candidates. See all stories on this topic »

'Binders' are what's wrong with politics today Washington Post Oh, to be 12 again, the better to enjoy the presidential debates. Or rather, the better to appreciate the Twitterverse, where America's obsessive-compulsive, attention-deficit population holds the zeitgeist hostage with tweets and memes that ... See all stories on this topic »

For Romney and Obama, early voting key campaign focus NBCNews.com (blog) Both President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney's campaign are working to bank as many early votes as they possibly can, using some states' options to cast a ballot before Nov. 6 to build an advantage headed into Election Day. See all stories on this topic » NBCNews.com (blog)

GOP pounces after news of CIA cable on Libya raid Detroit Free Press WASHINGTON — Sensing a moment of political vulnerability on national security, Republicans pounced Friday on disclosures that President Barack Obama's administration could have known early on that militants, not angry protesters, launched the attack ... See all stories on this topic »

Political parties welcome SC ruling The News International ISLAMABAD: Almost all political parties on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court ruling on the petition of Air Marshal (R) Asghar Khan filed in 1996 accusing the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of distributing funds among politicians to manipulate ... See all stories on this topic »

Politicians of all colors denounce deadly Ashrafieh explosion The Daily Star BEIRUT: Politicians and organizations from across Lebanon's sharply divided political spectrum denounced the assassination Friday of Information Branch leader Wissam al-Hasan in an explosion that ripped through a narrow street near Ashrafieh's Sassine ... See all stories on this topic » The Daily Star

Jeff Flake's Senate Race Tests the Politics of Pork Wall Street Journal Robert Robb of the Arizona Republic, the dean of Arizona political journalists, predicts that Mr. Flake will win the increasingly Republican state but concedes, "There's a perception that when it comes to chasing down money for the state, Jeff just ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Alex Salmond's speech at SNP conference: Politics live blog The Guardian (blog) Essentially today the SNP moved from being anti-NATO to being NATO-sceptic. Because of a recognition of the importance of continuity and of mutual co-operation between nations and, in particular the nations of northern Europe NATO has been given a ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

Biden boast: 'We're winning the early voting' CNN (blog) "We don't know if a registered Democrat will vote for Barack Obama and we don't know if a registered Republican will vote for Mitt Romney," Michael McDonald, associate professor government and politics at George Mason University, told CNN. McDonald ... See all stories on this topic »

Politics Counts: How Women Voters Line Up Wall Street Journal (blog) The story of Mitt Romney's gender gap issues are well-known to most by now. Since he locked down the Republican nomination this spring, the former Massachusetts governor's struggles with winning women voters have been chronicled in a slew of polls ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

Peter Funt: When politics meets reality TV Baxter Bulletin Tuesday's "town hall" debate roused the passion of both Democrats and Republicans, because it combined two entertainment forms that most Americans understand and enjoy far more than politics — sports and reality TV. The N.Y. Post headline, "Mitt, Bam ... See all stories on this topic »

Union Politics Ensnarling MTA Talks Wall Street Journal By TED MANN. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its largest union on Friday held contract talks for the 15th time this year, an unusually slow pace that has prompted criticism of the labor organization's president. The MTA has prodded John ... See all stories on this topic »

Elections, Politics and a House Divided New York Times (blog) We have shouted, we have hung up on one another, and we have, ultimately, agreed simply to not talk about politics, ever (except when we do). My dad is an avid follower not just of the policy side of the election (my primary interest) but of the "horse ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Politics in the Social Media Age: Insights From Joe Lockhart Huffington Post (blog) The former White House Press Secretary for Bill Clinton spent years in politics, but he actually started his career in broadcast journalism and most recently served as Facebook's VP of Corporate Communications. He had a number of fascinating insights ... See all stories on this topic »

Science, Not Politics, Needs to Guide Policies Protecting Trans Youth Huffington Post (blog) After my year-long research study on social determinants of transgender health, a leading conclusion was that we need to pass policies to protect our trans youth -- but now a hate group is threatening the lives of youth by drowning the science in ... See all stories on this topic »

Andrew Mitchell finally resigns The Sun FOUL-mouthed pleb row minister Andrew Mitchell finally resigned last night — pushed out by his own Tory colleagues. The embattled Chief Whip fell on his sword four weeks to the day since The Sun first broke the story about his rant at Downing Street ... See all stories on this topic » The Sun

Political newcomer Koepnick makes the most of his time under the bright TV lights Reno Gazette Journal (blog) But here was their statewide TV representative, a 31-year-old who is more adept at archeology and technology than politics. Koepnick is totally new to politics. Now he found himself under bright lights of "political-scrutiny TV" for the first time in ... See all stories on this topic »

Gadkari didn't take my land, politics being played: Vidarbha farmer who had ... IBNLive In a dramatic twist to the controversy, the Vidarbha farmer, who had gone missing after he was named by India Against Corruption (IAC) while bringing out revelations against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari, surfaced on Friday and ... See all stories on this topic »

The Secret to Italian Politics? Penis Size, Apparently Huffington Post Finally they've said it. Finally they've admitted that political infighting between men is essentially based on who's got the biggest... beanpole. When I read that Grillo (Italian comedian, at the head of Five Star Movement) has accused Renzi (mayor of ... See all stories on this topic »

POLITICS: Sullivan GOP slams tourism-pact process Times Herald-Record MONTICELLO — Sullivan County Republicans are criticizing the Legislature's Democratic majority for its handling of a bid for the county's tourism-promotion contract as the so-far secretive process prepares to move out in the open. Both the Sullivan ... See all stories on this topic »

