http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ en Copyright 2009 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:39:25 -0600 The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the baton and http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/house_health_care_overhaul_faces_senate_stone_wall.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/house_health_care_overhaul_faces_senate_stone_wall.html Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:39:23 -0600 The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the baton and http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/health_care_overhaul_faces_stone_wall_in_senate.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/health_care_overhaul_faces_stone_wall_in_senate.html Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:10:23 -0600 The family of the alleged Fort Hood shooter held his mother's funeral at the same Virginia mosque that two Sept. 11 hijackers attended in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there.Whether the Fort Hood shooter associated with the hijackers is something the FBI will probably look into, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/alleged_shooter_tied_to_mosque_of_9_11_hijackers.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/alleged_shooter_tied_to_mosque_of_9_11_hijackers.html Pamela Hess The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:10:26 -0600 The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the baton and http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/house_health_care_bill_has_nowhere_to_go_in_senate.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/house_health_care_bill_has_nowhere_to_go_in_senate.html Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:09:33 -0600 The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama would be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's trip to Washington to address Jewish groups, ending days of uncertainty.Netanyahu was to arrive in the U.S. capital Sunday night for a speaking engagement at the three-day 2009 General Assembly of The Jewish http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/obama_will_meet_netanyahu_at_white_house.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/obama_will_meet_netanyahu_at_white_house.html Steven R. Hurst The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:09:29 -0600 The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the baton and http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/big_question_mark__fate_of_health_care_in_senate.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/big_question_mark__fate_of_health_care_in_senate.html Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:09:22 -0600 President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future.In a Rose Garden statement, Obama said the development would facilitate national elections in January, as required by the constitution, and ease fears of a delay in withdrawing http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/obama_calls_new_election_law_a_milestone_for_iraq.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/obama_calls_new_election_law_a_milestone_for_iraq.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:09:27 -0600 President Barack Obama said Sunday it was time for the Senate to "take the baton" on health care reform after the House passed its plan for overhauling the nation's health care system."For years we've been told that this couldn't be done," Obama said in a brief statement from the Rose Garden. "But last night the House proved different."The http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/obama_says_it_s_now_senate_s_turn_on_health_care.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/obama_says_it_s_now_senate_s_turn_on_health_care.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:39:22 -0600 Democrats just don't get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party's peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the majority's victory on health care.Voters are "tired of the borrowing, the spending, the bailouts, the takeovers," said Rep. Mike Pence of http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/gop_officials_say_dems_put_agenda_ahead_of_country.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/gop_officials_say_dems_put_agenda_ahead_of_country.html Douglass K. Daniel The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:09:25 -0600 After Mayor Michael Bloomberg was nearly unseated by his little-known challenger, the ever-confident billionaire declared it a "great week" and threw a ticker-tape parade.Granted, the over-the-top celebration was for the Yankees, who had just won the World Series for the first time in Bloomberg's eight years.But it might as well have been a bash http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/analysis__nyc_mayor_not_humbled_by_close_election.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/analysis__nyc_mayor_not_humbled_by_close_election.html Sara Kugler The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:09:22 -0600 A comparison of the health care bills before Congress.The Democratic-controlled House passed its legislation on a 220-215 vote Saturday night. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is finalizing legislation merging the work of two committees and making other changes. The Senate Democrats' http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/house__senate_health_care_bills_detailed.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/house__senate_health_care_bills_detailed.html Erica Werner And Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:09:26 -0600 A top House Republican says passage of the health care bill shows that Democrats didn't get the message from voters last week and in summer town-hall meetings.The No. 3 House Republican, Indiana's Mike Pence, says Democrats are putting their liberal, big government agenda ahead of the American people.The Democrat who is overseeing the party's http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/gop_lawmaker_says_dems_put_agenda_ahead_of_country.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/gop_lawmaker_says_dems_put_agenda_ahead_of_country.