In the battle for Congress, 41 is the crucial number. That's the number of seats the Republicans need to win back from the Democrats in next year's midterm elections to take control of the House of Representatives.
Researchers are making the case that a person's political views cause them to see with a tinted perspective.
"Everyone agrees that this is a problem. I guess the disagreement is how to solve it," said the Rev. Dean Reed, pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Stephenville and co-founder of the Texas-based Welcoming Immigrants Network.
Remembering the bailout was well underway under Bush II, I don't see this as a Republican or Democrat issue. It's simply a sign that the scale of the world economy may be too big.
Although I'm fairly bullish on Sarah Palin's prospects of winning the Republican nomination, I also subscribe to the conventional wisdom that, were she to be the nominee, she would have an awfully tough time against Barack Obama in 2012.
Brazil, Japan, China, Russia and Israel are all countries with their own national interests that do not necessarily comport with those of the United States. All have come to see Obama as a diffident, dithering, doubting dilettante who can be dissed with impunity.
The White House called the vote in the Senate historic. And yet within hours of the move to begin a full debate on healthcare legislation, the delicate patchwork of political deals that led to the vote began to unravel.
One day last summer, Gene Mulak, observing carnage in the sand trap, decided it was time to rescue the Leader of the Free World.
"5 reasons to be cynical: 1) Chilcot himself... 2) Recent history... 3) The composition of the committee... 4) The media... 5) Teflon Tony... the lies, cover-ups, war crimes, torture, etc ... never seem to stick to Tony Blair."
The president signaled that he will not be talking about a short-term commitment but rather an effort muscular enough to "dismantle and degrade" the enemy and ensure that "Al Qaeda and its extremist allies cannot operate" in the region.
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