http://news.myspace.com/politics The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Thu, 22 May 2008 19:17:22 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.17/content/springwidget/politics.xml http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/17656138 John McCain "is planning to meet this weekend with at least three potential Republican running mates at a gathering at his ranch in Arizona, suggesting that he is stepping up his search for a vice president now that the Democratic contest appears basically Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Thu, 22 May 2008 13:03:04 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/17656138 http://news.myspace.com/politics/law/item/17654015 It’s hard to say that anyone is more influential on a person than their parents, but I had a professor and friend in undergrad who comes mighty damn close. And as a result of that class, I learned about the Barnes Foundation, an absolutely fantastic little art institute/museum on the QuizLaw Thu, 22 May 2008 12:51:58 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/law/item/17654015 http://news.myspace.com/politics/elections/item/17666479 -asked later whether that was a change in position, Wolfson and Ickes stipulated that most uncommitted delegates would likely vote for Obama, as is their right — but Ickes said “It is however presumptuous to assume that each and every one of those FOXNews.com: Embeds Thu, 22 May 2008 18:12:06 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/elections/item/17666479 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/17666463 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate joined the House on Thursday to override President George W. Bush's veto of the $289 billion farm bill, enacting it as law except for the trade section, which was deleted through a clerical error. It was the second time Reuters: Politics News Thu, 22 May 2008 18:24:55 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/17666463 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/17666792 WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed former White House adviser Karl Rove as part of its inquiry into whether the Bush administration politically meddled at the Justice Department. The subpoena issued Thursday orders Rove to testify before the House panel on July 10. House MSNBC: Politics Thu, 22 May 2008 18:42:56 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/17666792 http://news.myspace.com/politics/leftpolitics/item/17667138 What issues do you cover? US politics overall with a particular focus on the Bush Administration, the radical right, and civil rights AMERICAblog Thu, 22 May 2008 18:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/leftpolitics/item/17667138 http://news.myspace.com/politics/law/item/17667585 Thomas Frank manages to pack three common fallacies about libertarianism into one short Wall Street Journal column. Almost by definition, our young libertarian's job is to celebrate the profit motive from the offices of a not-for-profit organization. Frank's The Volokh Conspiracy Thu, 22 May 2008 17:05:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/law/item/17667585 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/17667355 Just days before the DNC rules committee meets to take up the issue of what to do about seating the Florida and Michigan delegations, Democrats in Florida have filed suit against the DNC for allegedly violating the Voting Rights Act: Florida's history of discrimination against African Americans The Real Clear Politics Blog Thu, 22 May 2008 18:03:39 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/17667355 http://news.myspace.com/politics/elections/item/17665676 Be the first to know when there's a new installment of The Fix! This widget is easy to add to your Web site, and it will update every time there's a new entry on The Fix. Get This Widget >> washingtonpost.com: The Fix Thu, 22 May 2008 18:23:28 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/elections/item/17665676 http://news.myspace.com/politics/leftpolitics/item/17667883 More important than helping candidates figure out how to talk about gender, Clinton's candidacy has dispensed with damaging myths about women's capacity to compete in presidential politics. Clinton teared up in New Hampshire -- and, confounding male pundits, this display of vulnerability helped her Daily Kos Thu, 22 May 2008 18:53:45 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/leftpolitics/item/17667883 http://news.myspace.com/politics/leftpolitics/item/17666427 Establish standards and rules of procedure to afford all members of the Democratic Party full, timely and equal opportunities to participate in decisions concerning the selection of candidates, ... and further, to promote fair campaign practices and the fair Talk Left Thu, 22 May 2008 18:31:46 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/leftpolitics/item/17666427 http://news.myspace.com/politics/terrorism/item/17667857 Yesterday in Qatar, the pro-West Lebanese Government and Syrian and Iranian-backed Hizballah reached an agreement to deescalate the crisis. The Doha Agreement has largely been seen as a victory for Hizballah; the militia c** political party will be brought into the Government and provided a cabinet Counterterrorism Blog Thu, 22 May 2008 18:46:21 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/terrorism/item/17667857 http://news.myspace.com/politics/leftpolitics/item/17667417 MORE GAY MARRIAGE POLLING....A few days ago I mentioned that attitudes toward gay mariage (as well as most other gay issues) has been improving steadily for several decades at the rate of about 1% per year. Over at Pollster, Charles Franklin shines a brighter spotlight on the change in public Washington Monthly Thu, 22 May 2008 18:03:44 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/leftpolitics/item/17667417 http://news.myspace.com/politics/terrorism/item/17667425 "Exeter explosion at Giraffe restaurant: man injured is suspected Islamic extremist," by Duncan Gardham and Richard Savill in the Telegraph , May 22 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): A suspected Islamic extremist has attempted to attack a restaurant in a shopping Jihad Watch Thu, 22 May 2008 18:03:45 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/terrorism/item/17667425 http://news.myspace.com/politics/rightpolitics/item/17667288 I've been ruminating on the implications for the country whether Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton get the nomination. Again. I think the Left, the Super-delegates, even average middle-American voters fear that Obama's newness, his lack of experience, his liberalness, his softness won't play in the Right Wing News Thu, 22 May 2008 18:03:34 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/rightpolitics/item/17667288 http://news.myspace.com/politics/leftpolitics/item/17666466 Meet The MOMocrats Welcome to MOMocrats Questions? Find & Follow "MOMocrats" on Twitter We would love to hear from you, so please feel free to comment or ask questions. Hunter College just released the results of a comprehensive study, touted by the MOMocrats Thu, 22 May 2008 18:16:36 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/leftpolitics/item/17666466 http://news.myspace.com/politics/elections/item/17667341 Several newspapers used CRP data to put in context the industry's financial relationship with Congress--especially with members who serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which held the hearing. Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank, for example, used the opensecrets.org Thu, 22 May 2008 18:01:19 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/elections/item/17667341 http://news.myspace.com/politics/elections/item/17667105 A smart reader sends this striking SurveyUSA poll which shows Obama up by seven points in Virginia*. The more I think about it, the more Jim Webb seems like the best VP pick for Obama. Obama fans who crow about early polls like this aren't allowed to also dismiss polls showing Hillary ahead in The New Republic: The Stump Thu, 22 May 2008 18:23:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/elections/item/17667105 http://news.myspace.com/politics/law/item/17667512 Bob Riley on Tuesday asked the state's churches to shoulder the burden of caring for newly released inmates, saying the state lacks the flexibility and funds to help them successfully re-enter society. Leaders from churches and charitable groups were asked to Sentencing Law and Policy Thu, 22 May 2008 19:01:27 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/law/item/17667512 http://news.myspace.com/politics/elections/item/17661787 As the Vote for Change movement continues to grow, more and more volunteers who participated in voter registration in the primary states are returning to this critical activity. In Atlanta, Georgia, Lawrence is hosting a voter registration drive at the BarackObama.com: Community Blogs Thu, 22 May 2008 15:53:26 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/elections/item/17661787 http://news.myspace.com/politics/law/item/17667165 Concurring Opinions is a general-interest legal blog operated by Concurring Opinions LLC, a Pennsylvania Limited Liability Corporation. Brian Tamanaha has a useful post on Balknization arguing that we should fight the power of super-elite law review placement. Concurring Opinions Thu, 22 May 2008 18:03:22 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/law/item/17667165 http://news.myspace.com/politics/law/item/17666445 From a tipster at Sullivan & Cromwell, reporting on remarks that chairman H. Rodgin Cohen recently delivered to the summer class: Rodge Cohen promised the S&C summer associates that we'd all have jobs at the end of the summer and that the partners would take Above the Law Thu, 22 May 2008 17:43:29 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/law/item/17666445 http://news.myspace.com/politics/rightpolitics/item/17666528 Conservative Nationalism: Unlike the new nativists, conservative nationalists are accepting of newcomers so long as those newcomers accept the old assimilationist premise of American immigration. Conservative nationalists take as self-evident the continuing primacy not only of the nation-state as The Volokh Conspiracy Thu, 22 May 2008 16:05:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/rightpolitics/item/17666528 http://news.myspace.com/politics/terrorism/item/17665912 Reset, one of the imperatives and the basis for the pilot program, which Installation Management Command and garrison officials hope will be adopted Armywide, will establish a balanced process that systematically restores deployed units to a level of U.S. Department of Defense Thu, 22 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/terrorism/item/17665912 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/17665401 Republicans are scrambling to regroup in the wake of three special election losses and continued atrocious poll data, while Democrats appear buoyant and optimistic at the prospect of gaining significantly more House seats in November. And that makes Chris Van washingtonpost.com: Capitol Briefing Thu, 22 May 2008 18:07:56 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/17665401 http://news.myspace.com/politics/terrorism/item/17665911 Pentagon Channel, Comcast Team to Air Service Academy GraduationsBy Gerry J. Gilmore American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 22, 2008 – The Pentagon Channel and cable company Comcast are teaming up to offer customers televised coverage of this U.S. Department of Defense Thu, 22 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/terrorism/item/17665911 http://news.myspace.com/politics/terrorism/item/17665483 The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a copy of a May 15, 2008 audio recording from Al-Qaida leader Usama Bin Laden, titled, “A Message to the People of the West from the Shaykh Usama Bin Laden: The Reasons for the Conflict on the Sixtieth Counterterrorism Blog Thu, 22 May 2008 17:20:38 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/terrorism/item/17665483 http://news.myspace.com/politics/rightpolitics/item/17665794 The Washington Post continues to carry water for the Democratic party in this front page attack on Charles Black, a retired lobbyist who is advising the McCain campaign. Later in the piece, Shear and Birnbaum list a series of pro-American dictators for whom Power Line Thu, 22 May 2008 18:06:26 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/rightpolitics/item/17665794 http://news.myspace.com/politics/rightpolitics/item/17665919 Brendan Loy's two cents : She appears to be racheting up her rhetoric to the point where, if the Rules & Bylaws Committee does anything other than seat the Florida and Michigan delegations with full voting rights and in complete accordance with the rogue primary results, she can declare that Andrew Sullivan: Daily Dish Thu, 22 May 2008 17:45:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/rightpolitics/item/17665919 http://news.myspace.com/politics/rightpolitics/item/17665930 After the 2006 election I promised not to blame (or credit) the democratic majority with anything that happened less than a year after their election. The Democrats, who control both houses of congress, have done an excellent job of holding hearings and WatchBlog Thu, 22 May 2008 13:52:13 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/rightpolitics/item/17665930