Obama: There 'may not be an appetite' for immigration bill this year
It doesn't sound like President Obama is confident that Congress will tackle Immigration before the November Elections. "I know there may not be an appetite immediately to dive into another controversial issue," Obama told reporters about Air Force One last night. "There's still work that has to be done on energy. Midterms are coming up." The mini-news conference last night also covered such topics as Goldman Sachs, Obama's pending Supreme Court nomination, and, of course, the new Arizona Law...

Obama: Slow Growth Beats 'Republican' Recession
(Sept. 8) -- President Barack Obama today pummeled Republicans as foes of the Middle Class and defenders of Big Business in remarks that were less about economic solutions and more an election-year warning that a Republican victory would return the nation to recessionary policies of the Bush years. As billed by the White House, today's Speech in Cleveland was supposed to feature the unveiling of ideas aimed at refueling a recovery that has sputtered in recent months. While the president...

News: Santorum, Cockroaches, Thomas Roberts, New Zealand
Gay Rights not high on the list for either party. Gay Kalamazoo City councilman Terry Kuseske dies, is remembered in somber roll call . New York's Intrepid Air and Space Museum to get retired Space Shuttle?  Schumer : "I believe we are in good shape. It's not a done deal, but the arguments we have made about why the Shuttle belongs in New York are resonating." "Getting pissed"  has a whole New meaning . Are cockroach brains the key to combating...

Sen. Byrd's family denounces campaign attack ad
CHARLESTON, W.Va . — The family of the late Robert C. Byrd blasted the GOP nominee for his U.S. Senate seat Sunday after he used an image from Byrd's memorial service in a TV Ad attacking the Democratic nominee. The Ad by Republican John Raese's Campaign seeks to link President Barack Obama to Gov. Joe Manchin by displaying an image of the two Democrats at the State Capitol ceremony marking Byrd's June 28 death. Raese and Manchin are running in a Special Election for what remains of...

Gay Successor to Chicago Mayor?
Richard M. Daley (pictured), Chicagos mayor since 1989, surprised the City by announcing Tuesday he wont seek Reelection in 2011 and political observers say the Windy Citys first Openly Gay alderman is a potential successor. Daley, 68, made his announcement at a brief Press Conference, saying, This is a personal decision, no more, no less, and that its time for both him and the City to move on, the Chicago Tribune reports. Daley, a Democrat and son of longtime mayor Richard...