Corroborating widespread reports during the series' taping in October, NBC on Monday finally announced that deposed Illinois Gov.

Democratic Sens. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota won't seek re-election this fall, party officials say, bringing to four the number of open Senate seats Democrats must defend to protect their majority.

In an unusual press release announcing the resignation of his legislative staff, former aides to party-switching Rep.

Today I rise in defense of President Obama's love of golf. Michelle Cottle of The New Republic has written an ignorant, superficial and odious little piece this morning, slamming the President for his "dangerous obsession" with the game.

E-mail-theft-gate? I agree. But could this possibly be the same Boxer who once sponsored the The Military Whistleblower Protection Act.

Andrew Revkin, the New York Times's global-warming reporter, has several e-mails in the purloined batch of CRU material and seems to be embarrassed, if not implicated, by a couple of them. His reports in the paper, so far, have been strictly damage control.

In December of 2008, MSNBC talked about the GOP's "new star": first-term Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, who was emerging as the "folksy, wry" stand-out of the auto bailout talks.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday she would not run for president again, and brushed off suggestions that she is being marginalized in the Obama White House.

In the war on the czars, Glenn Beck and the GOP are picking up reinforcements from an unlikely source: the Democratic Party.

A well-known anti-abortion activist was shot multiple times and killed Friday morning in front of a Michigan high school and another man was shot and killed just miles away in what police are investigating as related incidents.

Our fifth monthly national survey matching up Barack Obama against some possible 2012 opponents comes to the same two primary conclusions as the other four: 1) Obama leads all comers 2) Mike Huckabee, at least at this early stage, is the strongest GOP candidate

Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, a doctor from Oklahoma, offered an amendment to the current healthcare bill being developed in the Senate that would require all members of Congress use the public option if passed.

Minnesota's Supreme Court has dismissed former Sen. Norm Coleman's challenge to the state's November election results and declared Democratic challenger Al Franken the winner.

In the '80s, it was the politics of dancing. In the '90s, the politics of caring. Today, in bailout nation, we have the politics of driving.

It's a laugh riot, isn't it? Actually, they might be laughing more at Gibbs's feeble way of ducking the question than The One's looming broken promise, but in Gibbs's defense, what's he supposed to say? Obama pounded McCain for wanting to pay for health care by taxing …

The contest may not be as heated as the battle over Iran policy, but it does provoke some politically-oriented trash talk.

When a Senate Republican left his party in 2001, elevating the Democrats to majority status, one member of the GOP was especially vocal about his displeasure: Arlen Specter.

Seventy-two percent (72%) of U.S. voters say the United States should take more military action to prevent further piracy against American and other ships off Africa's east coast.

It is high time Americans heard an argument that might turn a vague national uneasiness into a vivid awareness of something going very wrong. The argument is that the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) is unconstitutional.

When Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testified about the AIG bailout at a House hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota was among those questioning them.

The lines are forming at the stimulus trough, and the definition of 'shovel-ready' has proven to be amazingly broad and sometimes outright silly.

Karl Rove on Obama's rhetoric

Unlike the U.S., real GDP began falling in the second quarter of 2008 in Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. By no coincidence, that was when the price of oil rose as high as $145 a barrel.

All sorts of big government solutions are being proposed to combat the country's economic troubles, but Americans are clear on one thing: 75% say the federal government should not take over the U.S. banking system.

There's been a lot of criticism of religious conservatives, particularly from the non-religious left. Many complain that religious conservatives have religious tests, in which the only candidate that they will vote for is a Christian candidate. And for some, that is true.

2008 saw a really mediocre crop of Republican candidates. I mean, seriously. A mayor, a Mormon, a moderate, minister, and a monologuer. Sounds like the beginning of a really lame joke. However, there's hope.

Well Senator, you did it. Honestly, it was probably inevitable. You were an amazingly charismatic African-American senator who picked the right campaign theme in the right year. You trounced McCain. I'll admit it. You won, and you won handily. With style. Good for you.

