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#4941
June 25th, 2011, 12:09 AM
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The same thing happened in Illinois, where we were introduced to a Democrat (Enlow), a long-term Republican (Gates), and *then* a long-term Democrat (Montgomery). The show wasn't very consistent when it came to a state's Senators. Not as consistent as we're trying to be. 
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#4942
June 25th, 2011, 01:00 AM
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Senator Gaines, Tim.
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#4943
June 26th, 2011, 02:59 AM
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ChicagoNOW
Former Senator Talks About the upcoming Special Election Saturday, June 25th, 2011 From his home in rural Wilmington, Illinois, we met with 83-year-old former Illinois Senator Sherwood Gates, who served from 1979 to 1997 in the seat currently held by Mitch Bryce. Gates, a Republican, admits to not really liking the candidacy of his fellow Republican Jasper Irving. "He's a bit too much of a firebrand for me," he says, showing us a copy of Irving's novel, Crisis Point. "I can't even get past page 5 without wondering how this guy got into Congress." Gates himself was a Congressman for the 17th District from 1969 to 1979, before winning election as a Senator in the '78 midterms. "I took a big gamble when I ran for Senate, and I only won thanks to the Hohner wave," referring to the wave of popularity of Congressional candidate Jim Hohner's 1978 'We Need a Change' campaign that helped win him and several other Illinois Republicans win election to the House and Senate that year. "All eyes were on me, because I was the only Republican Senator in 10 years. I guess Irving would be in the same boat, should he win." Senator Gates showed us an image of himself with President Lassiter. "People say he's an iron-hearted traditionalist, but he's a lot like our current President, ready, willing, and able to work with the opposition and get things done. Walken and Lassiter just grabbed onto the 'conservative' image to gain appeal." When asked about hypocrisy, whether Irving might be a similar not-conservative, Gates just shook his head. "No, no. Mr. Irving's true feelings, his belief on destroying our economy and taking over other nations have been put forward for all to see. You can read it right there," he said, gesturing to his book, "I don't know how anyone can be pulled in by this RNC line that he's some sort of moderate. Robert Royce is a moderate. Mark Ramsey is a moderate. Jasper Irving... he's pretty much a gold standard imperialist." Of course, one would think that the only living Republican Senator from Illinois would be courted by the RNC and maybe to have given his endorsement to one of Irving's primary contestants. "Nope, nobody wanted it. And I think the reason's pretty obvious." He doesn't go on to specify, and refuses to talk about it, but the reason is obvious. On October 5, 1996, pictures leaked on the then-fledgling Internet showing Gates with 22-year-old intern Nick Livingstone. Within a period of three weeks, Livingstone had appeared on all the morning talk shows and signed a book deal, while Gates resigned his committee assignments and dropped out of the race. Leaving sacrificial lamb Jack Enlow, expected to lose in a landslide, to actually win in a landslide (Gates' name could not be removed from the ballot). "I've never really liked Jack Enlow, for obvious reasons. But I can at least relate that we both have done stupid things that cost us the women we love." Gates' ex-wife, Becky, divorced him to due to the public scrutiny following his scandal. "I suggest Mr. Enlow pick up a hobby, like bowling. I'm afraid Mr. Irving might have to do the same in a few months, when he finds himself out of a job. That or write more horror novels." The Republican Senator isn't completely against his own party, and isn't liable to call himself a Democrat anytime soon. "Mitch Bryce is far, far to the left of modern Illinoisans. His ideas for economic growth are just another extreme almost the polar opposite of Irving's. But I still think people are going to look at Irving's views and just vote incumbent, as they're so used to these days." The primaries for the Illinois special election, which Gates acknowledged he will vote in, will be two weeks from now, July 7th. The election itself is on November 8th.
