Copyright 2008 The New York Sun Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:54:34 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Content from Latest Politics | The New York Sun. http://www.latestpolitics.com rsager@netvision.net.il (Ryan Sager) webmaster@nysun.com en-us http://www.latestpolitics.com/article/54 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +02:00 Four words that are almost certain to be heard in the course of any mainstream Democratic proposal to address the mortgage and credit crisis are: not a government bailout. That was the line from Senator Clinton and her advisers as she laid out a proposal that could dramatically increase the government's role in trying to prop up the housing market and stave off further waves of foreclosures across the country. The words serve as a ready rebuttal to the inevitable attacks from small- http://www.latestpolitics.com/article/6 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:00:00 +02:00 Welcome to the Latest Politics Indices. The indices are designed to allow political observers to track the ups and downs of the major candidates for president in 2008. Currently, there are two indices, one for the Republican presidential nomination, the other for the Democratic nomination, both at the national level. The indices take an average of all of the major, national, public polls in a given month and plot them over time to track the candidates' standings. http://www.latestpolitics.com/article/52 Fri, 6 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +02:00 Last week, after intensive calling, emailing, and even threatening by opponents of "amnesty," the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007— a.k.a., comprehensive immigration reform — finally died in the Senate. For one of the bill's key supporters, Senator Graham (derided as "Grahamnesty" by his critics) of South Carolina, one of the questions in the aftermath of the defeat has to be: If the conservative base could bring this bill down, what could they do to me? http://www.latestpolitics.com/article/51 Wed, 4 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +02:00 Fred Thompson and Senator McCain are friends and long time political allies, but they seem to have little in common when it comes to political courage. The latest example came last week when the Supreme Court invalidated the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform's issue ad ban. Mr. McCain expressed disappointment at the court's ruling but declared continued support for the statute itself. This, like the immigration bill, won him no friends on the right. But it was vintage McCain: http://www.latestpolitics.com/article/50 Tue, 3 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +02:00 Spread some butter on this guy — he's toast. Yesterday afternoon, Senator McCain's two top campaign aides, campaign manager Terry Nelson and chief consultant John Weaver, held a somber conference call with reporters to relay the bad news: The McCain campaign has raised only $11.2 million in its second quarter fund-raising drive, far short of its target and on track for another third-place finish behind Mitt Romney and Mayor Giuliani, and as a result is "restructuring." http://www.latestpolitics.com/article/49 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +02:00 Maine is not a state that gets much attention. But, heading into 2008, it's set to become one of the most-watched places in the country as the incumbent Republican senator, Susan Collins, faces off against Democrat Rep. Tom Allen, and observers look northward to see whether New England is a total write-off for Republicans — or whether it just takes a certain breed of elephant to win there. http://www.latestpolitics.com/article/48 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +02:00 Is Mayor Bloomberg vain, crazy, or stupid? More important episodes than the 2008 election have rested on lesser questions of character, but this one really ought to be sorted out before someone gets hurt — such as, say, Mr. Bloomberg's heirs, the charities Mr. Bloomberg supports, or the city that could really use Mr. Bloomberg's steady hand through his regularly scheduled departure on December 31, 2009. http://www.latestpolitics.com/article/47 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +02:00 Just over a week ago, a Democratic-led House Appropriations subcommittee voted to increase funding for abstinence education programs by $27.8 million — an increase that the last, Republican-led Congress had been unwilling to authorize. Surprised? So were liberal activists. In a party that regards such religious right-approved programs as disseminating "false, misleading or distorted information," to quote California Democrat Rep.