Barack Obama

“A hickie from Kenicke is like a Hallmark Card: When you care enough to send the very best,” a smitten Kenicke says in Grease.
And a birthday card from a spouse as a campaign stunt is…just plain icky. No loving husband or wife would seriously write a birthday card that included the words “Wall Street reform” [...]

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday filed suit against Arizona governor Jan Brewer and the state of Arizona, challenging a new Arizona immigration law, saying it “crossed a constitutional line.”
The brief argues that Arizona law “is preempted by federal law and therefore violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.”
In June, when asked what [...]

Major corporations are spending millions of dollars to influence Congress as Congress works to rewrite telecommunication rules that affect consumer Internet service.
Internet service providers and groups that want more control over who has access to faster service,  including AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and the US Telecom Association, [...]

Eight out of every 10 tea party supporters identify as Republicans and more than half say they are conservative Republicans, according to a series of national polls from Gallup.
“Their similar ideological makeup and views suggest that the Tea Party movement is more a rebranding of core Republicanism than a new or distinct entity on the [...]

The longest serving United States Senator in the nation’s history passed away this morning at the age of 92. Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.V., was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1958, and had served continuously since then.
West Virgina Gov. Joe Manchin III, a Democrat, will appoint Byrd’s successor.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s endorsement may not be a blessing to congressional candidates, Greg Sargent finds in the internals of a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. The same, to a much lesser degree, could be said about President Barack Obama.
“The poll asked people how they’d respond if a Congressional candidate had various hypothetical attributes,” [...]

The race between Republican Susana Martinez and Democrat Diane Denish is “a statistical dead heat,” according to Republican polling firm The Magellan Strategies. Although the poll showed that 44 percent of likely voters back Denish and 43 percent back Martinez — that spread is well within the poll’s margin of error.
Other races aren’t so tight: 45 said [...]

CBS News reports today that Justice Department lawyers are working on a challenge to Arizona’s controversial immigration law. A senior administration official told CBS that Justice lawyers will make a formal move when they’re finished building their case.
The administration had previously only said that it was considering such a challenge. But Secretary of State Hillary [...]

In the wake of the largest oil spill in American history, British Petroleum has agreed to create a $20 billion escrow fund for claims from the spill. BP has also agreed to halt dividend payments to shareholders for the rest of the year.

How is the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico going to affect elections this fall? Whoever can get a handle on public opinion and come out looking like a leader will have an advantage coming into the elections, suggests a recent analysis by a company that mines blogs, social media networks an mainstream media [...]

Obama’s plan to send 1,200 more troops to help with border security met with the approval of New Mexico’s Congressional delegation, but American Civil Liberties Union Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas don’t agree.

Some New Mexico politicians praised President Barack Obama’s reported decision to send 1,200 National Guard troops to the border. Obama will also request $500 million in supplemental funding for border security.

President Obama will send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the border and request an additional $500 million in supplemental funding for border security, he told Senate Republicans today.

President Barack Obama leads former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson by a wide margin in a hypothetical presidential matchup, according to a poll from a Democratic polling firm from North Carolina. Obama leads other potential Republican candidates by smaller margins.

New Mexico U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, both Democrats, signed onto a letter today pledging to end the process of “secret holds” where any Senator can stop a bill from moving forward without disclosing their names.