Jun 9, 2011 – The Democratic National Committee has a game plan and it’s sticking to it: run over Mitt Romney, reverse, and do it again. In yet another video, the DNC attacks the 2012 Republican frontrunner for his statements objecting to the government bailouts of the auto industry.

Jun 9, 2011 – (CNN) -- A federal appeals court in Atlanta was openly skeptical Wednesday that the sweeping health care reform law championed by President Barack Obama would survive constitutional scrutiny. A three-judge panel heard arguments in a massive lawsuit brought by Florida and 25 other states.

Jun 9, 2011 – Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty won a major endorsement in South Carolina Wednesday as Rep. Joe Wilson announced that he would serve as Pawlenty’s state co-chair. Wilson praised Pawlenty in a statement as “the best man to get our nation back on the right track,” and as the candidate “who...

Jun 9, 2011 – U.S. companies sold more computers, heavy machinery and telecommunications equipment in foreign markets in April, pushing exports to a record high. Imports declined, reflecting a big drop in auto imports from Japan caused by supply disruptions from the March earthquake and tsunami. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the trade...

Jun 9, 2011 – Officials from both parties are already focusing on roughly a dozen key states in preparation for next year’s presidential election, as Republicans view a group of states won by President George W. Bush in 2004 but Barack Obama four years later as fertile territory for a GOP comeback because of...

Jun 9, 2011 – A new CNN/Opinion Research poll shows that nearly half of Americans think a new Great Depression is likely to occur in the next year. Whether or not that Great Depression actually materializes in the economy, it’s pretty obvious that a (lower-case) great depression already exists when it comes to...

Jun 9, 2011 – Is it the best of times or end times for public charter schools? 4,000 charter school leaders, teachers, advocates, and policymakers will gather in Atlanta later this month at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools' annual conference. The gathering of upstarts is now larger than many long-standing traditional education...

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Jun 9, 2011 – MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama‘s governor on Thursday signed a tough new illegal immigration crackdown that contains provisions requiring public schools to determine students’ immigration status and making it a crime to knowingly give an illegal immigrant a ride. The bill also allows police to arrest anyone suspected of being...

Jun 8, 2011 – Most voters still believe President Obama is more liberal than they are, while just one-out-of-four say they share the same ideological views as the president. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 54% of Likely U.S. Voters think Obama is more ideologically liberal than they are, while...

Jun 8, 2011 – It turns out that the housing market works a lot like love. At least for some people. Take Christina Huang. She fell in love with a $969,000 house in Northern Virginia. She could picture raising a family. But there were a few red flags after an inspection, and she realized...

Jun 8, 2011 – Workers paid as much as 121 percent more in 2009 than in 2001 for their share of employer-sponsored health insurance, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported on Wednesday. An employee’s share of paying for health insurance rose more than either inflation or the increase in health insurance...

Jun 8, 2011 – For months, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has given the same firm response to potential donors and Republican higher-ups, saying he has no interest in running for the White House in 2012. But over the past two weeks, political advisers and friends say, Mr. Perry has changed his tune on a...

Jun 8, 2011 – ATLANTA (AP) — Judges on a federal appeals court panel on Wednesday repeatedly raised questions about President Obama’s health care overhaul, expressing unease with the requirement that virtually all Americans carry health insurance or face penalties. All three judges on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel questioned...

Jun 8, 2011 – Alec Baldwin is considering a run for New York City mayor in 2013 now that the Democratic field has erupted in the wake of the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal, NBC New York has confirmed. A spokesman for the "30 Rock" funnyman told NBC New York on Wednesday: "I wouldn't...

Jun 8, 2011 – The dominant narrative about former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign goes something like this: Nice guy, great fundraiser, can’t win because of health care. Like all political storylines, this one is overly simplistic — damn media! — and repeated endlessly by many people who have spent very little...

Jun 8, 2011 – by Nick Freiling In case you didn't notice, a Stockton, CA man’s testimony of being arrested and detained by a team of armed government agents for a crime he didn't commit went viral on the internet this morning. He woke up to his door being broken down, and was dragged...

Jun 8, 2011 – Will 2012 be another anti-incumbent year? One of the first casualties of last cycle’s “throw the bums out” fervor says probably not. Former senator Bob Bennett (R-Utah), who lost his bid for a fourth term last May when he was ousted at the state Republican Party convention, said during a...

Jun 8, 2011 – Washington (CNN) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's spokesman Rick Tyler confirmed to CNN Wednesday that the presidential hopeful's campaign trail absence was because of a "planned vacation" with his wife, Callista. With no warning, Gingrich fell off the Republican presidential candidate radar after his last public appearance on...

Jun 8, 2011 – With Mitt Romney headed to the Wolverine State tomorrow for an economy-themed event, Michigan Rep. and potential presidential candidate Thaddeus McCotter is taking a preemptive shot this afternoon at the GOP frontrunner. McCotter, a quirky and media-savvy conservative, is holding an event at a manufacturing company in Plymouth, Mich.,...

Jun 8, 2011 – Reporting from Atlanta— A top Obama administration lawyer defending last year's healthcare law ran into skeptical questions Wednesday from three federal judges here, who suggested they may be ready to declare all or part of the law unconstitutional. Acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal K. Katyal faced off against former Bush...

Jun 8, 2011 – Newt Gingrich spokesman Rick Tyler has gotten tired of reading Wall Street Journal editorials trashing his boss. So he’s taken to Twitter to start putting out his own opinions — about the Journal’s editorial board. Responding to a piece Wednesday morning lavishing praise on Tim Pawlenty’s economic plan, asking “What...

Jun 8, 2011 – But, as Townhall News Editor Katie Pavlich said, our military should be able to fly with whatever they want, free of charge.…