| | Tuesday, December 27, 2011 | | | THE BIG STORY Among "Anybody but Romney" Republicans in a key conservative region of Ohio, Newt Gingrich has been picking up support as an alternative to the former Massachusetts governor. The former House speaker has moved to the top in recent polling in Ohio, just as Republican presidential candidates prepare for the Jan. 3 caucuses in Iowa, followed closely by the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries. Ohio's presidential primary is scheduled for March 6 -- one of the biggest prizes for Republicans among about a dozen states voting on "Super Tuesday." READ MORE | Send To A Friend >> | ELECTION 2012 The Supreme Court, in a trio of decisions capped by the landmark Citizens United case in 2010, eased restrictions on the use of corporate money in political campaigns and paved the way for such spending. Massachusetts is front and center, with the conservative Crossroads GPS spending $1.1 million on one spot casting Warren as aligned with radical elements of the Occupy Wall Street movement and another that has her siding with Wall Street bankers. And that's just the beginning. READ MORE | Send To A Friend >> | INFRASTRUCTURE Twice in recent summers, visitors to Michigan's western coast were greeted by mounds of garbage strewn along miles of sandy beach: plastic bottles, eating utensils, food wrappers, even hypodermic syringes. At least some of the rubbish had drifted across Lake Michigan from Milwaukee, a vivid reminder that many cities still flush nasty stuff into streams and lakes during heavy storms, fouling the waters with bacteria and viruses that can cause serious illness. READ MORE | Send To A Friend >> | AROUND THE WORLD The Obama administration says it is respecting North Korea's national mourning period, knowing that its officials will not be available for discussions. Yet Washington has steadfastly refused to express any condolences for the late Kim Jong-Il, whose regime is widely regarded as among the very worst human rights violators in the world. Without solid intelligence on the opaque transition process -- and fearful of misunderstandings that could provoke the notoriously erratic North -- U.S. officials concluded that the best course is to say little, watch, and wait. READ MORE | Send To A Friend >> | FEATURED COLUMN: BILL PRESS It's not just the tax issue that no longer belongs to Republicans. Ever since Sept. 11, the Republican Party has also sold itself as tough on terrorism. But no longer. It was Barack Obama who gave the orders to track down and kill Osama bin Laden, after George W. Bush abandoned the hunt. It was Barack Obama who led an international coalition against Moammar Gadhafi. And it was Barack Obama who, very quietly, dispatched U.S. drones to kill Anwar al-Awlaki and scores of other al-Qaida leaders. So now Democrats are also the party of national security, the party that keeps America safe. Why have Congressional Republicans made their own situation worse? READ MORE | Send To A Friend >> | CARTOON OF THE DAY | Send To A Friend >> | |
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