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Politics As Usual

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October 2008
- Black Caucus Has Indicted Rep's Back
  
  Times-Picayune (New Orleans) | Oct 12, 08 7:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bribery charges and $90,000 discovered in a freezer haven't stopped black lawmakers from backing one of their own, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports . US Rep. William Jefferson is facing trial and dwindling support in his Katrina-ravaged district, but the Congressional Black Caucus still has his back—and enough Capitol Hill power to make it matter. More »
- Confident Palin: 'You Got to Read the Report'
  
  CNN | Oct 11, 08 12:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sarah Palin says she did not abuse her power as governor, despite the findings of an ethics investigation, CNN reports. “If you read the report, you will see that there was nothing unlawful or unethical about replacing a cabinet member,” she said. The report, however, did not fault Palin for firing her public safety commissioner; it criticized her for using her office to try to get her ex-brother-in-law fired as a state trooper. She did not address that issue in brief remarks to reporters. More »
- We All Have Some Guilty Associations
  
  New York Times | Oct 9, 08 12:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - So William Ayers once threw a house party for Barack Obama, and now Obama’s responsible for all Ayers’ misdeeds? By that standard, writes Gail Collins—who might have attended a college party with Ayers' wife, Bernardine Dohrn—"I believe I may now be held partly responsible for all of Dohrn’s misdeeds, including aggravated battery, bail jumping, the Days of Rage, and unreadable political tracts." More »
- Hey, GOP: Let's Emulate Obama's Cool
  
  National Review | Oct 9, 08 7:57 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - David Frum plans to vote for John McCain, but with the economy in ruin, anyone who thinks the GOP can win “by banging on about William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright is...to put it mildly...severely under-estimating the electoral importance of pocketbook issues.” These desperate attacks “are sending a powerful, inadvertent message,” he writes in the National Review , “that we lack a positive agenda of our own.” More »
- Stevens Jurors Hear Tape of Plot to Hide Free Work
  
  Associated Press | Oct 7, 08 6:09 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - Two close friends of Sen. Ted Stevens schemed to conceal the fact that one was paying for extensive work done at the senator's cabin in Alaska, according to FBI audiotapes played today at Stevens' corruption trial. The pair, Bill Allen and Bob Persons, are heard on tape fretting in February 2006 over a plumbing bill marked, "Labor paid for by Bill." They agreed to "make that disappear" and get a check from Stevens to pay for the work—one that would never be cashed. More »
- Obama Camp: Palin Terror Slam 'Offensive'
  
  CNN | Oct 5, 08 3:09 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Obama campaign is striking back at Sarah Palin after she accused their candidate of “palling around with terrorists who targeted their own country." The comments are “offensive” and “not surprising,” said Obama’s campaign spokesman, given the McCain campaign’s vow to launch “Swift Boat-like attacks in hopes of deflecting attention from the nation's economic ills.” More »
- Leave Washington Alone!
  
  Washington Post | Oct 5, 08 1:58 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Politicians can make a career out of promising to “change,” “clean up,” “reform,” and “shake up” Washington. And while the District may not completely be a shining city on a hill, it’s doing just fine, thank you, Leonard Downie writes in a tribute to the nation’s oft-slandered capital. “It particularly irks me when candidates for president rail against my adopted hometown,” Downie notes in the Washington Post . More »
- Bangkok Pol Assaults Host on Live TV
  
  Reuters | Oct 2, 08 3:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Thai politician, vexed by an interviewer’s questions, pummeled the man on live TV today, Reuters reports. Chuvit Kamolvisit, a strip-club magnate turned Bangkok gubernatorial contender, did not deny the charges. “What I did was a petty crime,” he said. “I am happy to pay the fine for elbowing him and kicking him.” Host Visarn Dilokwanich said the candidate “behaved like a thug.” More »
- Biden's No Average Joe
  
  New York Times | Oct 2, 08 2:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - On the campaign trail, Joe Biden gives the impression that he’s a normal, middle-class guy taking the train to and from work each day. But the home he’s commuting to happens to be a four-acre estate worth almost $3 million, the New York Times reports. Biden isn’t precisely wealthy—especially by Senate standards—but his high profile has given him access to resources and relationships beyond the grasp of most Americans. More »
- Bill's New Baubles Persuade Some, May Scare Others
  
  Politico | Oct 2, 08 2:41 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Senate’s version of the bailout bill is loaded with provisions specifically designed to sweeten the pot for House dissenters, Politico reports, including $3.3 billion for rural schools, equal health coverage for the mentally ill, and a suspension of the Alternative Minimum Tax. These changes may win over House Republicans, but have infuriated fiscally conservative “Blue Dog” Democrats. More »
- Pressure Shifts Back to Pelosi
  
  Sacramento Bee | Oct 2, 08 12:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After Republicans blamed partisan remarks for dooming Monday’s bailout vote, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is firmly in the crosshairs with a second chance coming tomorrow, the Sacramento Bee reports. But the Democrat isn’t backing off, a rep says. “Part of being able to deal with this crisis is realizing how we got here,” he said—even if that means ripping President Bush and the GOP. More »
- Pelosi's PAC Paid Husband's Firm $99K for Work
  
  Washington Times | Oct 1, 08 3:45 PM CDT