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Texas politics is becoming curiouser and curiouser. Take the case of U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, the Texas Republican who has consistently been re-elected with record numbers. She is now seeing her lead in the state's gubernatorial race go down a rabbit hole - and the contest is on the verge of being usurped by a candidate supported by the Tea Party...
...want a substantive discussion," President Obama said Tuesday, just moments before his press secretary, Robert Gibbs, stood before reporters with the words eggs, milk and bread written on his palm - a mocking jab at potential Republican 2012 contender, Sarah Palin, who was caught cribbing speech notes from her hand over the weekend...
...Republicans, meanwhile, are also caught in a seemingly contradictory mode. On the one hand, they must broadcast their willingness to do everything they can to work with Obama. On the other hand, Republicans do not want to grant Democrats any major legislative victories before the November elections. "We had a good meeting with the President, and, what I'd like to emphasize is there are some areas of potential agreement," Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said in an e-mailed statement, after meeting with President Tuesday. Outside the White House, however, McConnell offered a different message in person. "What...
...Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Christmas Day bomber. Then he added what looked like a political attack of his own. "Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda," Brennan wrote. Predictably, this caused another round of criticism, with Missouri Senator Kit Bond, the ranking Republican on the Intelligence Committee, responding by announcing that Brennan is part of a "political mess at the White House" that "puts our country at risk." (Read "Obama and Counterterrorism: The Debate Moves Right...
...those discussions continue, Democratic leaders have been trying to focus the public attention on Republicans, with Obama announcing a bipartisan meeting on Feb. 25 to discuss a way forward on health care. Officially, Republicans are welcoming the opportunity, even as they stake out positions that effectively foreclose the possibility of meaningful compromise. "Really, right now, it's up to the President and Speaker Pelosi to start listening to the American people," the No. 2 House Republican, Eric Cantor, told Fox News Tuesday, when asked about the meeting. "If they don't, there's not much to talk about...