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#4944
June 26th, 2011, 06:24 AM
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In Preparation for an upcoming piece I am writing, here is the established list for all of the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretaries. Not on the list is Lord Anderson who was a Foreign Secretary in the 1970s
 Amazingly all were previously established in the thread and casted save Lucy Hacker, Graty's Foreign Secretary who before this was unnamed and uncast Henry Reed is played by Peter Davison Richard Samuels is played by David Haig Maureen Graty is played by Pamela Salem Reginald Styles is played by Colin Baker John Green is played by Rupert Vansittart Lucy Hacker is played by Gerry Cowper Rachel Lilburn is played by Amanda Burton Jack Call is played by Christopher Eccleston Malcolm Cutter is played by Peter Capaldi William Morgan is played by Kevin Whateley Last edited by Prometheus_2300; June 26th, 2011 at 07:31 PM..
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#4945
June 26th, 2011, 07:57 AM
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List of Sunday Morning Talk Shows:
NBC, Meet the Press: Former British Prime Minister and Jerusalem Peace Commissioner Richard Meyer, speaking about the current peace process in Israel; Roundtable Discussion on peace in the Middle East. Face the Nation, CBS: Congressman Bernie Cone (D-Missouri 3rd), Congressman Herbert Walker (R-Connecticut 2nd), Political Strategist Mandy Hampton. This Week, ABC: Dr. Bill Bush and Senator Ricky Rafferty (D-Oregon). FOX News Sunday: Congressman Carl Broome (R-North Carolina 8th), Former Congressman and Senate candidate Jasper Irving (R-Illinois), Attorney General Ellen Luevano. State of the Union, CNN: New York Senators Andrew Thorn & Jay Cruger (D & R) and New Jersey Senators Dante Jenkins & Mike Brace (D & R). Weekend Edition, MSNBC: Congressman Marcus LeBrandt (D-Ohio 11th), Congressman Daniel Maddox (D-Illinois 9th), Congressman Mickey Krauss (D-Wisconsin 7th), Congressman Richard Arthur (D-Michigan 5th). Capitol Talk, NBS: Former Secretary of Labor Mike Jackson (D-New York), Governor John Brennan (R-Michigan), Congressman Arthur Carney (D-Oregon), Senator Mark Cumberland (R-Texas). Last edited by Westbrook 49; June 27th, 2011 at 08:54 PM..
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#4946
June 26th, 2011, 04:50 PM
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Lib Dem Voice.com
Sunday June 26th 2011 On the eve of the only tv debate between the three candidates for the leadership, former Leader Richard Corbett writes for Lib Dem Voice. I have been asked many questions since I decided top resign the leadership of the party but the most asked are why did we lose so many seats at the General Election and who I support for the leadership? The answer to the first question is very clear and obvious, we where squeezed from the Conservatives on one side and Labour on the other. Former Tory voters who had voted for us in 2004 and 2007 turned back to them, whilst former Labour voters had supported us returned to Labour to try and prevent a Conseravtive win. I do not regret my decision to support Andrew Carter in bringing down the Labour Government. They where in an utter mess with in-fighting and desprate to hang onto power just of the sake of staying in office. I acted in the best interests of this country, although I must admit it may not have been in the best interests of the party, but sometimes leadership is looking at the bigger picture, and as leader of a major party I had a duty to the country as a whole. As I made clear back in March, I like and respect Andrew Carter as a man, and although I do of course have policy differances with him and his party, in my opinion he has provided the strong leadership and direction this country needs. Many in the party have strong views on the direction our new leader should take the party in the coming years. In my opinion is that we must be the break against the extreme elements in both the major parties, the had left of Labour and the hard right of the Tories. Everyone knows my well known differances with David Salter. David has always believed in the state and spending. This has failed and we will not suceed if we attempt to try and outflank Labour from the left. Both Emma and Robert have served our party in the Shadow Cabinet, and will both make fine leaders. I do not agree with them on every issue but they where loyal colleagues. I am very pround to have served the paryy as its leader for 11 years, and in three weeks a new chapter for us will begin. (Richard David Corbett is the Former Leader of the Liberal Democrats and since 1991 has been MP for Lewes) Last edited by Marky Bunny; June 27th, 2011 at 11:35 AM..
