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pimg src=”http://images.dailykos.com/i/user/28416/APR_2_7_12.jpg” //p pVisual source: a href=”http://newseum.org”Newseum/a/p pa href=”http://thehill.com/homenews/news/209033-its-super-pac-v-super-pac”Amie Parnes:/abr //p blockquoteIn a clear signal that the 2012 presidential election is gearing up to be a monumental slug fest, the Obama campaign told big-money donors late Monday evening to begin writing their checks to Priorities USA, a top Democratic “super PAC” and make the president’s reelection effort competitive with its deep-pocket

pa href=”"Paul Krugman/a says the only presidential candidates who can meet basic GOP requirements are the clueless or the cynical:/p blockquoteThe Washington Post quotes an unnamed Republican adviser who compared what happened to Mr. Cain, when he suddenly found himself leading in the polls, to the proverbial tale of the dog who had better not catch that car he’s chasing. “Something great and awful happened, the dog caught the car. And of course, dogs don’t know how to drive cars.

pimg src=”http://images.dailykos.com/i/user/28416/APR_11_3.jpg” border=”3″ //p pVisual source: a href=”http://newseum.org”Newseum/a/p pPoor Herman Cain. As if the every-growing scandal involving claims he sexual harassed female employees at the National Restaurant Association wasn’t enough.

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s political career has taken so many turns it has now spawned two comic books. The former first lady and U.S. senator, onetime presidential hopeful and current secretary of state is the subject of a comic book hitting stores Wednesday, the latest in a series of celebrity biographies by Bluewater Productions Inc. Those previously profiled include entertainment stars like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, and fellow politicians from President Barack Obama and Sarah Palin to Clinton herself two years ago. Read More… More on Hillary Clinton

Founded in 1946 by leading liberals such as J. K. Galbraith, Walter Reuther, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Americans for Democratic Action (”ADA”) is America’s oldest liberal organization. Each year, the ADA performs the useful service of rating the “liberal” quotient of each member of Congress’s voting record based on “key” votes.

WASHINGTON — The White House is quietly choreographing every aspect of Elena Kagan’s march toward a lifetime term on the Supreme Court. From working to dampen the impact of revelations about her stint in the Clinton White House to going out of their way to trumpet praise from conservative backers, members of President Barack Obama’s team are using every available tool to burnish Kagan’s image. Take the public release of tens of thousands of pages of files from Kagan’s time as an aide to former President Bill Clinton.

Noted comedian, and HuffPost blogger, Harry Shearer joined Lawrence O’Donnell, who was guest hosting “Countdown” last night, to critique Sarah Palin’s comedic debut on “The Tonight Show.” Noting that this was not just her first time on “The Tonight Show” but actually her first time doing a comedy routine anywhere, Shearer said ” all I could think of when I saw that was Bill Clinton on the Arsenio Hall show, probably the first network gig he’d ever had as a saxophone player… It’s like that paved the way for this.

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton dished up a bit of American politics for her audience at a town hall-style forum. Asked Tuesday how she would feel if former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a Republican, were elected president, Clinton said, “I will not be emigrating.” Then she lamented the seemingly never-ending election cycle in the United States.

Originally published on Youthradio.org , the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Will Nelligan In 2004, after he underwent quadruple bypass surgery, a lot of Americans (including myself) were put a little more in touch with President Clinton’s own mortality. Now, as I find myself glued to my computer and television, awaiting information on his latest of heart troubles, I’m also thinking about the mortality of Mr. Clinton’s party.