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18 hrs ago | Spencer New Leader

Palin Resignation Leaves Republican Party - Weaker'

's decision to quit as Alaska governor makes her the third Republican in less than three weeks who may have derailed a promising political career, adding to the woes of a party struggling to redeem itself with voters.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Alaska, Alaska Government, US Senate, John Ensign, John McCain

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

Palin Resignation Leaves Republicans `Weaker' as They Seek New Leadership

Sarah Palin a s decision to quit as Alaska governor makes her the third Republican in less than three weeks who may have derailed a promising political career, adding to the woes of a party struggling to redeem itself with voters.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Governors, Sarah Palin, US Senate, John Ensign, Mark Sanford, South Carolina, South Carolina Government

Fri Jul 03, 2009

GreenvilleOnline.com

Pressure on Sanford mounts

COLUMBIA - The Senate's leader said Wednesday that Gov. Mark Sanford had lost the support of the people, and his most trusted friend in the Legislature signaled he might ask Sanford to leave office, clear signs that the governor is facing intense pressure to resign.

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Related Topix: Mark Sanford, US Governors, South Carolina, South Carolina Government, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Gresham Barrett, Bob Inglis

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Philly.com

Sometimes spending saves lives

On the first Monday of summer, nine people lost their lives when Train 112 careened into Train 214 on Washington's Red Line Metrorail.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Coburn, US Senate, Opinion

Los Angeles Times

Calls grow for S.C. Gov. Sanford to quit

Reporting from Washington -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford defied calls for his resignation from GOP leaders Wednesday, insisting he will remain in office even as his political fortunes dimmed in the wake of his admission that he secretly traveled abroad to meet a mistress.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Gresham Barrett, US Senate, Jim DeMint, Mark Sanford, US Governors, South Carolina, South Carolina Government

Wed Jul 01, 2009

McClatchy DC

Turmoil in S. Carolina as calls mount for Sanford to quit

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford met Argentina's former vice president, Daniel Scioli, on June 26, 2008, in LaPlata, Argentina, during a trip last year made to see his mistress.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Jim DeMint, Mark Sanford, US Governors, Columbia, SC, Columbia Metro, US House of Representatives

National Journal

How Deeds Could Help GOP

Democrats threw Republicans a curveball in Virginia last month when they nominated state Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Virginia, Haley Barbour, US Governors, 2008 Presidential Election

Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Post Chronicle

What If Diogenes Shined His Lantern On Washington?

Harlingen, Texas, June 28, 2009: It is a tale of ancient Greece. Diogenes, the Cynic wandered the earth most of his life, holding his lantern high and searching for an honest man.

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Related Topix: Brownsville Metro, Harlingen, TX, US News, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Henry Waxman, Democrat, Republican

KEYC

Questions About Political Future of South Carolina's Governor

And that is our top story this midday.Hello, I'm Rosemary Shultz.The friends of South Carolina's disgraced governor believe he can hang onto his job...But calls for his resignation are expected if evidence emerges he spent any taxpayer money on his extramarital affair...Joel Brown reports.The people of South South Carolina are deciding whether ...

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Related Topix: South Carolina, South Carolina Government, Mark Sanford, US Governors, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Online Journal

NSA's cyber-security grab is a major expansion of web surveillance

With Time magazine reporting that President Obama has narrowed his top choice for the White House 'cyber security czar' position to former Virginia Republican Representative Tom Davis, a leading backer of the Bush administration's surveillance powers over the Internet, comes word from WMR's sources that the National Security Agency has been given a ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Social Software, VoIP, Science / Technology, Internet, Computers

Sun Jun 28, 2009

National Journal

Tom Davis Doesn't Want Cyber Czar Job

Former Rep. Tom Davis , R-Va., said Tuesday that he does not want the job of President Obama 's cybersecurity coordinator despite recent rumblings that he was one of the top contenders for the position.

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US News

Sat Jun 27, 2009

NewsBusters.org

Olbermann Tags Voters 'Idiots,' 'Buffoons' Who...

On Wednesdaya TMs Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann crossed a line that political commentators and other partisan public figures normally do not traverse as they criticize political figures with whom they disagree -- he engaged in name-calling against the average voters who elected his political targets.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Randy Neugebauer, Representative Bill Posey, Jo Ann Davis, Geoff Davis

Fri Jun 26, 2009

The Washington Post

Davis: 'Probably Not' on Cyber Czar Post

By Amy Gardner Tom Davis, the former Republican congressman from Fairfax County and now a director with Deloitte's Federal Government Services division, said he won't take a job as President Obama's new cyber security czar.

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US News

ABC News

Gov. Mark Sanford's Affair

Facing questions over whether he used taxpayer funds to pay for trips to Argentina to see the woman with whom he admitted having an extramarital affair, South Carolina Gov.

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Related Topix: South Carolina, South Carolina Government, Mark Sanford, US Governors, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham, Jim DeMint, US House of Representatives

Thu Jun 25, 2009

CBS 13

Political Fallout Of Sanford's Affair Unknown

Jun 25, 2009 8:18 am US/Pacific S.C. Governor's Confessed Affair Represents Remarkable Fall For Man Who Once Preached 'Moral Legitimacy' COLUMBIA, S.C. 1 of 1 South Carolina Gov.

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Related Topix: South Carolina, South Carolina Government, Columbia, SC, Columbia Metro, Mark Sanford, US Governors, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

D.C. Metro accident raises issues over dedicated funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The deadly crash Monday on Metro's Red Line has raised a political question: Do federal, state and local officials have the will to pay for a modernized, safe and expanding subway system? "Hopefully, this tragedy will remind people you can't run things on the cheap," said former Virginia representative Tom Davis, a Republican who ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Gerald Connolly, Democrat, Virginia, Virginia Government, George Bush, W.

Wed Jun 24, 2009

World News from Times Online

'Missing' Governor Mark Sanford admits affair

Mark Sanford, the Republican govenor or South Carolina, finally ended the mystery over a bizarre week-long disappearance by confessing on live television yesterday that he had been having an affair with a woman in Argentina.

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Related Topix: South Carolina, South Carolina Government, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mark Sanford, US Governors

Internet News

Davis Not Interested in Obama's Cybersecurity Job

IT Jobs Still in Decline, Stabilization May Be Near [June 23, 2009] Almost 35,000 IT jobs lost in May.

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Related Topix: US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics

Politico

A Republican comeback?

For the first time since their 2006 election drubbing, top Republicans see signs - however faint - of a political resurgence over the next year.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Eric Cantor, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Buffalo News

SC governor to return to work after mystery trip

After a political mystery - "Where in the World is South Carolina's Governor?" - Mark Sanford's aides said he was stunned by all the fuss over his five-day absence and would cut short a secretive hike along the Appalachian Trail.

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Related Topix: South Carolina, South Carolina Government, Mark Sanford, US Governors, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

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