http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/ en-us Copyright 2009 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:53:00 -0500 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:17:14 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Senator John F. Kerry is taking it upon himself to be Democrats' truth-squad leader against Sarah Palin. After the soon-to-be-ex Alaska governor assailed President Obama's climate change plan as a job killer in an op-ed piece in Tuesday's Washington Post,... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/kerry_keeps_aft.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/kerry_keeps_aft.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:53:00 -0500 Even without him there in person, it was a big day on Capitol Hill for Senator Edward M. Kennedy. His bill to extend federal hate crimes protections to gays and the disabled made it to the Senate floor with its... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/big_day_for_ken.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/big_day_for_ken.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:37:10 -0500 The last to question Judge Sonia Sotomayor today was the newest senator and member of the Judiciary Committee, Al Franken. He started with a soliloquy on how, like Sotomayor, he loved watching "Perry Mason" on TV, though he wondered... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/franken_quizzes.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/franken_quizzes.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:52:52 -0500 With Congress getting back on track on a healthcare overhaul, President Obama declared this afternoon that "we are now closer to the goal of health reform than we have ever been." During his foreign trip last week, leaders of the... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/obama_health_re.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/obama_health_re.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:21:39 -0500 The White House this morning issued its official position on a Pentagon funding bill that is its first showdown with Congress on fixing what it calls a broken Defense Department procurement system. President Obama categorically threatens to veto the bill... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/obama_sets_mark.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/obama_sets_mark.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:45:36 -0500 As Congress races to try to get a healthcare overhaul bill to President Obama's desk before the August recess, both political parties are trying to shape public opinion. Organizing for America, Obama's grassroots group now housed within the Democratic... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/winning_hearts_1.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/winning_hearts_1.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:01:13 -0500 var w = 609;var h = 507;var playerId = 21913462001;var textSize = 17;var customTitle = "" ;var bctid = 29578915001;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:"player857"};swfobject.embedSWF("http://cache.boston.com/multimedia/templates/swfs/blog_player.swf", "player857", w, h,... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/winning_hearts.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/winning_hearts.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:56:18 -0500 It's day three of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, and day two of questions and answers, and if Republicans want to derail her nomination to the Supreme Court, they'll have to do better today in knocking her off stride. In the... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/republican_cite.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/republican_cite.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:17:55 -0500 By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- Ashton B. Carter, under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics, is the Pentagon's top acquisition official -- with oversight of hundreds of billions of dollars in weapons spending and technology research,... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/top_pentagon_we.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/top_pentagon_we.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:00:01 -0500 President Obama this afternoon praised the healthcare overhaul bill unveiled by Democratic leaders in the House. Patterned in significant measure after the 2006 Massachusetts law, it would penalize employers who fail to provide health insurance for their workers and individuals... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/house_unveils_h.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/house_unveils_h.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:43:23 -0500 In her post-governor life, Sarah Palin apparently wants to be a serious policy analyst, as well as GOP heavyweight, mother, etc. In an op-ed piece in today's Washington Post, she critiques the energy plan that President Obama and Democratic allies... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/palin_slams_oba.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/palin_slams_oba.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:34:08 -0500 President Obama landed this afternoon in Michigan -- the state with the nation's highest unemployment rate at 14 percent -- to reassure Americans that better days are ahead, and to talk about the importance of education to grow the economy.... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/obama_to_boost.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/obama_to_boost.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:17:18 -0500 All eyes -- well at least those of baseball fans -- will be on President Obama tonight. Will he throw a strike with the ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star game in St. Louis? Obama told reporters this morning that... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/obama_aims_righ.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/obama_aims_righ.html President Obama Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:45:03 -0500 If they were in a courtroom, not a congressional hearing room, the senators would get slapped for asking leading questions -- the kind with lengthy preambles crafted to produce a particular answer that they want. But in this case, the... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/getting_the_ans.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/getting_the_ans.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:00:12 -0500 In his first major appearance as US senator, Al Franken was humble and solicitous in his opening statement at Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He praised the leadership of committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and pledged to... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/franken_has_fir.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/franken_has_fir.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:17:54 -0500