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Critics Spit on Spitzer TV Debut
(Newser) - Kathleen Parker and Eliot Spitzer's CNN talkfest Parker Spitzer made its debut last night and critics say the program by the former New York governor and Washington Post columnist is as bad as predicted. The pacing, and the whole show, seems weird, complains Max Read at Gawker . Guests, including columnist... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Palin Policy Adviser Works for Foreign Governments
(Newser) - The company Sarah Palin is paying for foreign policy advice is also being paid to lobby lawmakers on behalf of Taiwan, Georgia, and Montenegro. Palin's political action committee isn't breaking any laws by hiring Orion Strategies, Reuters notes, but the firm's work on behalf of foreign governments raises questions about... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Midterm Elections Set To Be History's Most Expensive
(Newser) - This year's midterm elections are on course to become the most expensive in American history. Experts predict that campaign spending will top $5 billion by the time voters go to the polls, dwarfing the $1 billion spent on the 2008 presidential campaign and the $2.8 billion spent on 2006's... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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O'Donnell Ad: 'I'm Not a Witch'
(Newser) - Christine O'Donnell wants Delaware voters to know that she's not a witch. The GOP Senate candidate addressed negative publicity head-on in her first TV ad, the Washington Post reports. "I am not a witch," announced O'Donnell, who told Bill Maher she had "dabbled in witchcraft" in a... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Ex-Lawmakers to 2010 Candidates: Behave!
(Newser) - More than 130 former members of Congress banded together to offer a message to 2010 congressional candidates via letter: Stop the "zero-sum game" partisanship that has paralyzed the legislative branch. So many former lawmakers have never spoken with one voice to all congressional candidates, but they felt prodded by... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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O'Donnell: China Plotting to Take Over America
(Newser) - Another day, another dug up story of Christine O'Donnell saying something sort of nutty—specifically, that China was plotting to take over the US. The AP reports that in a debate during Delaware's 2006 Senate primary, O'Donnell said China had a "carefully thought out and strategic plan to take... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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McMahon Slams Blumenthal on Vietnam Flub
(Newser) - Linda McMahon puts the issue of Dick Blumenthal's military service front-and-center in a new campaign ad. Titled "What Else?", the ad slams the Democratic Senate candidate for implying on more than one occasion that he served in Vietnam. Blumenthal was enlisted in the Marine Reserves but was never sent... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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The Tea Party Coloring Book Is Here
(Newser) - For just $3.59, your kids can start learning about the Tea Party —and have fun at the same time! The Tea Party Coloring Book for Kids, which declares itself "a teaching and learning tool," is for sale at ColoringBook.com . Among other things, it explains the... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Rupert Murdoch Owns the GOP
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is a lot like Citizen Kane, with one minor difference. Kane tried to buy high office for himself. Murdoch “just puts politicians on his payroll,” writes Paul Krugman for the New York Times . “And I mean that literally.” As Politico pointed out recently, Fox... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Boring Congress Puts Boy to Sleep
(Newser) - It's hardly a newsflash that the goings-on of Congress are enough to put a boy to sleep. But there's a bit of dark humor to be found in this video, notes New York . First, it's not just any boy: The grandson of Rep. Ted Poe gets caught nodding off during... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Alabama Pols, Casino Owner Nabbed in Vast Bribery Bust
(AP) - Federal officials have indicted the owner of Alabama's largest casino, four state senators and several top lobbyists in a scheme to buy and sell votes to get electronic bingo legalized. The federal investigation found criminal activity that was astonishing in scope, according to the assistant attorney general. He calls it... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Doctors Need to Work Weekends
(Newser) - If we're serious about raising the quality of health care while lowering its cost, doctors need to do two things: The first is suck it up and work weekends, writes Peter Orszag. There are plenty of compelling reasons: People who are hospitalized on Saturdays and Sundays don't fare so well,... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Spitzer Madam Loses Brazil Election
(Newser) - She may have been able to hook up Eliot Spitzer with high-price prostitutes, but she wasn't able to hook herself up with very many votes. Andreia Schwartz, the 35-year-old who ran the Emperors Club VIP, lost her bid to become a Brazilian lawmaker yesterday, garnering just 476 votes in her... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Troop Death Benefits: We Pay, Prudential Profits
(Newser) - Prudential is making a profit on death benefits owed to military families—and it's doing so using government funds. When a service member dies, the feds send the full amount of the life insurance policy, usually $400,000, to Prudential. If survivors opt to receive a lump-sum payment, which 95%... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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DC's New Climate Plan: Playing God With Weather
(Newser) - Utter the word "geoengineering" in Washington, and you used to get a few smirks. The idea of toying with the weather through seemingly crazy schemes like deflecting sunlight away from Earth or sucking carbon dioxide from the air seemed a little bananas. But with climate legislation on the back... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Rahm Jumps Into Rough Mayoral Race
(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel officially announced his run for mayor of Chicago yesterday with this YouTube video, staring into the camera and promising to make a “Tell It Like It Is” tour around the city’s neighborhoods. “I want to hear from you in blunt terms,” Emanuel said. And... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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