One of my politics classes require a polling assignment. Rather than go out into the world and start calling people in my phone book (because that would be work), I decided to ask Newsvine. Here's the question:

...Andy Min, after Jackie conceded in the middle of week 7. These two viners each wrote an article a day, five days a week.

It ain't over 'till it's over, but it's sure close. John McCain could pull off an electoral victory, but even if he did, he probably wouldn't run again in 2012 (he'd be 76!). Today, I give a few predictions on who to watch down the road. John Boehner

Follow the if-msm-covered tag for more about CNN covering the Civil War, MSNBC covering the Revolutionary War, and more... On November 8th, 1864, CNN cut all their usual programs for an election night special in Washington D.C. The transcript follows.

Three themes resound throughout Ayn Rand's enduring and endearing classic, Atlas Shrugged. All three pervade throughout the book, and explain why many of us believe what we believe.

Just in time for its (and my) birthday, OpenOffice.org 3.0 was officially released today, after several builds had been found on the FTP sites several weeks before.

There are five types of people who read this column. The first are people who read me for technology. I love you guys. Then there's the guys who read my political pieces and agree with me. Great. I'm not the only one in the world who thinks what I think. Then there's a third tier.

You already know about all the major third parties. However, did you know that there are also a bunch of smaller third parties? Most are one plank activists trying to draw attention to an issue (Prohibition Party), extremists (Socialist Party USA), or bloggers (Boston Tea Party).

After helping his good buddy Mike Huckabee almost take the Republican nomination in 2008, rumors are that Chuck Norris is prepping himself for a 2012 run. Today, we take a look at Norris' record and credentials. Cabinet

Abraham Lincoln is one of the most popular presidents in history. However, anyone in 1863 would have laughed at you to hear that. In Colonel Alexander McClure's engaging book, you'll learn just that.

After the original releases of three Ubuntu machines last year, Dell has quietly been adding to its repository of Linux-powered machines. The newest is a UK-based Inspiron Mini 9, reported by TheRegister.

I'm an ISTJ. That's got a lot of benefits, but the biggest disadvantage is that we are really uncreative (most popular job: accountant. Sample ISTJs: Puddleglum, Eeyore). Today, I am going to buck that trend with the uber awesome... ARENA OF DROLL!!! Here are the rules.

Every year, tons of people run for president. However, there are really only a handful of people who actually have any name recognition whatsoever and can at least poll over 0.1%.

The United States of America is pretty friendly towards homeschoolers. Many early presidents were homeschooled. Every homeschooling case brought up has been defended by the courts, federally and locally, and Congress (Wisconsin v. Yoder, California's In re Rachel L., etc).

Whenever I'm in a car (especially by myself), I gotta listen to music. And in my opinion, the best genre for drivers is country. There's just nothing like listening country music when driving. Here's a collection of my top 10 driving songs with a country twang.

According to the latest news from TheAtlantic and C-SPAN (currently, site is down), House Resolution 3997 was overwhelmingly rejected by the House that Pelosi apparently didn't build. 95 Democrats broke with Pelosi and sided with the House GOP's strong stance on the bailout.

This entire election has centered on two things for the Democrats: "the economy is a failure" and "the war is a failure".

I got this email from Mike Huckabee, and I agree with him 100%. Its a shame that the Republicans did not choose him!

Follow the if-msm-covered tag for more about CNN covering the Civil War, MSNBC covering the Revolutionary War, and more... In March, 1778, MSNBC ran one of their famous non-biased television segments on Valley Forge. The transcript follows.

Since the beginning of the internet, one question has reigned supreme: what are the best xkcd comics? It's always a tough one: deciding between the famous Bored With The Internet, the famous April Fool's Trolling, and the time honored favorite Sandwich.

Yankee Stadium just closed, and I'm really going to miss it.

For the latest Last Viner Standing contest, contestants have to write about how they would implement their own Newsvine writing contest. I immediately thought of an idea I had been bouncing around in my head for weeks. The reasoning