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Daily Briefing – Romney On Ropes
Arizona - After a few weeks away from each other, the four remaining Republican candidates for president will meet on stage in Mesa, Arizona tonight for a debate to be broadcast on CNN(8PET). Once again, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney(R) finds himself struggling to retain his front runner status as former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum(R) slides [...]
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Pushed To The Middle
There are signs Virginia Republican lawmakers, who now control both chambers of the state legislature, and Governor Bob McDonnell(R), are being pushed back to the center on a variety of proposed laws drawing national attention and negative local reaction. House votes on a series of anti-abortion measures and a gun law allowing the purchase of [...]
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Confidence
Heading into his second year in office Alabama Governor Robert Bentley(R) feels good about his controversial budget proposal becoming law and he is also confident changes can be made to the state’s anti-illegal immigration law that will satisfy most concerns. Bentley made his comments in an extended interview with the Mobile Press Register. On the [...]
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What To Expect At The NGA
(Washington, D.C.) – As the nation’s governors begin to arrive in Washington, D.C. for the annual Winter Meeting of the National Governors Association, there is the printed agenda and then everything else that is going on. Rarely is the focus of the major meetings, breakout sessions and ancillary meetings of regional governor’s groups as interesting [...]
Fairly Unbalanced And Fine With It
Only On GoJo - Al Gore made her do it and she’s happy he did. Of all the career options open to former governors, Jennifer Granholm(D) laughs loud and strong when asked why she chose to host a television show on politics on Current TV. Her answer is she didn’t. “I had no plans to be [...]
The Gay Marriage Parade
Only On GoJo - With major developments in the last month in Washington, California, New Jersey and Maryland, it is clear advocates of what is now called, “marriage equality” are making progress. There is a sense that those clinging to the conventional view of marriage as being between a man and a woman are on the [...]
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