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Posted: 3/4/2013 3:53:40 AM EST
FILE – In this July 15, 2009 file photo Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., listens as Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's testifies at her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vermont Democrat and Judiciary Committee chairman, Leahy, 72, has served nearly 4 decades in the upper chamber, and earned his perch as one of the Senate's most powerful, and visible, members. Now he is front and center in two of the most contentious fights facing a bitterly divided Senate: guns and immigration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 3/3/2013 8:48:20 AM EST
Democrat candidate Sukhumbhand Paribatra shakes hands with his supporters after he won his second term as Bangkok governor in a local election at Democrat Party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, March 3, 2013. Bangkok voters went to the polls Sunday to choose the city's governor in the election overshadowed by political divisiveness that has wracked Thailand for much of the past eight years. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Posted: 3/3/2013 8:16:00 AM EST
Democrat Party candidate and incumbent Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra (C) waves to his supporters as Thailand's former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (2nd R) looks on before a news conference at the Democrat Party headquarters in Bangkok March 3, 2013. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
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Posted: 3/3/2013 8:16:00 AM EST
Supporters of Democrat Party candidate and incumbent Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra celebrate as he leads the voting count at the Democrat Party headquarters in Bangkok March 3, 2013. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
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Posted: 3/3/2013 8:16:00 AM EST
A supporter of Democrat Party candidate and incumbent Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra applauds as he leads the voting count at the Democrat Party headquarters in Bangkok March 3, 2013. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
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Posted: 3/2/2013 9:13:25 AM EST
Democrat Party's Bangkok governor candidate Sukhumbhand Paribatra, center, takes part in a campaign for the city’s leader seat in Bangkok, Thailand on the eve of the voting Saturday, March 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Posted: 3/2/2013 9:13:25 AM EST
Democrat Party's Bangkok governor candidate Sukhumbhand Paribatra gives thumbs-up during a campaign for the city’s leader seat in Bangkok, Thailand on the eve of the voting Saturday, March 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Posted: 3/2/2013 9:13:25 AM EST
Democrat Party's Bangkok governor candidate Sukhumbhand Paribatra, center, takes part in a campaign for the city’s leader seat in Bangkok, Thailand on the eve of the voting Saturday, March 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Posted: 2/27/2013 12:48:28 AM EST
Graphic shows results for the Democrat and Republican primaries for Illinois' 2nd district congressional seat
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Posted: 2/27/2013 12:48:28 AM EST
Graphic shows results for the Democrat and Republican primaries for Illinois' 2nd district congressional seat.
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Posted: 2/26/2013 3:03:29 AM EST
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, Illinois Democratic U.S. Congressional hopeful Anthony Beale, speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Candidates for former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s 2nd congressional seat made their final push for votes Monday Feb. 25, 2013, ahead of tomorrow's high-stakes primary. Turnout is expected to be paltry despite the lurid headlines surrounding the disgraced Chicago Democrat and millions in outside super PAC money driven largely by the guns debate. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
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Posted: 2/26/2013 3:03:29 AM EST
FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2012 file photo, Illinois Democratic U.S. Congressional hopeful Robin Kelly speaks during a candidate presentation at the 2nd Congressional District Slating Meeting in South Holland, Ill. Candidates for former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s 2nd congressional seat made their final push for votes Monday Feb. 25, 2013, ahead of tomorrow's high-stakes primary. Turnout is expected to be paltry despite the lurid headlines surrounding the disgraced Chicago Democrat and millions in outside super PAC money driven largely by the guns debate. (AP Photo/John Smierciak, File)
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Posted: 2/26/2013 3:03:29 AM EST
FILE - In the Dec. 15, 2012, Illinois Democratic U.S. Congressional hopeful Debbie Halvorson speaks during a candidate presentation at the 2nd Congressional District slating meeting in South Holland, Ill. Candidates for former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s 2nd congressional seat made their final push for votes Monday Feb. 25, 2013, ahead of tomorrow's high-stakes primary. Turnout is expected to be paltry despite the lurid headlines surrounding the disgraced Chicago Democrat and millions in outside super PAC money driven largely by the guns debate. (AP Photo/John Smierciak, File)
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Posted: 2/24/2013 3:55:53 PM EST
Nick Clegg answers questions at an election campaign news conference at the party headquarters in central London April 20, 2010. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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Posted: 2/24/2013 4:53:39 AM EST
Health and Homeland Security Committee Chairman Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland, right, and Vice Chairman Gov. Brian Sandoval of Nevada, talk at the start of the committee’s meeting on “Protecting Our Nation: States and Cybersecurity” during the National Governors Association 2013 Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Washington's protracted budget stalemate could seriously undermine the economy and stall gains made since the recession, exasperated governors said Saturday as they try to gauge the fallout from impending federal spending cuts. And both Democrat and Republican CEOs expressed pessimism that both sides could find a way to avoid the massive, automatic spending cuts set to begin March 1. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Posted: 2/24/2013 4:53:39 AM EST
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, left, gestures asIshe speaks to a reporter before the start of a Health and Homeland Security Committee meeting on “Protecting Our Nation: States and Cybersecurity” during the National Governors Association 2013 Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Standing at the back right, is Governor of Puerto Rico Alejandro García Padilla. Washington's protracted budget stalemate could seriously undermine the economy and stall gains made since the recession, exasperated governors said Saturday as they try to gauge the fallout from impending federal spending cuts. And both Democrat and Republican CEOs expressed pessimism that both sides could find a way to avoid the massive, automatic spending cuts set to begin March 1. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Posted: 2/23/2013 9:08:24 AM EST
FILE – In this Jan. 31, 2013, file photo Democrat senators, from right, Carl Levin, D-Mich., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., confer as Republican Chuck Hagel, a former two-term senator and President Obama's choice for defense secretary, testifies at his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The fierce Republican opposition to the Hagel's nomination has long been seen as a proxy for the never-ending scuffles between the Democratic president and congressional Republicans, with barely any reservoir of good will. Barring any surprises, the battle will probably end this coming week with Hagel's Senate confirmation; but his fellow Republicans have roughed him up. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 2/17/2013 5:48:23 PM EST
FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2012 file photo, Illinois state Sen. Toi Hutchinson speaks during a candidate presentation at the 2nd Congressional District slating meeting in South Holland, Ill. Hutchinson dropped her bid Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 for the U.S. House seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr., narrowing the field and consolidating key support behind another Democrat in a race where gun control has emerged as a central issue. (AP Photo/John Smierciak, File)
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Posted: 2/13/2013 3:48:34 PM EST
In this Jan. 30, 2013 photo, printing company owner Dik Bolger poses by one of his presses in Minneapolis. The lifelong Minnesota Democrat who backed Mark Dayton for governor, takes exception to Dayton's plan for new business taxes. "We're screwed," Bolger said, adding that he is not competitive on a national basis job bid if taxes push him a couple of percent higher. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Posted: 2/11/2013 1:38:40 PM EST
FILE - In this Jab. 24, 2013 file photo, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Emails between Menendez's office and the Homeland Security Department describe efforts by the New Jersey Democrat in January to thwart any U.S. donations of cargo-screening equipment to the government of the Dominican Republic. Donated equipment could have jeopardized a Dominican port security contract benefiting a close Menendez associate and fundraiser. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
