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Obama’s first year has certainly not, despite the claims of many, been void of important successes. Economists overwhelmingly agree that stimulus measures helped to stem the hemorrhage of jobs, and now even Republican governors are speaking to its effectiveness in bolstering state economies and preventing mass layoffs. The president has been stunningly effective in reversing the decline of foreign opinion of the U.S. President Obama has drawn the American automobile industry back from the brink, protected equal pay for women, launched innovative education reforms, expanded health-care to four million children, begun the decommissioning of Guantanamo...
...Access to Justice program will focus on improving indigent defense services—legal assistance for people who are unable to afford a lawyer. Tribe will serve as a primary liaison to the federal and state judiciary, working with judges and attorneys across the country to improve the delivery of legal services, according to Department of Justice spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler...
...comeback since 2006. For his part, Lieberman accuses many of those same actors of "political tribalism" and calls their tactics "vituperative." But he admits that his defeat in a 2006 primary fight scarred him deeply and remains a source of pain. He has had virtually no contact with his state Democratic Party in nearly four years, and it's easy to see that the episode gnaws at him. "The loss in the 2006 primary was as difficult a moment personally as I've had," he says. (Lieberman entered the race as an independent that fall and won a three...
...four out of the past five presidential elections, Democrats have won the popular vote. That show of force at the national level has roughly coincided with the decline of Republican dominance of the big-state governorships. There is a significant and often overlooked cause and effect between these two phenomena, which, given the current political climate, should make Democrats even more worried than they already are about the November midterm elections. If Republicans can take advantage of the prevailing political winds to reassert control at the state level this year, that could in turn provide an opening...
...While the press tends to obsess over who has the majority of the House and Senate in Washington, it is the gubernatorial contests that can have as much or more impact on America's governance, policy and politics in the long run. Republicans still hold their share of big-state governors' mansions, but Democrats have in recent years controlled the top seats in key battleground states such as Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Ohio. Now, the GOP has a very good chance to take over all of those states, while hanging on to many of the slots they already have...