Browner and Daschle among Obama’s policy team leaders
"Policy working group leaders" who are supposed to help translate candidate Barack Obama's promises into President Barack Obama's actions have been named. They include Clinton-era Environmental Protection Agency administration Carol Browner and former senator Tom Daschle (who's reported to also...Affirmative action survives Colo. vote
"Coloradans voted down Amendment 46, becoming the first state to reject an initiative being pushed across the nation that would have eliminated race- and gender- based affirmative action programs," The Rocky Mountain News reports. It writes that "by a slim...Ariz. voters OK marriage amendment
November 5th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Election night non-presidential, Issues, State & local races
Voters approved a ballot measure that amends Arizona's constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman, The Arizona Republic says. Here's the full text of the proposition and the latest tally in Arizona. Californians were...New video: Women discuss Palin, sexism and politics
The Tennessean, one of our fellow Gannett news outlets, recently hosted a roundtable discussion among women of different ages and political persuasions. The topics: Gender bias in politics, the emergence of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on the political...Ban on same-sex marriage trailing in Calif. poll
High-profile initiatives that drive voters to the polls can also influence results of other races if the issues are hot enough to lift voter turnout. So in California this year, much attention is being paid to Proposition 8. It would...Watch for reaction to this: Supreme Court strikes D.C. gun law
The Supreme Court just announced it has affirmed a lower court's decision that struck down the District of Columbia's ban on the possession of handguns and restrictions on the keeping of shotguns and rifles, SCOTUSBlog reports. The vote was 5-4....Issues to watch: North Korea; Supreme Court gun ruling
President Bush just announced that the United States will lift some trade sanctions on North Korea and move to take that country off the list of nation's that sponsor terrorism. The decisions come in reaction to the news that North...What’s new: NRA may be ‘victim of its own success’
June 14th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Issues, Morning briefing, Presidential race, 2008, What's new
The National Rifle Association would like to keep Democrat Barack Obama from winning the White House, but The Los Angeles Times writes this morning that the organization may have a problem: The issue that GOP strategists once relied on to...