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#4947
June 26th, 2011, 05:14 PM
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BBC.CO.UK/News
Sunday June 26th 2011 Norris "I am looking at a run for Labour London Mayoral nomination in 2014" Jack Norris, the former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Deputy Prime-Minister told Andrew Marr this morning that he is "looking at a run" for the Labour London Mayoral nomination for 2014. He said "It is something I am looking at very carefully". Norris the son of docker, a former boxer in his youth, and MP for Newham North West, and latter West Ham. He was in parliament from 1983 to his retirement from the House at the 2007 election. Since 2007 he has written two books, and been travelling the world, and has become a bit of minor celebrity in New Zealand and the United States. Labour will choose its candidate at the 2012 party conference. The only other person that has shown any interest in running is the former Head of Lambeth Council Margo Lynn. Lynn who would be 72 by the time of the election looks a long shot for the nomination espically if Norris does run. Labour will feel with the popularity of current Mayor Henry Reed, they will need a real heavyweight canidate to try and win back control at City Hall. Jack Norris arriving at the BBC today for his interview with Andrew Marr.  Last edited by Marky Bunny; June 27th, 2011 at 11:36 AM..
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#4948
June 27th, 2011, 11:34 AM
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Margo Lynn, the former Head of Lambeth Council from 1989 to 2007
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#4949
June 27th, 2011, 06:56 PM
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 A young Josiah Bartlett shakes hands with President Kennedy in 1963 after being invited to the White House along with a group of young scholars in every field for his award winning economic dissertation on how Keynsian reforms could help steer eastern block nations away from Soviet control.
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#4950
June 27th, 2011, 07:39 PM
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By request of Mark a table of the Mayors of London
 Ben Stanley is played by Ian Lavender Sir Gerald Fox is played by Paul Freeman Henry Reed is played by Peter Davison keywords mayor of london, mayor, Henry Reed, Gerald Fox, Ben Stanley Last edited by Prometheus_2300; June 28th, 2011 at 06:24 PM..
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#4951
June 28th, 2011, 01:16 PM
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BBC.CO.UK/News
Tuesday June 28th 2011 Liberal Democrat Leadership contenders clash in TV Debate The three candiadtes for the Leadership of the Liberal Democrats clashed during there only Live TV debate of the campaign. Acting Leader Emma Dean, Robert Richardson and David Salter clashed during the hour event shown on Channel Four last night. It was a livelly affair, and some ill-feeling between the three candidates. The highlight of the evening came when Emma Dean accused her two opponents of being in the wrong party "Robert, sometimes I think you should be a Tory, and David I think you are running for the Leadership of the Labour Party". Dean although got herself in a muddle over the Euro, and the EU. Asked if she thought Britian should join the Euro she replied "Yes and no" to which there was some laughter when asked what see meant "I think the Euro is a goood thing, but at the moment it is not working as it should" asked again she would like see the country join, she stumbled around the answer. Robert Richardson replied "Well I am not sure if she is for or against joining, actually I think she just said she was for both joining and staying out". David Salter who was attacked in an on-line article by former Richard Corbett at the weekend hit back "I don't care what the man thinks, he took this party to the brink of distruction, so I am not going to take any lessons or lectures from him". Of the three candidates, Robert Richardson had the best performance, he praised Richard Corbett, as well as saying he would lead a party that would "support the major parties when he thought they where right and oppose when wrong, and that went for the Government and the opposition". Ballot papers are being sent to members of the party with the result due to be announced on Sunday July 17th.
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#4952
June 29th, 2011, 09:17 PM
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The last presidential wikibar for a while
 keywords glen allen walken glen alan walken acting president mary walken michael walken laura walken stephen walken claire walken liberty missouri Last edited by Prometheus_2300; June 29th, 2011 at 11:00 PM..
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#4953
June 29th, 2011, 11:10 PM
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also as an added bonus.
