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Your 30-second guide to 2014 midtermsHere's the bottom line: Republicans are likely to take control of the Senate and keep control of the House, but only if lots of registered voters who don't want that to happen sit out midterm elections, as they have in the past.
President Obama: a first-class intellect but second-class temperament. Really?Presidential choices are often so constrained by factors outside their control that temperament has little bearing on whether presidents succeed or not.聽
Who wins Senate in Election 2014? 3 reasons it could be mystery for weeks. Here are three reasons why the final shape of Senate might not be known for weeks after Election Day:
Ebola quarantines show deeply conflicting impulses facing politiciansNew Jersey released nurse Kaci Hickox from an Ebola quarantine Monday and New York State eased up on its quarantine rules for 'high-risk' personnel. Such quarantines are an attempt to address public fear, but they might be counterproductive, experts say.
Senator Michelle Obama? Is the first lady eyeing a Senate seat?A gossip site is speculating that Michelle Obama has her eye on the seat of California Senator Dianne Feinstein, who is expected to retire in 2018. 聽
Why new Jeb Bush 2016 hint may really indicate he's runningWhat's interesting about the latest hint that Jeb Bush is giving 'serious thought' to running is its timing. Mr. Bush is reaching the point where it's time to聽start tamping down his supporters鈥� enthusiasm if he鈥檚 leaning towards no-go.
Hillary Clinton says businesses don鈥檛 create jobs. Uh-oh.Hillary Clinton said this at a recent campaign event: 'Don鈥檛 let anybody tell you that it鈥檚 corporations and businesses that create jobs.' Conservatives pounced. Liberals are pleading for context.
Quarantine or not? Key Ebola question pits Obama vs. governorsNew York, New Jersey, and Illinois have ordered the quarantine of anyone returning to the US who has been in contact with Ebola patients in West Africa. Medical experts warn this could discourage health care workers from going there to help.
Same-sex marriage gets another big boost from the Obama administrationUS Attorney General Eric Holder announced Saturday that the Obama administration is adding six more states to the list of those where federal benefits would be granted to same-sex married couples, bringing the total such states to 32.
Tennessee faces challenge to 'abortion destination' reputationA ballot measure in Tennessee states that nothing in the state constitution 鈥渟ecures or protects鈥� a woman鈥檚 right to an abortion, which, if approved, would allow the Republican-led legislature to impose strictures on the procedure.
Election 2014: Rise of independents scrambles the mathKansas, South Dakota, Alaska, and Maine all feature major independent candidates in statewide races, wreaking havoc with the usual political order. American voters are also moving away from the two main parties.聽
What is 'conservative realism,' and can it push Rand Paul to White House?Sen. Rand Paul, a presumed Republican candidate for president in 2016, spoke of 'conservative realism' in a speech this week. It is one prong of his strategy to attract voters beyond the Republican base.
Could Democrat Michelle Nunn actually win Georgia Senate race?Democrat Michelle Nunn is in a surprising dead heat with Republican David Perdue in the Georgia Senate race. She might even be ahead. But there's a potential catch.
Monitor BreakfastWar on Ebola can be won 鈥� with a big effort, says World Bank chiefWorld Bank President Jim Yong Kim, a medical doctor, said that the best way to stop Ebola is to rush people who can help to the African nations at the core of the outbreak. He hailed the New York doctor diagnosed with Ebola as a hero.
Can hero dogs Hurricane and Jordan help Secret Service regain mojo?The Secret Service has been troubled by a series of scandals. So the work of its K-9 agents in bringing down the latest White House fence-jumper is a welcome development.
If GOP takes back Senate, will parties flip views on filibuster, again?A decade ago, Republicans were in the majority and Democrats in the minority, and their positions on the filibuster were the opposite of what they are today.聽
Ted Cruz's 10 priorities for Republicans: not straight with votersRepublicans aren鈥檛 going to get rid of the IRS or pass term limits, a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, a lifetime ban on lobbying for members of Congress or much else on the Ted Cruz Top 10. That's not being straight with voters.聽
How women voters are scrambling Senate races 鈥� in both directionsIn Colorado and New Hampshire, women voters are moving toward the Republican. In Georgia and Iowa, they're moving toward the Democrat.
Ferguson shooting: Evidence appears to support officer's version of eventsRecent leaks out of the federal civil rights investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown suggest that there may not be a sufficient legal basis to proceed with criminal charges against Officer Wilson 鈥� a blow to protesters.
The attack on Canada's Parliament and the 'lone wolf' terroristThe biggest problem with the lone wolf terrorist, whether in Canada or the US, is that there doesn鈥檛 seem to be much that law enforcement can do about them.
