Southern Politics
March 3, 2010 -
Late yesterday, Kentucky Republican Sen. Jim Bunning relented on a multi-day filibuster that was holding up passage of a bill including a 30-day extension on unemployment benefits.
March 2, 2010 -
When a group of reporters tried to ask U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning(R-Ky.) yesterday about his efforts to block emergency legislationextending unemployment and health insurance benefits to about a millionjobless Americans, he responded by flashing them his middle finger. The gesture of contempt seems to pretty much capture Bunning'sattitude toward the unemployed, whose benefits expired on Sunday due tothe Senator's obstruction. The bill he's blocking also would have
February 26, 2010 -
Quick: What causes a politician's popularity to tank? A controversial vote, weak performance, general voter unrest -- all can cause poll numbers to drift downward. But for your approval ratings to really bottom out, it takes a scandal.
February 24, 2010 -
The watchdog group Americans United for Separation of Church and State has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate Liberty University in Virginia for what it calls a "clear pattern of partisan intervention" in the recent race for a state House of Delegates seat.