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:09:24 -0600 The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed far-reaching health care legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard-won victory on his chief domestic priority though the road ahead in the Senate promises to be rocky.The 220-215 vote late Saturday cleared the way for the Senate to begin a long-delayed debate on the issue that has come to http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/tough_road_ahead_in_senate_for_health_care_bill.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/tough_road_ahead_in_senate_for_health_care_bill.html Erica Werner The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:09:21 -0600 The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood.An Army major, Nidal Malik Hasan (nih-DAHL' mah-LEEK' hah-SAHN'), is suspected of killing 13 people and wounding 29 others at the Army post in Texas.Sen. Joe Lieberman says he wants to determine whether the http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/senator__senate_will_investigate_army_shootings.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/senator__senate_will_investigate_army_shootings.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:39:19 -0600 The Army's chief of staff says he believes more troops are needed in Afghanistan. But Gen. George Casey isn't saying exactly how many more should be sent into the war.Casey says more troops would help cut into the Taliban's successes while U.S. forces continue training Afghan security forces.President Barack Obama is considering several options to http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/casey_says_war_in_afghanistan_needs_more_us_troops.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/casey_says_war_in_afghanistan_needs_more_us_troops.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:10:24 -0600 The Army's chief of staff says the Army is taking a hard look at itself to make certain that something like the Fort Hood rampage doesn't happen again.The shootings left 13 dead and 29 wounded. The alleged gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan (nih-DAHL' mah-LEEK' hah-SAHN'), was wounded by civilian police.Gen. George Casey warns against reaching http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/casey__shootings_leading_to_a_hard_look_at_army.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/casey__shootings_leading_to_a_hard_look_at_army.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:09:21 -0600 The Army chief of staff says it's important for the country not to get caught up in speculation about the Muslim faith of the alleged Fort Hood gunman.Gen. George Casey says he's instructed his commanders to be on the lookout for that reaction to the killings at the Texas post.He says focusing on the Islamic roots of the suspected shooter, Maj. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/army_chief__avoid_speculation_about_hasan_s_faith.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/army_chief__avoid_speculation_about_hasan_s_faith.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:39:21 -0600 The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority.Republicans were nearly unanimous in opposing the plan that would expand coverage to tens of millions of Americans who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/landmark_health_bill_passes_house_on_close_vote.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/landmark_health_bill_passes_house_on_close_vote.html Erica Werner The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:40:23 -0600 Oh, how the tables have turned.Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governors' races in a cross-country Democratic wave.Now, with most states under their control and comfortable http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/2010_elections__democratic_fears__republican_hopes.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/2010_elections__democratic_fears__republican_hopes.html Liz Sidoti The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:39:24 -0600 A bipartisan House coalition voted Saturday to prohibit coverage of abortions in a new government-run health care plan that Democrats would establish to compete with private insurers.The 240-194 vote on an amendment by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., was a blow to liberals, who would have allowed the Obama administration and its successors to decide http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/house_votes_strict_ban_on_abortion_subsidies.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/house_votes_strict_ban_on_abortion_subsidies.html Erica Werner The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:39:19 -0600 In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.The 220-215 vote cleared the way for the Senate to begin a http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/house_passes_health_care_bill_on_close_vote.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/house_passes_health_care_bill_on_close_vote.html David Espo The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:09:21 -0600 Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.Terrance Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a life sentence by a judge who told the teenager he threw his life away.They didn't kill anyone, but they effectively were sentenced http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/high_court_to_look_at_life_in_prison_for_juveniles.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/high_court_to_look_at_life_in_prison_for_juveniles.html Mark Sherman The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:39:21 -0600 The 240-194 roll call Saturday by which the House voted to prohibit federal funding of abortions in a Democratic-written health care bill.A "yes" vote is a vote to prohibit federal funding of abortions.Voting yes were 64 Democrats and 176 Republicans.Voting no were 194 Democrats and 0 Republicans.X denotes those not voting.Present denotes those http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/house_roll_call__how_they_voted_on_abortion_issue.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/08/house_roll_call__how_they_voted_on_abortion_issue.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:10:20 -0600