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GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season (AP)

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., puts on his jacket as he leaves his office to go vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.


Dems, GOP warily eye Arizona immigration ruling (AP)

A woman waves a U.S. flag as protesters gather Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix to rally against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - On the surface, a judge's decision to block tough provisions of Arizona's immigration law was a defeat for the state's Republican governor and a win for the Democratic Obama administration. But neither party is sure it will play out that way politically, either this fall or beyond.


Rep Rangel faces charges, trial may hurt Democrats (Reuters)
Reuters - Representative Charles Rangel reached a tentative plea agreement on ethics charges on Thursday, but Republicans may reject it and push for a trial that could hurt his fellow Democrats in the November elections.
Veteran US congressman accused by ethics panel (AFP)

US Rep. Charles Rangel speaks to the media as he returns to his office from a vote at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. The House ethics committee on Thursday accused Rangel of 13 violations including financial wrongdoing, a potential headache for Democrats three months ahead of mid-term elections.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - The House ethics committee on Thursday accused veteran US Representative Charles Rangel of 13 violations including financial wrongdoing, a potential headache for Democrats three months ahead of mid-term elections.


House ethics panel charges Rangel on 13 counts (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A special House of Representatives subcommittee on Thursday outlined 13 counts of ethics violations against Rep. Charles Rangel, the former chairman of the powerful tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. The charges place his political career in jeopardy and could put Democrats on the defensive as November's elections approach.
Democrats catch break with trial's early end (AP)

FILE - In this April 27, 2010 file photo, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel laughs while participating in the annual Richard J. Daley Global Cities Forum in Chicago. Defense attorneys in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevoich had wanted to call Emanuel to testify but the defense rested without calling a single witness, not even Blagojevich himself, sparing Democrats potentially embarrassing testimony and wrapping up the trial well in advance of Labor Day, the traditional kickoff of the fall campaign. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Jurors deciding if former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to sell President Barack Obama's old Senate seat were out of sight Thursday, a far more benign result for Democrats than if the corruption trial had lasted through the summer as expected while the party geared up for tough elections.



 
The Nation.
Palestinian Roads: Cementing Statehood, or Israeli Annexation?
New evidence indicates that the PA's ambitious road-building program--heavily funded by the United States and Europe--is being used by Israel to facilitate settlement expansion.
 
Oil Rig Sinks, as Does Senate Climate Bill
Two environmental disasters flared up this week: oil from a sunken rig is reaching land, and Senator Lindsey Graham has backed off from his bipartisan climate bill.
 
The Breakdown: Will Financial Reform End Bailouts?
The Senate has finally opened debate on Dodd's financial regulatory reform bill--but misperceptions about the bill's impact abound. On this week's podcast, Washington Editor Christopher Hayes asks, will the bill end bailouts? Or just reinforce a broken system?
 
Garzón on Trial
Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón has revolutionized international law--and now faces a suspension that could end his career.
 
Goners
Was Wall Street short-sighted--or did it know full well the financial crisis was coming?
 
Noted.
Jon Wiener on honoring Walter Moseley; John Nichols on Jim Hightower's populism
 
Arizona Burning
The state's incendiary new immigration law has created a police state.
 
Learning to Love the Healthcare Bill
It took time for people to appreciate Medicare and Social Security, but they did.
 
Talking With Tony Judt
A discussion with the author of Ill Fares the Land about social democracy, trains and our desiccated ethical vocabulary.
 
 

 
 
Campaign for America's Future
Focus on Jobs/Economic Recovery Before Deficit Reduction, Progressive Base Warns White House
New Report To Outline The Depth And Breadth Of The Financial Lobby Revolving Door
Progressives Mobilize to Oppose Conservative Peter Peterson Influence on Obama Deficit Commission
Report: Banking Industry Targets Dem Senators To Kill College Loan Provisions In Health Care Bill – and Perhaps Health Reform
CAF to SEN. DODD: CALL FOR VOTE ON INDEPENDENT CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION AGENCY
PROGRESSIVE LEADERS ISSUE WARNING ON FORMATION OF A DEFICIT COMMISSION
POLICY EXPERTS CONTINUE CALL FOR POST TO SEVER "NEWS" DEAL WITH PETER G. PETERSON-FUNDED FISCAL TIMES
POLICY EXPERTS CALL ON WASHINGTON POST TO STOP PRINTING BIASED "NEWS" ARTICLES BY BILLIONAIRE IDEOLOGUE, PETER G. PETERSON
STATEMENT OF ROBERT BOROSAGE ON BERNANKE RENOMINATION
LEFT-RIGHT COALITION SAYS SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE MUST DELAY VOTE ON BERNANKE RENOMINATION

 
The Democratic Strategist
TDS Co-Editor William Galston: How Americans' Shifting Political Ideologies Threaten the Democrats
This item by TDS Co-Editor William Galson is cross-posted from The New Republic.

In a recent post, Jonathan Chait rightly calls our attention to the Pew survey released July 16 that showed how voters rate political parties' ...
Keeping the Record Straight on the Midterm Landscape
At CQ today, Roll Call columnist and election handicapper Stu Rothenberg has a piece today complaining about Democrats who are arguing that it was inevitable all along that they'd have a bad midterm outcome, regardless of the economy ...
Celebrating Unemployment
It's hardly news that state and local governments around the country are laying off workers and reducing services in the current economic and fiscal climate. But putting aside services for a moment, the sheer impact of public-sector ...
Watch out Democrats: the exposure of the dishonest manipulation of videos shown on Andrew Breitbart's websites will not moderate conservative attacks. On the contrary, it will intensify the search for new and even more aggressive tactics to employ.


The exposure of the dishonest manipulation of videos first released on Andrew Breitbart's websites has been widely and properly applauded as a major setback for the hard-right. In the future it is extremely unlikely that the mainstream ...

Caddell and Schoen Officially Join the Right-Wing Noise Machine
Anyone paying attention to the antics of two well-known Democratic pollsters-turned-strategists, Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen, during the last year or so could see it coming. Both strongly opposed health care reform. Both started getting published ...
Fourth Estate Cred Endangered
We've done our share of MSM-bashing hereabouts, and probably not enough shout-outs to the traditional media reporters and columnists who do a good job of covering politics. But MSM groveling at the behest of FoxTV and the wingnuts does ...
Upset in Oklahoma
It's not going to get much national attention, but there was one notable surprise in yesterday's Oklahoma primary: Lt. Gov. Jari Askins narrowly defeated Attorney General Drew Edmondson for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

It appears Askins won by winning big ...
Netroots Opinion: "Run, Sarah, Run" And Other Findings
This weekend the annual gathering of the progressive cyber-tribes, Netroots Nation, convened in Las Vegas, and for the occasion, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research conducted a straw poll of attendees on various topics.

Since this is probably the ...

 
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