 TIME Magazine's Man of the year in 1993. keywords nelson mandela south africa time magazine man of the year person of the year
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#4954
July 1st, 2011, 08:07 AM
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washingtonpost.com
Bipartisan group from house and senate unite for energy reform Much of the news these days in Washington is about the successful passage of the campaign finance reform bill, the continued tinkering with the Consumer Protection Agency bill, and house democrats crusade on healthcare reform. However, today a bipartisan group from both the house and senate came togetherannouncing their plans to have a comprehensive energy reform plan by the end of the year. Talks started last week when new member the house energy and commerce committee, Aaron Bonds (D-NC) approached senate environment andpublic works chairman Bill Armstrong Jr. (R-CO) about a potential deal. They agreed to bring several other members from their parties to get a deal done. Bonds brought Reps. Eve Howard and Allison Baynes along with senators Sam Seaborn and Joseph Rathburn. Armstrong got influential reps. Riley Church and Kyle Wilson, along with fellow senators Howard Weston and Randall Thomas. "This is too big of an issue to keep postponing. We need real, intensive action to be taken, and we need a bill passed before Christmas. This package is going to be a mix of everything, and it will give way to the advancements of all sorts of new and alternative energy," Bonds said. Speculation on the bill gives way to believe that a deal will be struck with a mix of tax cuts and credits, along with direct government investment in new energies. Something interesting to watch will be how nuclear energy will be developed. Is the American public be ready to accept it 5 years after the San Andreo meltdown?
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#4955
July 1st, 2011, 05:47 PM
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WALKEN ADMINISTRATION THUGGERY?
Breaking news and opinion on the huffingtonpost In a shocking twist of events, former Walken speechwriter Bruce Rogers who was arrested*several months ago for assaulting Walken's former friend, author Bud Torre who was on a book signing tour at a Washington DC Borders is reportedly entering into a plea bargin agreement and revealing several Walken administration officials who put him up to assaulting Torre. More on this to follow
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#4957
July 2nd, 2011, 07:38 AM
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realclearpolitics.com
Gang of 8 to present deficit plan after recess With the July 4th congressional recess beginning yesterday, the senate's bipartisan deficit reduction committee, known as the gang of eight, has completed their plan and will present it on the senate floor on Wednesday of next week. The gang, comprised of four democrats and four republicans, got together in early June to find a bipartisan way of reducing the deficit. Aides close to members of the gang say that the bill is going to surprise a lot of people, on both sides of the isle. "One thing that we all agreed on when we got together, was that everything, everything had to be on the table. For democrats, we had to accept that there were going to be spending cuts, deep spending cuts, and real reforms to the entitlement programs. For republicans, they had to accept that tax increases, were going to have to be a part of the plan. And I'm very ecstatic to say that we've got our deal. The final touches will be done over the weekend, but come next week, we should have a real, bipartisan plan to reduce the deficit," Senator Nicole Kershaw said today. Despite taking time off recently due to giving birth to a baby boy, Kershaw has been heavily involved from her office in San Francisco, and her Chief of Staff, Louise Thorton, has been working behind the scenes for her boss. Kershaw has stated that she will appear with her fellow "gang members" on the senate floor this week before returning home to spend time with her family. Apart from Kershaw, the group also comprised of democrats Joseph Rathburn, Hayden Straus, and Dante Jenkins, and republicans Bill Armstrong Jr., Caroline Dempsey, Robert Cantina, and James Lancaster. Apart from Lancaster, all the others had already boarded flights home, and Lancaster seemed, while happy, also cautious. "You know I'm very glad that we reached a deal. But I've been in politics for a while, even if not national politics. I'm going into this coming week with a level head. I'm going to have a big grin, of course, but I'm always cautious."
