Elections
Recall Walker campaign races towards Jan. 17 deadline
January 6, 2012Just weeks into the campaign, United Wisconsin announced that 507,533 people have signed a recall petition.
Read moreRecess appointments are welcome start to 2012
January 6, 2012President Barack Obama sent a clear and welcome message this week when he made the recess appointments.
Read moreObama bulldozes GOP wall of obstruction
January 5, 2012The president said he was forced to make the appointment now, during the current Congressional recess, if the consumer protection agency was to function.
Read moreSen. Kirk: Quit obstructing job creation, jobless benefit extension
January 5, 2012Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., has carefully cultivated the image of a political moderate. It was that image that allowed him to get elected in 2010 in the first place.
Read moreHigh court to hear union campaign finance case
January 5, 2012Another right-wing effort to throw public worker unions out of politics hit the U.S. Supreme Court agenda.
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