India Times:
The former Jharkhand CM, who has failed to appear before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the money laundering case, today said he would be available for questioning only after the Assembly polls. (Read More)
India Times:
Election freebies in Jharkhand are getting trendier, with caps, paper goggles and mobile phone covers carrying party logos and icons being freely distributed ahead of the assembly polls. (Read More)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
Palamu police have launched a drive against illegal mini gun factories in the district ahead of the Assembly polls. (Read More)
World-The Times of India:
The UN General Assembly human rights committee has condemned Iran for human rights violations against its citizens who protested during the highly disputed presidential elections. (Read More)
Daily Kos:
The weekend beckons.... CA-Sen: Boxer Maintains Solid Edge, Even in Ras Poll Given that the Rasmussen poll in question had some data that hinted at a GOP skew (the 55% job approval for President Obama, for example), the news (Read More)
Media Matters for America:
Once upon a time, Rush Limbaugh would profess how conservative thinkers like Charles Krauthammer were the bee's knees. He even said, on more than one occasion, that he would consider trading brains with Krauthammer:LIMBAUGH: (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
On a walkabout in east London, Nick Griffin is a magnet for feelings of grief as well as angerOn Thursday Nick Griffin paid his first official visit to Barking and Dagenham as the newly declared British National party candida (Read More)
Mashable!:
Each Friday we choose a Lunchtime Poll topic to get a sense of how Mashable readers feel about the chosen topic of the week. Below are the results from last Friday’s poll, where we asked for your favorite news reader.Is your (Read More)
The Guardian:
By forcing a flawed model of democracy on Afghans, the US has made Afghanistan less stable and less democraticThe fiasco of the elections in Afghanistan has been widely lamented. Most laments focus on a single obvious fact: b (Read More)
Outside The Beltway | OTB:
A CNN poll released today finds that “opinion about which political party is responsible for the severe economic downturn is shifting.” According to the survey, “38 percent of the public blames Republicans for the country’s (Read More)
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Disney Channel invites viewers to create their own New Year’s Eve programming event by voting for their favorite episodes, moments, music videos and more in online polls at DisneyChannel.com. Beginning FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, th (Read More)
GretaWire:
I just posted a new poll about Gov Palin and the fact that the Associated Press assigned 11 fact checkers to her new book...read the poll and and vote!
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Honduras' de facto leader should make good on an offer to step aside for a week so voters can focus on November 29 polls and resolve the country's political crisis, the U.S. (Read More)
National Review Online:
For Sen. Blanche Lincoln, the moderate Arkansas Democrat, the nation’s health-care woes may lead to more headaches than any medicine could alleviate. Lincoln is a pivotal vote on the motion to begin debate on Senate majority (Read More)
MSNBC:
From NBC's Domenico MontanaroPresident Obama has now dropped, for the first time, below 50% approval in the Gallup poll. It's the second poll this week to show that result. This puts Obama on par with Ronald Reagan, who also (Read More)
Open Left - Front Page:
Cross-posted at The Bilerico ProjectI've been writing a lot on what happened in Maine (most recently this piece yesterday in a Los Angeles LGBT magazine), and where our movement should go from here. NGLTF had run much of the (Read More)
Pensito Review:
John McCain doesn’t even have an opponent in the 2010 U.S. Senate primary, but a new poll shows the race would be tied if he did. Conservative polling firm Rasmussen asked likely Republican voters whether they would vote for (Read More)