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...time , and launched an ethics probe against the Republican state attorney general . Both men resigned. After defeating incumbent Gov. Frank Murkowski for the GOP nomination and winning the general election, Palin sold the gubernatorial jet and ditched the complimentary chef , boosting her approval rating to a high of 93 percent...
...Jack Abramoff’s dealings with Indian tribes , and railed against the pork barrel projects approved by a Republican Congress . While Palin scraped the pork barrel for federal dollars herself, she also line-item-vetoed $268 million worth of hometown projects from the state budget, or about 10 percent of state spending. These political victories have enabled the McCain campaign to sell her as a bull moose, not as a culture warrior...
...proof is in the polling. According to a recent CBS News poll, 46 percent of independents view Palin favorably, while Joe Biden musters only 31 percent. What’s more, 53 percent of registered voters approve of McCain’s choice for VP, while 48 percent are happy with Barack Obama’s. Who’s polarizing whom...
...three days from collaborations that have come out of this institute,” Eric S. Lander, founding director of the institute and leader of the Human Genome Project, told The New York Times. The institute has also been very successful at reeling in research grants, winning over 40 percent of the grants it has applied for, according to Broad. Reflecting this success, Broad researchers announced just this week that they had received a six-year $86 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support research to identify and develop molecular tools to signal pathways and cellular processes...
...spokeswoman Jill Gerber said specifics were unavailable, though she said the form would likely aim to standardize reporting on financial aid and endowments. The proposal follows months of threats from the Iowa senator about possible legislation that would require college and university endowments to pay out at least five percent annually—the same standard now applied to public charities. Gerber said this proposal does not diminish prospects for legislation but stressed Grassley’s preference for “self-regulation.” No legislation has been filed, and Gerber said committee staff had only just...