FOXNews.com:
As Sarah Palin takes her whirlwind book tour to the Sunshine State next week, at least one Florida Republican Senate primary candidate is welcoming an endorsement from the former vice presidential nominee. . (Read More)
TOP 10 Blogs:
Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is urging President Barack Obama to pursue an aggressive approach to the war in Afghanistan as he pr. (Read More)
RealClearPolitics:
Matt Bai, New York Times MagazineEarlier this month, almost a year from the day when Barack Obama rode the wave of history into Grant Park, he had one of those weeks that makes his presidency seem, at times, so confounding. First Obama endured an electoral embarrassment, watching his party lose off-year gubernatorial electi (Read More)
RealClearPolitics:
Bill McKibben, Washington PostHere's a story of two presidents, Barack Obama of the United States and Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives.Both are young and charismatic. Both were elected last fall to replace discredited incumbents (Nasheed's predecessor ruled the island nation for three decades and kept him in a poli (Read More)
RealClearPolitics:
Tony Allen-Mills, Times of LondonGrab an Italian masterpiece for lessMartin IvensWhere am I?Gazing serenely from the Great Wall of China last week, President Barack Obama appeared to be making the most of one of the supreme perks of White House occupancy — a private guided tour of Asia’s most spectacular tourist (Read More)
RealClearPolitics:
Margery Eagan, Boston HeraldThe Senate moved forward on the $848 billion health-care bill this weekend. It wasn't thanks to its chief cheerleader, Barack Obama, but in spite of him.What a mess he's made of the politics here.He's alienated both influential abortion-rights diva Kate Michelman on the left, and w (Read More)
The Guardian:
White House calls vote 'historic' as Republicans fail to kill off Barack Obama's proposalsBarack Obama's troubled healthcare reforms today overcame another obstacle when the US Senate voted to begin full debate on the legislation.The White House described the vote as an "historic" step after the Republicans failed to muster (Read More)
The Guardian:
America's white supremacists may be riddled with competing factions but their vile ideas still seep into the mainstreamJust as Barack Obama's election infused the floundering Democratic party with energy, it breathed new life into the bleaker precincts of the American polity. Obama's political progress, coupled with the fal (Read More)
Iowa Independent:
Democratic elected officials are making progress, and the economy is turning around, Vice President Joe Biden told a crowd of more than 1,000 Democrats in Des Moines Saturday night.“We have a long way to go, but I’m certain we’re on the right path,” said Biden at the Iowa Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson fundrais (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
• Chance to limit warming squandered, says scientist• World needs to prepare to cope with at least 3-4C riseClimate change sceptics and fossil fuel companies that have lobbied against action on greenhouse gas emissions have squandered the world's chance to avoid dangerous global warming, a key adviser to the government has (Read More)
Crooks and Liars:
Joe Lieberman gives us a perfect example why he's a liar in chief.Water Tiger:now with an extra serving of tool-ness: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) raised hackles among liberals earlier this week when he claimed that the public option wasn't a part of the 2008 presidential campaign. He repeated that claim to reporters tonight, (Read More)
The Guardian:
Conspiracist prominent in movement claiming president is an imposterNeil Sankey has spent his life investigating organised crimes. As a former British police officer with almost 20 years experience, he was seconded to elite units of Scotland Yard through most of the 1970s and now runs his own private detective agency in Cal (Read More)
World News from Times Online:
Barack Obama is expected to announce his long-delayed plans for a troop surge in Afghanistan next week with a promise of between 3,000 and 7,000 extra troops from Nato allies — including Britain, so as to stop this looking like America’s war. (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
• Lib Dem leader likely to back most votes, not seats• Narrowing Tory poll lead hints at hung parliamentThe Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, suggested today he would be unlikely to prop up Labour should the general election result in a hung parliament, setting back the likelihood of a Lib-Lab alliance if the Tories were (Read More)