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Arkansas Lt. Governor Announces Senate Bid to Challenge Lincoln

Posted by Defend America on Monday, March 01, 2010 11:20:30 AM
Ark. lt. gov. announces Senate bid against Lincoln

By ANDREW DeMILLO (AP) – 2 hours ago


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter said Monday he's seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Blanche Lincoln, challenging the two-term incumbent as she faces the toughest fight of her political career.

Halter's spokesman provided a statement Monday in which the one-term lieutenant governor said he would file papers this week for the U.S. Senate. Halter is the only Democrat to formally announce a challenge to Lincoln, a moderate who has been under pressure in Washington to support President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

"Washington is broken. It's working for the special interests, not Arkansas families," Halter said in the statement.

Lincoln's campaign had no immediately comment.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jA3RK25168k9lJMBWEsmJL15qQ5gD9E5S3780

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Reid Did Not Take Any Lessons from Coakley, Corzine, or Deeds

Posted by Defend America on Monday, March 01, 2010 11:14:43 AM
POLL: Obama's visit just bounced off Reid

Poll shows senator gained little ground in re-election battle

By STEVE TETREAULT
© 2010 LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

WASHINGTON -- During his whirlwind visit to Las Vegas two weeks ago, President Barack Obama mentioned U.S. Sen. Harry Reid by name four dozen times, gave him a big hug and talked him up as if he was a long-lost brother.

In remarks that could not have been more laudatory, Obama repeatedly characterized the veteran Democratic leader as a man "made of very strong stuff" who was making the right decisions for the state back in the nation's capital.

But as Reid faces an uphill path to win re-election to a fifth Senate term, Obama's enthusiastic endorsement does not appear to have improved the Senate majority leader's standing among constituents, according to a new poll conducted for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Reid got no bounce from Obama's visit on Feb. 19, when the president spoke highly of him at Green Valley High School and to business leaders at CityCenter, polling indicates.

A larger percentage of voters surveyed (17 percent) said they would be less likely to vote for Reid following the president's visit than said they would be more likely to vote for him (7 percent). Seventy-five percent said Obama's visit would have no effect on how they vote.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/obama_s-visit-just-bounced-off-reid-85760197.html
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NY Times Calls for Rangel to Relinquish His Role as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee

Posted by Defend America on Monday, March 01, 2010 11:12:59 AM

Relieve the Chairman of His Gavel Clos

Published: February 27, 2010

Congressman Charles Rangel was far from humbled after the ethics committee admonished him for taking corporate-paid Caribbean junkets in violation of the House ethics code. Rather, the New York Democrat berated the panel’s leaders on the House floor.

The moment was characteristic of Mr. Rangel’s arrogance throughout the investigation, which continues into more serious allegations about his official behavior. It is one more reason why Speaker Nancy Pelosi — who championed ethics reform — should stop protecting him and relieve him of his crucial role as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.

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This should galvanize the committee to conclude its snail-paced inquiry into Mr. Rangel’s behavior, including: his acceptance of rent-subsidized apartments from a Manhattan real estate developer; his failure to pay taxes on rental income from a villa in the Dominican Republic; and his soliciting of a $1 million donation — to a university center named after him — from a corporation with business before Congress. Mr. Rangel, the House’s designated master of fiscal accountability, already deserves to be stripped of his gavel.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28sun3.html?th&emc=th
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White House Calls for 'Simple Up-or-Down Vote'

Posted by Defend America on Monday, March 01, 2010 6:18:54 AM

White House: Simple up-or-down vote on health care


By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press Writer – Mon Mar 1, 12:35 am ET

WASHINGTON – The White House called for a "simple up-or-down" vote on health care legislation Sunday as Speaker Nancy Pelosi appealed to House Democrats to get behind President Barack Obama's chief domestic priority even it if threatens their political careers.

In voicing support for a simple majority vote, White House health reform director Nancy-Ann DeParle signaled Obama's intention to push the Democratic-crafted bill under Senate rules that would overcome GOP stalling tactics.

Republicans unanimously oppose the Democratic proposals. Without GOP support, Obama's only chance of emerging with a policy and political victory is to bypass the bipartisanship he promoted during his televised seven-hour health care summit Thursday.

"We're not talking about changing any rules here," DeParle said. "All the president's talking about is: Do we need to address this problem and does it make sense to have a simple, up-or-down vote on whether or not we want to fix these problems?"

DeParle was optimistic that the president would have the votes to pass the massive bill. But none of legislation's advocates who spoke on Sunday indicated that those votes were in hand.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul


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