Fox News:
Some Senate Democrats who voted in favor of debating health care bill, may drop their support in coming months• Senators Size Up Next Steps in Health Care Debate• Health Care Bill Clears Hurdle, Moves Toward Debate• Fox News (Read More)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
With the announcement of calendar of events by the Election Commission of India, to elect 25 members for legislative council of the state from local bodies. (Read More)
Fox News:
Some Dems who voted in favor of debating health care bill, may drop their support in coming months• Senators Size Up Next Steps in Health Care Debate• Health Care Bill Clears Hurdle, Moves Toward Debate• Fox News Poll: Most S (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Labour has good progressive policies but they need to be delivered with convictionIt's 10pm on 6 May 2010 and the polls have just closed on election night.The news begins with a sensational item. Nick Robinson says that a BBC (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
• Levy on City trading aimed at restoring trust in banks• Survey shows more than 50% of voters back planGordon Brown will take his radical proposal to tax City trading to Britain's business leaders today, as a survey shows th (Read More)
CNN:
NEW YORK (AP) -- Iowa and Penn State ended their seasons eligible for an at-large BCS selection, and Oklahoma State and Virginia Tech are also in position to become eligible for big-money bowl bids.
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FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right:
Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln, who is up for a tough re-election fight next year, really doesn't have any good choices when it comes to the Democrats' health care reform bill. On the one hand, the measure has become unpop (Read More)
FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right:
Mark Blumenthal links to Rush Limbaugh accusing Gallup of "upping the sample to black Americans to keep [Obama] up at 50%" in the polls. (For the context, see the last paragraph of the transcript.)Frank Newport of Gallup res (Read More)
Politics As Usual:
Three in 10 say they or someone in their house has lost a job in the past year.
Stress - Health - Mental health - Lost - Arts. (Read More)
James Fallows:
Things are warming up on this front. Previously here, with backward links. Today's points:1) Many people have forwarded me a posting from my friend and former colleague Chuck Todd, saying that people who criticize the press's (Read More)
The Guardian:
Venezuelan president courts outrage with praise for Carlos, Mugabe and Amin at gathering of leftist political partiesHugo Chávez has defended the jailed Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal as a freedom fighter and said his (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 electi (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 s (Read More)
Fox News:
Senators size up the next steps in health care fight — but Republicans say bill is long on promises and short on accounting | COMPLETE COVERAGE• Health Care Bill Clears Hurdle, Moves Toward Debate• Women's Health Care Under A (Read More)
Crooks and Liars:
John Cole finds Chuck Todd wanking away on Twitter.Shorter Chuck Todd: It’s only big news if the Democrats fail! I guess he didn’t pick up on the fact that if they had failed to get the 60 votes, HCR would, for all intents (Read More)
Fox News:
Senators size up the next steps in health care fight — but Republicans say bill is long on promises and short on accounting | COMPLETE COVERAGE• Health Care Bill Clears Hurdle, Moves Toward Debate• Women's Health Care Under (Read More)