Politics
Cockroach abuse and other political theatrics
By MICHAEL COLLINS
Monday, November 06, 2006
A congresswoman was accused of lying about her athletic prowess. A state lawmaker in Kansas got into a fight with a cockroach.
And a candidate in Oklahoma hatched an unusual scheme to protect students in school shootings.
Mid-terms and war rarely work for sitting party
By BILL TOLAND
Monday, November 06, 2006
War is hell, and not just for the soldiers. For the majority party during a mid-term election, war ain't so hot either.
In 1946, post-World War II, President Harry S.
GOP ads warn of 'homosexual agenda' from San Francisco
By EDWARD EPSTEIN
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Republican charges of a San Francisco "homosexual agenda" and allegations that a liberal "San Francisco majority" in Congress would endanger the nation have emerged as themes in the final weeks of the Nov.
An affair to remember in a political race
By TRACIE MAURIELLO
Friday, November 03, 2006
This is the kind of place where the selection of prom queen makes front-page news in the local paper, where minimum-wage jobs are aplenty but salaried positions are scarce, and where the local nursery school shares a building with the historical society.
Now the 2,400 residents of this hilly borough 20 miles north of Scranton are finding themselves in the national spotlight because of a hotly contested congressional race that has intensified because of an incumbent's extramarital transgressions.
Political yard signs now outnumber for-sale signs on Tunkhannock's mobile homes, airways here are filled with campaign ads, and President Bush made an appearance in nearby Factoryville to stump for the district's embattled Republican incumbent, Rep.
In Indiana, Rep. Hostettler is in trouble
By MARA LEE
Friday, November 03, 2006
Outside the Black Buggy General Store in Washington, Indiana, two benches flank the front door. One says "Republicans Only," the other "Democrats Only."
But in Indiana's Eighth District, represented by Republican John Hostettler the last 12 years, those distinctions are fading this year.
Foley Seat Contenders in Live TV Debate Tonight
There is a live nationally televised debate tonight among contenders to succeed former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., who resigned after confronted with copies of sexually explicit e-mails to former high school pages who worked at the U.S. Capitol.
Watch it live on C-Span1 or on the Internet at www.wptv.com from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. EDT.
The debate is sponsored by TV station WPTV and Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers and public radio station WQCS.
The candidates are Democrat Tim Mahoney, Republican Joe Negron and independent Emmie Ross. The late resignation of Foley reportedly improved the election chances of Democrat Mahoney, the best-known of the trio.
During part of the debate, a panel of journalists will question the trio. They will include Amie Parnes, the Washington, D.C.-based reporter for Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers who closely covered all the Foley developments before and after he resigned.
Others are: Anthony Westbury, a columnist for Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, and Jill Roberts of WQCS radio.
At some point, one of the questioners is likely to bring up the Foley scandal and see how the congressional candidates want to address it -- will any candidate dwell on it or will all skip quickly toward plans for future work in Congress?
Foley Successor Debate Is Tonight: Expect Fireworks or Fluff?
Anyone anywhere can watch the debate tonight (10/27) between the three candidates who hope to succeed former Florida Rep. Mark Foley, a Republican who resigned after confronted with copies of e-mails and other sexually suggestive messages that he allegedly sent to former high school male pages who had worked at the U.S. Capitol.
Live televised coverage is available via the Web at www.wptv.com, from 7 to 8 p.m. EDT Friday.
The debate is sponsored by TV station WPTV and Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers and public radio station WQCS.
The candidates are Democrat Tim Mahoney, Republican Joe Negron and independent Emmie Ross. The late resignation of Foley reportedly improved the election chances of Democrat Mahoney, the best-known of the trio.
During part of the debate, a panel of journalists will question the trio. They will include Amie Parnes, the Washington, D.C.-based reporter for Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers who closely covered all the Foley developments before and after he resigned.
At some point, one of the questioners is likely to bring up the Foley scandal and see how the congressional candidates want to address it -- will any candidate dwell on it or will all skip quickly toward plans for future work in Congress?
Many say polls on same-sex marriage bans are inaccurate
By WYATT BUCHANAN
Friday, November 03, 2006
Proponents of measures to prohibit same-sex marriage say New Jersey's Supreme Court ruling will strengthen their case.
The court ruled this week that same-sex couples deserve the same rights as heterosexual couples.
But most of the measures on the Nov.
RNC pulls controversial Ford ad
By REBECCA FERRAR and TOM HUMPHREY
Friday, November 03, 2006
The Republican National Committee has pulled one of two controversial ads targeting Democratic Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. from the airways.
Pelosi raises formidable dollars for Democrats
By EDWARD EPSTEIN
Friday, November 03, 2006
Even more than fighting a contest of ideas with Republicans, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is waging a multimillion-dollar fundraising battle intended to produce a Democratic House majority in the Nov.
