The Republican Party 'Has Moved Farther and Farther to the Right' as Moderate Voters Abandon the GOP by the Thousands and Polls Find Specter's Support Within the Party Has Collapsed; Revolt Erupts by Conservatives in GOP National Committee Against Embattled Chairman Michael SteeleThe latest blow to the GOP could not have come at a worse time: Pennsylvania's senior senator, Arlen Specter (above), on the eve of President Obama's 100th day in office, announced Tuesday that he... Read Full Story
Republicans' Strident Protests Against Obama's Reversals of Bush Policies are Falling on Deaf Ears, While Right-Wing Fox News and Talk-Radio Commentators Resort to Increasingly Bitter Anti-Obama Rhetoric in a So-Far Futile Effort to Turn Back the Voters' Clear Mandate for ChangeGoing stir-crazy: Conservatives have been ripping their hair out since President Obama took office 100 days ago this week. Conservatives' allies in the Republican Party have effectively been rendered po... Read Full Story
Nearly Five-Decade-Old U.S. Trade Embargo Against the Communist-Ruled Island Remains the Major Sticking Point; Obama in No Hurry to End it Right Away After almost 50 years, one of the last surviving remnants of the Cold War -- the U.S.-Cuban relationship -- may finally be coming to an end. But don't expect a rapid thaw in relations between Washington and Havana any time soon. Although President Obama and his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, have been sending conciliatory messages in recent... Read Full Story
UFC President Dana White Is Well Known for Dropping the Four-Letter F-Bomb on His Own 'Ultimate Fighter' TV Show -- Bleeped Out, Of Course -- But It's the Six-Letter, Anti-Gay F-Bomb That Got Him in TroubleDana White is a familiar figure to viewers of Spike TV's "The Ultimate Fighter" reality show. The president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the largest and best-known circuit in mixed martial arts, is well known for pulling no verbal punches on his show -- i... Read Full Story
Declaring Democrat the Winner of Hotly-Contested U.S. Senate Race by a Razor-Thin Margin, a Three-Judge Panel Unanimously Rejects Republican's Argument That Minnesota's Recount Process Is Unconstitutional; Optical-Scan Voting System Is Deemed 'Highly Reliable' Compared to Florida's Problem-Plagued Punch Cards in 2000Republican Norm Coleman (left) may end up having the words "former Senator" preceding his name in the media soon, while Democrat Al Franken (right) m... Read Full Story
With the GOP Cast Out Into the Political Wilderness, the Right-Wing 'Culture Warriors' Launch New Scare Campaigns Over Gun Control, Same-Gender Marriage and the Rights of Children -- But This Time, They're Being Dismissed as Being Out of Touch With Most Americans More Concerned About the Economy and Health CareThe sorry state of the nation's -- and the world's -- economy remains the number-one topic of concern among the vast majority of Americans. But you wouldn't know... Read Full Story
President Returns Home From First Major Foreign Trip With the World Marveling at the Stark Contrast Between Obama and His Predecessor in Pursuing America's Foreign Policy and Scoring Good Reviews at Home From Everyone -- Except (Of Course) the Hard-Line NeoconsIn his first visit to U.S. troops in Iraq since becoming commander-in-chief, President Obama receives an enthusiastic welcome from GIs at the Al Faw Palace -- one of the toppled dictator Saddam Hussein's many former residences -... Read Full Story
Arguments to Keep Laws in Place That Restrict Marriage to Opposite-Gender Couples Are Failing to Pass Constitutional Muster, Thanks to Three Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Invoking the Fourteenth AmendmentOpponents of same-gender marriage are increasingly running into a constitutional brick wall as a growing number of courts are ruling that gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry. The U.S. Supreme Court, albeit unwittingly, paved the way for that standard more than... Read Full Story
Vermont House, By 95-52 Vote, Passes Bill to Accord Full Marriage Rights to Gay and Lesbian Couples, But Falls Short of Two-Thirds Majority; Supporters Vow All-Out Push to Get 100 Votes Needed to Override Expected Veto By Governor; Poll Finds 55 Percent of Vermonters Support Same-Gender Marriage While 38 Percent Oppose ItVermont State Representative Peg Flory (right), a Republican from the town of Pittsford, asks a question to Dr. Louis DiNicola of the Vermont chapter of the American Academy ... Read Full Story
As President Shifts America's Emphasis in the 'War on Terror' to Afghanistan, His Greatest Challenge Will Be Crushing al-Qaida and the Taliban Without Igniting Afghans' Longstanding Hatred of Being Subjugated by Foreigners -- Just Ask the Kremlin, Whose Invasion 30 Years Ago Ultimately Proved Fatal to the Soviet UnionPresident Obama, appearing on CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday before departing for the G-20 summit in London, said that even as he increases the numb... Read Full Story
