Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
June Kronholz reports on Senate races. For anyone keeping track of the 2008 Senate racesand who isn't'New York’s Charles Schumer, head of the Democrats' Senate campaign committee, offered reporters this analysis of the party's chances against Republican incumbents: Democratic candidates are ahead in five states. Republicans are retiring in Virginia, Colorado and New Mexico. [...]
TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
At Thursday's White House Tupperware Party, Laura Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Elizabeth Dole, Hillary Clinton, and many other famous Washington women will learn how to lock in freshness and burp their bowls. Michelle Obama, however, will not be among th...
Guarino (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Via Under the Dome, it appears that Elizabeth Dole has a significant polling lead over Kay Hagan in spite of the Obama phenomenon. This is a very important race. The nomination of judges depends on the orientation of individual senators....
NewsObserver.com - Politics (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Republican U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole had an audience of N.C. broadcasters to herself Monday after a plan for her to debate Democratic opponent Kay Hagan fell through.
NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Republican U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole had an audience of N.C. broadcasters to herself Monday after a plan for her to debate Democratic opponent Kay Hagan fell through.
NewsObserver.com - Politics (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole spoke this morning to the state's broadcasters about energy, taxes and housing after declining an opportunity to debate her Democratic opponent, state Sen. Kay Hagan.
Midlife And Treachery (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Part the first: Republican Senator Jesse Helms has died. It seems that a former colleague, Elizabeth Dole, feels that Senator Helms eased his stance on HIV so much in recent years…that a global AIDS funding bill deserves his name, in the ‘named after category…After all, He changed his view on foreign relief programs late in his Senate [...]
EdCone.com (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
My newspaper column rounds up a few stories, including the unfair exclusion of Mike Munger from the gubernatorial debates and the Hagan campaign's online lag. You can read the whole thing after the jump.
bjkeefe (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
I dunno. Revisionist history run amok? The Big Lie approach goes huge? Even knowing all we know about Republicans, this astounds: Elizabeth Dole Tries To Name AIDS Bill After Jesse Helms . Forgotten your late 20th century American history? This might help. (h/t: Wait, Wait )
Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
This is so absurd that words escape me. Elizabeth Dole has proposed an amendment to rename a bill that would help fund AIDS research and outreach around the world after Jesse Helms. The man who opposed any and all funding for AIDS research. Words fail me. Read the comments on this post...
Electoral-vote.com (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Election 2008: Presidential, Senate and House Races Updated Daily
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
DO NOT PASS GO: Brave New Films says send Karl Rove to jail. PICKLE: Watch Grandpa John demonstrate the power of Christianity by electrocuting a pickle in a sling. Seriously. ELIZABETH DOLE: Was Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person" on Wednesday for...
Queerty (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
NC Senator Elizabeth Dole’s attempt to name an HIV/AIDS bill after anti-funding politico Jesse Helms earned her a slot on Keith Olbermann’s “Worst Persons” list. [Atomic Gay Wonk]
Slap Upside The Head (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The United States has repealed their ban on HIV-positive visitors and immigrants yesterday as part of a larger bill designed to combat AIDS through research and education. Since 1987, any HIV-positive, non-US citizen was disallowed into the country, even to visit. This bizarre policy was later codified by congress in 1993, requiring another act of congress [...]
POE News (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Oh my. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-NC, has officially requested that the ”Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008" be also named after the late Sen. Jesse Helms, R-NC."That is bizarre," Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., told me this afternoon when I told him this news. "That is absolutely bizarre. The Lantos-Hyde-Helms…...
