Unable to move beyond his ultra-liberal image and far behind his rival in fundraising, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom dropped his bid to become governor, leaving former governor Jerry Brown as the only Democrat in the race to succeed Gov.

The Obama White House on Friday said the $787-billion economic stimulus plan approved early this year had saved or created 640,329 jobs so far.

Talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah have broken down, and Abdullah is likely to pull out of next week's presidential runoff, a person with knowledge of the talks said Friday.

President Barack Obama on Friday discussed a commander's request for more troops for Afghanistan with the Pentagon top brass in a sign his lengthy strategy review was getting closer to the end.

Tugged in different political directions, the White House is seeking credit for good economic news and trying to escape blame for the bad stuff.

Surprising, if not shocking, news from the this morning: Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence parties candidate, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters. The state Assemblywoman has not

Many times in science we've thought we had a complete understanding of some nook and cranny in nature. Only to discover we were actually seeing a subset of a much wider and deeper context. It is this uncertainty that some

Finally, says President Obama in his weekly address, I get to deliver some "better news" for a change: Thursday's GDP report, Recovery Act successes and clean energy investments. And he's not shy about taking credit for "blunting the worst of

Here's a result from the new Fox News poll. Asked which president is "more responsible for the current state of the economy," only 18 percent say President Obama. Fifty-eight percent say former President George W. Bush. Nine percent blame both

Rangers du jour: grog, Got a Grip, mtperson, noddem, and jennyjem, with jlms qkw waving the editor's wand. LiberalKentuckian looks at Canada's better-late-than-never effort to protect natural habitat while cutting carbon emissions in (grog) rhetoricus gives the right a nice

As some of you might have noticed last night, the bulk of the attention of the wrap will be dedicated to Tuesday night's contests. Everything else (i.e. the 2010 stuff) will be located "In Other News...." for the time being.

From the folks at Think Progress, a conservative , after the White House released visitor logs from the first six months of the Obama presidency: Except for one tiny detail -- White House ethics counselor Norm Eisen: Given this large

Why has it historically been so tough to keep House progressives standing strong and using the leverage of their voting bloc to extract concessions on important legislation the way Blue Dogs have been able to? Part of the reason is

Coming up on Sunday Kos .... Recently, Plutonium Page has been blogging about specific issues related to nuclear non-proliferation. On Sunday, she will step back and get a good look at the bigger picture, in an exclusive interview with the

From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE... Let's Play A Game This is gonna be fun. First, everybody get naked. Wow, that was fast. Now, to play the game all you have to do is guess which of these comments about

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., last week said he'd move ahead with a plan that allows states to opt out within the first year, but that's failed so far to stir the eight to 12 moderates whose votes are

the committee which funds House campaigns, a few days ago: I wanted to share some exciting news with you. Today, Democrats under the leadership of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have officially introduced our new bill in the House of Representatives. This

Fifteen years ago, as a freshman Democrat, Lieberman actually worked to have the filibuster killed. He deemed the parliamentary maneuver "a dinosaur" that had become "a symbol of a lot that ails Washington today." And, in tandem with Sen. Tom

With a weekend and a Monday to go until Election Day, in a race that is as tight as it can be, New Jersey's Republican gubernatorial nominee Chris Christie is picking a really bad time to lose his marbles a

for the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and DFA shows that a Blanche Lincoln filibuster would be a pretty stupid political move. when Republican were all about the "up or down" vote? Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works committee