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Senator Alex Guerrero (D-CA)
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#4958
July 2nd, 2011, 07:42 AM
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washingtontimes.com, Friday, July 1st, 2011
My Month with the President by Carl Cramer As reported previously, I have rejoined the White House Press Corps after a period of eight years covering other topics -- mostly Congress, the Gaza War, and Texas state politics. To celebrate, and instead of linking to my old daily updates on the President's activities, I will give you a concise rundown of what I've seen, following the President through the month of June. June started off right after the Memorial Day commemoration. I was actually there when he visited Arlington on May 30th, but not on his trip to the Leavenworth National Cemetery on May 31st. I'm a bit peeved I didn't go, because I missed the interviews with Kansas City Mayor Collin Butcher, who was in attendance alongside several other local and not-so-local politicos from Kansas and Missouri. The President returned to the White House and I got into a comfortable routine for the next half-week with Press Secretary Bill Bradley. I recall Bill from his earlier, brief run as Deputy Press Secretary for the President in 1998, when I hounded him on the Philippines conflict. That junta is gone now, but the questions are not much different today than they were 13 years ago, just moved in geography. On June 3rd, the deficit hawks, now growing under Senator Hayden Straus, began making demands of the President shortly thereafter to keep spending under control or they wouldn't raise the debt ceiling. They would go on to form the Gang of Eight, and all the mess that entails. On June 9th, I covered the signing of the CFCEREA Act, basically an update of the Adair-Clark bill that has been hounded as "the greatest reform" of our generation. I'll believe it when I see it. I was with the President when he went on his first two-week vacation on June 10th. A working vacation, Walken spent the week visiting Liberty locals and speaking at his High School. The Shallicks rented out a fancy ballroom where I was unable to attend President Walken's 62nd birthday celebration. We do have images of the arrivals of several high-profile politicos. From Robert Ritchie to Dawson Ackland, anybody who was anybody attended. On June 19th, Walken threw out the first pitch. For reasons I do need to state, baseball fanatics are still very spiteful of President Walken, and there were more than a few boos. Especially since he didn't really pick a side in the St. Louis-Kansas City matchup. But the event was otherwise lowkey and Walken watched from a shaded skybox, alongside Dayton Moore and Adam Eaton. Pete Ross, his senior counselor and a former baseball player himself, was probably the one most at home in the ballpark. Upon his immediate return from vacation, the President was immediately hit by leaked news that he sought to replace Fed Chairman Ronald Ehrlich. Ehrlich's had it coming for a longtime. Our economic troubles can be traced back to the bursting of the dot-com bubble... which happened pretty much right after Ehrlich took office. But that's just my personal gripe, and Bill Bradley handled it with a lot more poise and discretion. During his vacation, we can assume that President Walken has decided on who will be the next Fed Chairman, although he has yet to announce anything official. I'm betting on the Hayak-lover, Louise Larman.
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#4959
July 2nd, 2011, 08:40 AM
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Some images:
 Photo by Ron Ehrlich. Released to the Josiah Bartlet Presidential Library. Early 1966: This grainy image was taken by Ron Ehrlich on a picnic with his then-girlfriend Abigail Barrington at Notre Dame. She would later leave him for seminary student Josiah Bartlet, future President of the United States. Ehrlich is the outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman.  Photo by Alicia Silverstone Congresswoman Martha Blaine (D-CA) has recently announced her own pregnancy. Blaine is unmarried, and has received some criticism on right-wing blogs. She told a press junket that she is "following in the footsteps of proud single mothers. Like Former Congresswoman Wyatt of Maryland." Recasting Alicia Silverstone as Blaine, as the previous actress failed to show up to work.  Photo by John Lithgow and some RL people. Not saying that Lithgow isn't a RL person, but... Senator Jon Huntingdon (D-RI) is always a favorite on The View for his easy demeanor and witty repertoire.
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#4960
July 2nd, 2011, 12:45 PM
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BBC.CO.UK/News
Saturday July 2nd 2011 Sir Guy Royston dies The MP for Liverpool Riverside, Sir Guy Royston has died after his long battle with throat and stomach cancer. Royston an MP since 1970 was a popular figure in the House of Commons across all parties. At the General Election in April, both Liberal Democrat and Conservatives withdrew there candidates because of Royston illness. Prime-Minister Andrew Carter called him "A giant of the House of Commons, a legend who will be missed by everyone". Acting Labour Leader Peter Kennedy said "The House of Commons will be worse off without him". Acting Liberal Democrat Leader Emma Dean said he was a "honest, decent, public servant". His death means a by-election will be required, and probably held in the early Autumn. It will be the first by-election of the new Parlaiment. Last edited by Marky Bunny; July 2nd, 2011 at 12:53 PM..
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