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Archive for September, 2009

Doug Wilder Whacks Creigh Deeds, Won’t Endorse Anyone In VA Governor’s Race

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, September 24th, 2009. Filed under 2009 Governor's Race, Bob McDonnell, Creigh Deeds, Virginia, Virginia Politics

The quadrennial kaibuki dance that former Governor L. Douglas Wilder plays with the media every time Virginia elects a new Governor ended early this year:
Former Virginia governor Douglas Wilder announced Thursday that he will not be endorsing a candidate in the Virginia gubernatorial race, while mounting some sharp criticism at Democrat Creigh Deeds over his [...]

Obama Still Leads All Potential 2012 Opponents

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, September 24th, 2009. Filed under 2012 Election, Barack Obama, Elections, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

A new Public Policy Polling poll shows that President Obama still maintains comfortable leads over all of the Republicans who’ve been mentioned as potential opponents in 2012:
[Obama] leads Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, and Sarah Palin by anywhere from 7-15 points in hypothetical 2012 contests.
Huckabee comes the closest, trailing Obama 48-41. In the six [...]

Paul Kirk Named To Succeed Ted Kennedy

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, September 24th, 2009. Filed under General

Thanks to a newly passed law, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick named Paul Kirk to replace Ted Kennedy as Massachusetts’ now-junior Senator:
BOSTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Paul Kirk, a former Democratic National Committee chairman and a close friend of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, was named on Thursday as a temporary replacement for the liberal champion [...]

At Obama’s Urging, U.N. Security Council Passes Resolution Calling For Non-Nuclear World

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, September 24th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Politics

President Obama became the first sitting President to chair a meeting of the U.N. Security Council today and used the occasion to push through an ambitious anti-nuclear proliferation resolution:
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council, with President Obama acting as chairman, unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday morning aimed at increasing deterrents for withdrawing [...]

Another G-20 Summit Brings More Scrutiny For The Dollar

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, September 24th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politics

Once again, the fate of the dollars as the world’s reserve currency is a subject of debate:
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AFP) – The embattled US dollar is expected to come under scrutiny at a summit of developing and industrialized nations following China-led calls to review its role as a reserve currency.
The dollar issue is bound to surface [...]

Ron Paul On The G-20 Summit

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, September 24th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Ron Paul talks about the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh:

Obama To Continue Bush-Era Indefinite Detention Policy

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, September 24th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Politics, War On Terror

Change !
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has decided not to seek new legislation from Congress authorizing the indefinite detention of about 50 terrorism suspects being held without charges at at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, officials said Wednesday.
Instead, the administration will continue to hold the detainees without bringing them to trial based on the power it says [...]

Possible HIV Vaccine Discovered By Thai Scientists

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, September 24th, 2009. Filed under Health, In The News

This is potentially big news:
BANGKOK – For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.
The vaccine cut the risk of becoming infected with HIV by [...]

Mark Sanford Acknowledges The Blindingly Obvious

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, September 24th, 2009. Filed under 2012 Election, Mark Sanford, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Duh:
“I think if anything is off the table, it’s that I’m not running for president. It’s 100 percent believable now.” — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford
Liz Mair notes:
I love Mark Sanford, but yes, this seems to be the case.
I used to like Mark Sanford, until he displayed such appallingly bad judgment that it became [...]

Ron & Rand Paul On Neil Cavuto 9/23/09

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, September 24th, 2009. Filed under Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul, Ron Paul
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