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Curious case of catchy political tunes

For all those campaign staffers dreaming of the next race, singer-songwriter Jackson Browne has a message: If it’s not your song, ask before you use it.  Last week, Browne settled his suit against the Republican National Committee, Sen. John McCain ...

From ANDREW GLASS,ABBY PHILLIP, The Politico,  30 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Mark Warner,  Jackson Browne,  John McCain,  Republican National Committee,  U.S. Republican Party

Finding a path to Middle East peace

True believers on the left and right scoff at the middle ground, but that has not deterred Dennis Ross and David Makovsky from writing a book that they say “amounts to a centrist view of what to do in the Middle East.” “Myths, Illusions, & Peace: ...

From ANDREW GLASS, The Politico,  27 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Dennis Ross,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  National Security Council,  George W. Bush

New Nixon tapes released

Nixon's conversations can be heard on some 154 hours of tapes made public Tuesday. Photo: AP So you think the perpetual campaign is a new phenomenon? Then consider this excerpt from the newly released secret tapes of Richard Nixon after ...

From ANDREW GLASS, The Politico,  23 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Richard Nixon,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Henry Kissinger,  Will Rogers,  Nguyen Van Thieu

Barbour: Obama a snake charmer

Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) predicted Wednesday that despite his current popularity in the polls, President Barack Obama will eventually suffer the same reversal of political fortune that befell President Bill Clinton in 1994. “What they have in ...

From ANDREW GLASS, The Politico,  20 May 2009
Related Topics: Haley Barbour,  Barack Obama,  Bill Clinton,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House

AIPAC launches push for Iran sanctions

These are challenging times for AIPAC, the nation’s pre-eminent pro-Israeli lobby. Just how challenging will become more evident on Tuesday when some 6,500 delegates to the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee fan out on ...

From ANDREW GLASS, The Politico,  4 May 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Jon Kyl,  Evan Bayh,  Howard Berman

Biden steals the show at Gridiron

Can Vice President Joe Biden make a ballroom full of savvy insiders laugh at a time of economic turmoil? Can Vice President Joe Biden make a ballroom full of savvy insiders laugh at a time of economic turmoil? Yes, he can. Biden, filling in for ...

From ANDREW GLASS, The Politico,  22 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Joe Biden,  Timothy F. Geithner,  Rahm Emanuel,  U.S. Democratic Party

James Madison born, March 16, 1751

On this day in 1751, James Madison, one of the nation’s Founding Fathers, the principal author of the Bill of Rights and the fourth president of the United States, was born in Port Conway, Va., to a prominent land-owning family. He was the eldest of ...

From ANDREW GLASS, The Politico,  16 Mar 2009
Related Topics: White House,  Thomas Jefferson

Hard times: Drafting a verbal road map

Unemployed people, numbering about 5,000, wait outside the State Labor Bureau which houses the State Temporary Employment Relief administration in New York City, Nov. 24, 1933. “This is not your ordinary run-of-the-mill recession,” Barack Obama said ...

From ANDREW GLASS, The Politico,  16 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Bing Crosby

House quorum rule changed, Jan. 29, 1890

On this day in 1890, House Speaker Thomas Reed (R-Maine) torpedoed a long-standing “disappearing quorum” maneuver, thereby expanding the speaker’s powers at the expense of the minority. At the time, a quorum — the minimum number of members on the ...

From ANDREW GLASS, The Politico,  29 Jan 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  William McKinley,  Theodore Roosevelt,  Mark Hanna

Washington honors the 'Lion of Idaho'

On this day in 1940, the Senate chamber was the scene of a funeral service for William Borah, a progressive Republican from Idaho who had begun his Senate career in 1907. Known for his integrity, speaking ability and concern for his constituents, Borah ...

From ANDREW GLASS, The Politico,  22 Jan 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  Franklin D. Roosevelt

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