Saturday, November 28, 2009

Arlen Specter

10 Things You Didn't Know About Arlen Specter

Specter has represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate since 1981. more >>

Arlen Specter Stays Republican on Card Check, But Polls Show He May Be Wrong

Good luck climbing out of that polling pit. more >>

Specter Knows: Card Check Is Good for Union Leaders, Democrats, Bad for America

Forget Obama's budget. The most grievous threat to our prosperity is the Employee Free Choice Act. more >>

Specter's Toomey Primary Race Is Tough Because of Limbaugh--as Steele Fiddles

Toomey might get help from Steele, but he already has from Limbaugh. more >>

Specter v. Toomey, again? Pennsylvania Will Be Tough For a Conservative to Win

"Card-check" vote could prove critical for incumbent moderate Republican. more >>

Why Chris Matthews Won't Run for Senate

He didn't know what he'd do if he won the seat held by Arlen Specter. more >>

Mukasey Takes Over at Justice

Much has changed since Michael Mukasey made his first vows to the Department of Justice in 1972, beginning his career as an assistant U.S. attorney. But when the 66-year-old former federal judge took the oath as the 81st attorney general this morning, he promised to uphold the same obligations he had made 35 years ago: to apply the law fairly and impartially. more >>

Recovering Damages From Iran

On Friday, Judge Royce Lamberth is due to announce the amount of damages owed by the government of Iran to the relatives of the victims of the terrorist attack on the Marine Corps barracks in Lebanon in 1983. more >>

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