http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/ en-us Copyright 2009 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:41:28 -0500 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:26:53 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A business-friendly group said this afternoon that on Thursday it will launch a $10 million nationwide TV ad blitz warning against doing too much, too fast on the health care overhaul. The Employment Policies Institute joins the US Chamber... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/probusiness_gro.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/probusiness_gro.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:41:28 -0500 Americans are divided over whether President Obama is taking too long -- "dithering" in the dismissive description of former Vice President Dick Cheney -- to decide whether to send more US troops to Afghanistan, a new poll suggests. The CNN/Opinion... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/americans_divid_3.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/americans_divid_3.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:00:57 -0500 Republicans, boosted by winning two races for governor last week, have more reason for optimism. A new Gallup Poll released today found the GOP inching ahead of the Democrats in a generic House race in next year's mid-term election, largely... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/gop_gains_among.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/gop_gains_among.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:23:57 -0500 President Obama leaves Thursday on an extensive diplomatic tour of Asia with a busy schedule of meetings during nine days in Japan, Singapore, China, and South Korea. But not on his itinerary is a stop in either Hiroshima or Nagasaki,... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/obamas_nuclear.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/obamas_nuclear.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:41:40 -0500 var w = 539;var h = 353;var playerId = 21913462001;var textSize = 17;var customTitle = "" ;var bctid = 49635026001;var flashvars = {w:w, h:h, bctid:bctid, playerId:playerId, textSize:textSize, customTitle:customTitle};var params = {salign:"tl", scale:"noscale", AllowScriptAccess:"always", allowFullScreen:true};var attributes = {id:"player491"};swfobject.embedSWF("http://cache.boston.com/multimedia/templates/swfs/blog_player.swf", "player491", w, h,... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/obama_leads_mou.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/obama_leads_mou.html President Obama Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:38:00 -0500 In a long-awaited decision, President Obama today announced he is nominating the chief scientist at the US Department of Agriculture and a former top official at the Gates Foundation as the nation's top foreign aid official. If confirmed, Rajiv Shah... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/obama_taps_fore.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/obama_taps_fore.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:04:33 -0500 By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- Former President Bill Clinton, who has painful personal experience with failure on health care reform, urged Senate Democrats this afternoon to get a bill passed. "It's not important to be perfect. It's important... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/clinton_gives_p.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/clinton_gives_p.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:49:14 -0500 Senator John F. Kerry, who came to national prominence when he testified before Congress as a Vietnam war hero turned anti-war activist, is now warning against those pushing for a troop surge in Afghanistan by asserting that the same could... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/kerry_warns_aga.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/kerry_warns_aga.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:02:26 -0500 Senator John F. Kerry is cosponsoring a bill he announced today he will introduce to give more aid to small businesses that have military reservists on their payrolls. Authored with Representative Ron Klein of Florida, the legislation would provide tax... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/kerry_seeks_hel.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/kerry_seeks_hel.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:15:47 -0500 The White House today announced an effort to make the federal government the "model" employer of returning military veterans. President Obama will be joined this evening by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Secretary of... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/more_help_for_v.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/more_help_for_v.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:10:06 -0500 By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration today has more research to help make its case for allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces. A survey of troops who served in Iraq and... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/study_builds_ca.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/study_builds_ca.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:48:30 -0500 The long-debated Cape Wind project is a significant measure of US commitment to alternative energy, Representative Edward Markey said today, urging a federal decision before the global warming conference in Denmark early next month. Markey wrote a letter today to... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/markey_presses.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/markey_presses.html Congress Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:02:58 -0500 Vice President Joe Biden heads to Michigan today to talk up the Obama administration's efforts to boost the economy. He will meet with Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to discuss jobs, which are in short supply in a state where the... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/biden_touts_job.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/biden_touts_job.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:41:41 -0500 While the 39 Democrats who voted against the health care bill have received quite a bit of notoriety, the lone Republican who supported it is getting his share of attention. Representative Anh Cao, a freshman from New Orleans, is a... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/lone_gop_vote_f.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/lone_gop_vote_f.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:59:57 -0500 Republicans are going aggressively after one of the key moderate Democrats who could decide the health care bill's fate in the Senate -- accusing Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas with an attempted "flip-flop" worthy of John F. Kerry. A web... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/gop_slams_linco.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/11/gop_slams_linco.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:26:02 -0500