Send to a friendOpen Mike, Feb 3-5, 2012 Politico fellow, Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics : Barack Obama's election was supposed to consolidate the millennial generation, 18-29 year olds, as a current and future element of the Democratic base. It was an article of faith among Democrats... Democrats may get lengthy Republican primary raceBoston.com
Castille: Pa. Splits 'Not Absolutely Necessary' NBC 10 Philadelphia The ruling, written by Chief Justice Ronald Castille, a Republican, and joined fully by the three Democrats on the seven-member court, said the challengers also showed the commission “could have easily achieved a substantially greater fidelity to all ... Court clarifies why redistricting plan nixedWilkes Barre Times-Leader
Special Report: Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control Reuters "We have to face the fact that both Democrats and Republicans have for a while viewed this as the third rail of American politics," said John Feinblatt, who helps run MAIG as Bloomberg's chief advisor for policy and strategic planning.
Indiana Republicans Enact Right-to-Work Law The New American The 2010 election shifted 21 of these 98 chambers from Democrat to Republican and two chambers from Democrat control to partisan ties. This gain in state legislative power was complemented by Republicans capturing governorships. Pennsylvania, Ohio ...
DeWeese trial jury breaks for the weekend York Daily Record Bill DeWeese's corruption trial broke for the weekend after failing to agree on a verdict Friday, leaving the once-powerful Democrat's future uncertain. The seven women and five men on the panel huddled in the jury room for most of Thursday and all day ... DeWeese jury deliberates a second dayPhiladelphia Inquirer
Forgetting a key lesson from Watergate? CNN "Watergate was basically a campaign finance scandal," says Chris Dolan, a political science professor at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania. Dolan and others say this historical amnesia can be seen in the US Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ...