Women In Politics

Crisp: Could Perry emerge from weak GOP field? Scripps Howard News Service COLUMN
Unless I’m mistaken, our governor wants to become our president.

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The Cable: Clinton confidant Wendy Sherman could be State’s new No. 3
Former State Department counselor Wendy Sherman , a longtime confidant of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton , has emerged as the “leading candidate” to replace Bill Burns as the third-highest-ranking official in Foggy Bottom, according to two State Department officials. Sherman, the vice chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group , an international-affairs consulting firm, was counselor to …

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Do you think Hillary Clinton could beat President Obama next year?
FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty: A radio host in Southern California named John Phillips wrote a piece in the Los Angeles Times titled “Why Hillary Clinton Must Run in 2012.” In it, he lays out why he thinks Clinton could win the Oval Office this time around. He points to approval ratings– President Obama at just [...]

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Ban on earmarks could be bad news to local agencies, small towns
I read Danny Westneat’s column about earmarks in Wednesday’s Times [“Missing the mark on earmarks,” NWWednesday, Feb. 9]. I’m thinking he knows what is on that island in Alaska besides 50 residents. Would including that information have made the earmark seem less silly?

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Mubarak’s resignation now could hamper transition
President Hosni Mubarak’s immediate resignation – the key demand of protesters in the streets of Cairo – would trigger snap presidential elections under the Egyptian constitution and could make political reform more…

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What could kill social media
Righthaven founder Steve Gibson is going after copyright infringers using the murky legal definition of fair use to power a sue-first strategy. Could clicking a Like button soon lead to a lawsuit?

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Anti-abortion female Republican candidates could change political equation in Senate
NEW YORK (AP) — An unusually large contingent of female Republican candidates with strong anti-abortion views is heating up debate on the issue and could change the political equation in the next Congress.

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You could pay more – lots more – if Bush tax cuts aren’t renewed
WASHINGTON – Here’s some pressure for lawmakers: If they don’t reach agreement on extending soon-to-expire Bush-era tax cuts, nearly all their constituents back home will get big tax increases. A typical family of four with a household income of $50,000 a year would have to pay $2,900 more in taxes in 2011, according to a new analysis by Deloitte Tax LLP, a tax consulting firm. The same family …

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Deborah Burger: What They Could Be Saying to the Joe Miller Republicans
Though Joe Miller is dismissed by some as an anomaly among Republicans, along with fellow tea party candidates Rand Paul in Kentucky and Sharon Angle in Nevada, his views parallel the more convention wing of the party.

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What if…? How the midterms could have been different
Primary season is all but over. The 2010 candidate field is nearly set. The strongest and most vulnerable members of both parties know who they are.

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