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A Call For Political Transparency

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If you run a political site -- such as a PAC or a campaign for a person or issue -- then you should not be able to hide who you are in the WhoIs database. In other words, any political action site -- a PAC or a site advocating for or against a person or an issue -- should contain information about the organization or person who is running the website in a Whois lookup. If … [Read more...] about A Call For Political Transparency

(BREAKING) Joe Paterno Determined To Retire On Own Terms, University President May Be Out

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Graham Spanier and Joe Paterno Legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno announced today that he plans to retire at the end of the football season, but that could be derailed when the university's board of trustees, including Governor Tom Corbitt, meets on Friday in the wake of a sex abuse scandal that has implicated top school officials. Meanwhile, a newspaper … [Read more...] about (BREAKING) Joe Paterno Determined To Retire On Own Terms, University President May Be Out

(UPDATED) Huge Ballot Wins For The Democrats Auger Well For 2012 But Do Not Guarantee Victory

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Analysts trying to gauge the mood of voters heading into 2012 based on the results of contentious ballot issues in yesterday's low turnout off-year elections should be forgiven if they awoke this morning with hangovers because from all appearances the Democrats defied expectations in beating back a Republican agenda that only one year ago had helped return control of the House … [Read more...] about (UPDATED) Huge Ballot Wins For The Democrats Auger Well For 2012 But Do Not Guarantee Victory

Is There A Middle Ground In Dealing With The Threat Of A Nuclear Iran?

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President Ahmadinejad inspects an Irani nuclear facility With United Nations weapons inspectors expected to say that they have substantial new evidence that Iran is developing a nuclear device in a much-leaked forthcoming report, is there a middle ground for the U.S. and its allies between going to war and trying to keep diplomatic channels open? The war option is favored … [Read more...] about Is There A Middle Ground In Dealing With The Threat Of A Nuclear Iran?

Voters Reject Extremism

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You’d think the political class would learn. American voters generally do not take kindly to partisan overreach. Yes, there are exceptions, but yesterday was a reminder that Americans tend to be more centrist than either hard core liberal or hard core conservative. For those who think yesterday was a reinvigoration of the Democratic Party and rejection of the Republican … [Read more...] about Voters Reject Extremism

Cain’s Assembly Line Lechery

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From evidence so far, the Pizza Man’s skirt-chasing seems as random as his economic studies, making casual passes at objectives but cheerfully taking nein-nein-nein as a final answer and moving on to keep selling. After lurid testimony by Woman #4, which led the PBS NewsHour, #5 comes as a letdown, with Cain, after a speech in Egypt, asking to be set up with a woman in the … [Read more...] about Cain’s Assembly Line Lechery

(UPDATED) Absent A Blue Dress, What Does Cain Have To Lose Besides His Credibility?

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To say that Herman Cain has now completely made an ass of himself does a disservice to donkeys everywhere. With one of the four . . . uh, now five women who have accused Cain of sexual harassment providing a detailed and credible account of him groping her in a parked car in the context of him offering her a job, a second woman about to go public with a detailed account … [Read more...] about (UPDATED) Absent A Blue Dress, What Does Cain Have To Lose Besides His Credibility?

Osama bin Laden: The truth behind the SEAL raid? Five bombshells in New Book

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Chuck Pfarrer, a former Navy SEAL, who commanded the “same outfit” that carried out the strike on the Al Qaeda leader, has a new book out on the killing of Osama bin Laden titled Seal Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden. In it, he says he wants to eliminate some myths about the operation. Here are five "bombshells" in the new book. It's … [Read more...] about Osama bin Laden: The truth behind the SEAL raid? Five bombshells in New Book

Mississippi Voters Show Restraint, Reject “Personhood” Amendment

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According to the Washington Post, ballot initiative Amendment 26 in Mississippi that would have granted "personhood" to a fertilized egg has failed. With more than half of precincts reporting, the voters were rejecting the proposal to amend the Constitution by 59 percent to 41 percent. The text of the amendment: The term "person" or "persons" shall include every … [Read more...] about Mississippi Voters Show Restraint, Reject “Personhood” Amendment

Cain’s Campaign Manager Lies To Hannity; Time For Cain To Pack It In

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Can we trust this man? I don't think so: Herman Cain campaign manager Mark Block, in an appearance with Sean Hannity on Fox News just now, insisted that a relative of the second woman to publicly accuse the candidate of sexual harassment in the 1990s works at POLITICO. [...] Block appeared to be referring to former POLITICO reporter Josh Kraushaar, who left for … [Read more...] about Cain’s Campaign Manager Lies To Hannity; Time For Cain To Pack It In

Sorry Herman, That Isn’t How the News Media Works

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Dear Mr. Cain: When pressed by the media on lingering questions about sexual harassment allegations made against you, you seem to think that as a public figure you can unilaterally declare a story over and claim that journalists who persist are somehow violating a “journalistic Code of Ethics.” It’s a bogus response. FYI, journalists and editors have an unspoken “Code of … [Read more...] about Sorry Herman, That Isn’t How the News Media Works

More (Big) Trouble for Herman Cain?

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Is Herman Cain's political roller coast ride not over yet? It sounds like he could have a challenging development coming soon and, if so, the print and broadcast media will be all over it. So far he's blamed the liberal media, the Perry campaign and the "Democrat political machine" to the extent where he has raised Republican eyebrows. Who will he blame next? Suggestion … [Read more...] about More (Big) Trouble for Herman Cain?

Herman Cain Defiant in Press Conference to Address Sexual Harassment Allegations Brought by Sharon Bailek, Karen Kraushaar

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Herman Cain's press conference to address the allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him by four women -- Karen Kraushaar, Sharon Bailek and two unnamed women -- was like that Alaskan bridge to nowhere. Herman Cain didn't present a compelling case to disprove the allegations of these women. Further, he said there may be more accusations coming. His specific words … [Read more...] about Herman Cain Defiant in Press Conference to Address Sexual Harassment Allegations Brought by Sharon Bailek, Karen Kraushaar

Andrew Sullivan’s Live Blogging of Cain Press Conference (UPDATED)

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Andrew Sullivan (a TMV favorite) is live-blogging the Herman Cain press conference on sexual harassment allegations. GO HERE to follow it. Sullivan is always must-read live blogging. Great minds think alike. If I did live blogging, I would have opened like Sullivan did below: 5.06 pm. A lawyer makes two key arguments. One: the amounts paid to settle two harassment … [Read more...] about Andrew Sullivan’s Live Blogging of Cain Press Conference (UPDATED)

Gallup Poll: Herman Cain’s Image Deteriorates Among Republicans

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A new Gallup Poll finds that beset former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain's image is starting to be damaged among Republicans due to sexual harassment allegations: Herman Cain's image among Republicans is starting to get worse amid claims that he sexually harassed several women in the 1990s. His latest Positive Intensity Score, based on Oct. 24-Nov. 6 Gallup Daily … [Read more...] about Gallup Poll: Herman Cain’s Image Deteriorates Among Republicans