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Oct 18 2014
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Supreme Court Allows Texas to Use Voter ID Law
The Supreme Court on Saturday allowed Texas to use its strict voter identification law in the November election. The court’s order, issued just after 5 a.m., was unsigned and contained no reasoning.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a six-page dissent saying the court’s action “risks denying the right to vote to hundreds of thousands of eligible voters.”
Justices Sonia Sotomayor
New York Times (News)
Jul 29 2013
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Abortion key for Virginia voters, NARAL poll shows
Highlighting Ken Cuccinelli’s strident opposition to abortion will help drive female voters who might otherwise stay home to the polls in the off-year Virginia governor’s race, according to a Democratic poll conducted last month for the abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America. A statewide survey by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, shared first with POLITICO, focused on which messages
Politico
Jan 11 2014
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The GOP’s tarnished golden boys
For a while, Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell were untouchable. The first major Republicans elected after the 2008 Obama landslide, the tough-as-nails Garden Stater and the straight-edged Virginian heralded the conservative resurgence in 2010 and pointed the way toward sweeping victories for small-government candidates on the state level. A year ago, both seemed like plausible and even
Politico
Jun 18 2012
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Romney hits ‘timing’ of Obama’s decision on illegals
Presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Sunday refused to say whether he would revoke President Obamas decision to categorically stop deporting young-adult illegal immigrants as the ramifications of the administrations election-year move last week continued to reverberate.
Some Republicans in Congress have vowed to sue to force Mr. Obama to back down, saying his decision
Washington Times
Dec 27 2023
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Michigan Supreme Court Rejects 14th Amendment Effort to Keep Trump Off Primary Ballot
Former President Donald Trump will appear on Michigan’s GOP primary ballot after the state’s supreme court declined to review the argument that he was disqualified under the 14th Amendment.
Key Quotes: The majority Democratic court rejected an attempt to appeal a decision to leave Trump on the ballot, saying it was “not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this
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Oct 15 2014
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From hope to nope: Respect for Obama plummets in eyes of Americans
President Obama in the lead-up to November’s elections can’t shake the disfavor of the American public, and his numbers have dropped to all-time lows in at least one poll from ABC News and The Washington Post, released Wednesday.
The title of the poll press release says it all: “Trouble Looms for Obama, Democrats With the 2014 Midterms Approach,” the ABC News/Washington Post Poll
Washington Times
Jun 14 2012
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Romney doubles down on economic message as slowdown weakens Obama
The spring slowdown in the economy has further exposed President Obamas greatest political vulnerability going into his reelection campaign and forced him into a more urgent and aggressive debate with Mitt Romney on the central issue of the presidential election.
On Wednesday, Romney pounced. In a speech before business leaders, he not only blamed Obama for not turning around the
Washington Post
Jan 06 2014
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Koch-backed political coalition, designed to shield donors, raised $400 million in 2012
The political network spearheaded by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch has expanded into a far-reaching operation of unrivaled complexity, built around a maze of groups that cloaks its donors, according to an analysis of new tax returns and other documents.
The filings show that the network of politically active nonprofit groups backed by the Kochs and fellow donors in
Washington Post
Feb 08 2015
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Joe Biden Stirs 2016 Speculation With Iowa Trip
Vice President Joe Biden will visit the early caucus state of Iowa next week, stirring speculation once again about the possibility of a presidential run in 2016.
Biden will travel to Des Moines on Thursday to tout the Obama administration's policies on the economy at Drake University, the White House announced. The vice president will also participate in a roundtable at Des Moines Area
HuffPost
Jun 07 2012
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Talk of Higher Office Swirls Around Wisconsin Governor in the Spotlight
Two years ago, Gov. Scott Walker was a county executive, little known outside the Milwaukee area. By Tuesday night, after surviving a bitterly fought recall election, he was taking congratulatory calls from some of the top names in Republican politics, including Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate; Al Cardenas, chairman of the American Conservative Union; and Gov. Bob McDonnell
New York Times (News)