Religion, But Not Politics Daily Beast Of course, this incident infuriates me. I, too, have been yelled at—and even blamed for the Holocaust—while praying with Women of the Wall. But the outpouring of anger by the American Jewish community makes me wonder: Why are we so willing to ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Beast

Separate politics and cars Washington Post I had to laugh at Patrick B. Pexton's Oct. 14 ombudsman's column ["Warren Brown's vitriol and spite? Hardly."], in which he excused car reviewer Warren Brown for "weaving opinions into his work" (as though that were a unique occurrence for this newspaper). See all stories on this topic »

The Politics of Small Business Huffington Post (blog) The current presidential campaign has refocused our nation's attention on the economy. Both candidates have different ideas of how to best ignite the American economy and how to tackle issues like the deficit and the unemployment rate. And while Barack ... See all stories on this topic »

A Wedge Between Romney and Ryan? Notre Dame-BYU Football Game ABC News (blog) Their families may agree on politics, but when it comes to football, the Romney and Ryan families' college rivalry will be on display this weekend at the Notre Dame-BYU football game in South Bend, Ind. Two of Romney's five sons, Craig and Tagg, who ... See all stories on this topic »

Pornography and Politics New York Times IT'S tough to be bashful when you're a pornography titan. So Larry Flynt, even at age 69, doesn't really try. He runs Hustler magazine, a chain of strip clubs and a slew of additional businesses, including a $33 million on-demand movie service acquired ... See all stories on this topic »

Unemployment rates fall in 7 US swing states The Seattle Times Still, voters are often more influenced by the trend in unemployment than the rates themselves, according to political analysts. Nevada will likely test that theory. It has the nation's highest unemployment rate. But it has also experienced the ... See all stories on this topic »

Pensions & politics Ventura County Star I have never believed that politics should be a career, thus politicians should not be paid as such. Bob Roper can be the start of that change -- either you receive a salary, or your prior pension, but not both and certainly not three. Supervisors must ... See all stories on this topic »

Google learns its Democratic political ties have bounds CNET Employees and the company's political action committee gave $1.6 million to Democrats in the last presidential election, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, but only $300,000 to GOP candidates. In 2008, Google's climate director, Dan ... See all stories on this topic »

Tyler Perry on politics, and attack ads: "A lot of things [are] smoke and ... CNN (blog) It's really strange how we hire politicians. What if people interviewing for other kinds of jobs ran negative ads? I wrote about that possibility hereL http://daisybrain.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/what-if-we-hired-people-for-other-jobs-the-way-we-hire ... See all stories on this topic »

Strategizing for the President, and Corporate Clients, Too New York Times As a confidante of President Obama and a senior campaign adviser, Ms. Dunn has helped prepare him for the debates this month, plotted campaign strategy and acted as a surrogate of sorts in attacking Mitt Romney for a "backward-looking attitude" on ... See all stories on this topic »

After Politics -- And Divorce -- What's Next For Arnold Schwarzenegger? Forbes On the heels of his recent memoir, I spoke to Arnold Schwarzenegger about his career, accomplishments, his return to movies, future and his advice for young people. Arnold was born in Thal, Austria, in 1947, and served as governor of California from ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

GOP registration worker charged with voter fraud NBCNews.com (blog) A campaign worker linked to a controversial Republican consulting firm has been arrested in Virginia and charged with throwing voter registration forms into a dumpster. The suspect, Colin Small, 31, was described by a local law enforcement official as ... See all stories on this topic »

Weekend Events: Pumpkins and Politics Patch.com Whether you're in search of something fun to do with the kids or you have a babysitter and are planning a night out, look no further because Patch editors have picked a variety of events taking place today and tomorrow to help you make the most of your ... See all stories on this topic »

In California Politics, School Kids Trump Everything Fox and Hounds Daily There's an old adage in Hollywood that the most important part of acting is sincerity, since once you learn to fake that, anything is possible. Welcome to the wonderful world of California politics, where it doesn't matter what you say as long as you ... See all stories on this topic »

Taylor Swift Won't Talk Politics Zimbio (Bauer Griffin)more pics »Country superstar Taylor Swift has no interest in getting political, despite the fact that she's dating a member of the most famous family in American politics. In a new interview with Time, the country pop superstar was asked ... See all stories on this topic » Zimbio

Origins of campaign finance: Why private money floods politics OregonLive.com The two names that best explain money's unprecedented political influence in America are not Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, but Montgomery Brewster and Ross Perot. The former duo, who will each raise nearly $1 billion for their presidential campaigns, ... See all stories on this topic » OregonLive.com

South Floridians finding politics, Facebook don't mix Sun-Sentinel Her name is Amber VanBuren and she approves Facebook messages — just not the negative political ones that friends post on her social media page. The Fort Lauderdale resident finds herself blocking or "hiding" such comments and links to avoid any ... See all stories on this topic »

Why a Cop Is France's Favorite Politician TIME Who is France's most popular politician in this era dominated by bleak economic forecasts amid fears about the euro's very existence? It isn't the cabinet members struggling to balance public finances, halt plant closures, slow rising unemployment, ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

Obama re-botches Libya response Fox News "If four Americans get killed, it's not optimal. We are going to fix it. All of it." -- President Obama on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" talking about the attack by Islamist militants on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. More political hackery ... See all stories on this topic »

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