Pat Dollard

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The Hill: Now that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has decided to forge ahead with a write-in bid for Senate this November, some worry that the end result could be a bitter and expensive legal battle over the legitimacy of write-in ballots. Declaring that Alaska “cannot accept the extremist views of Joe Miller,” Murkowski announced her [...]

The Hill: Conservative activists on Saturday picked Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) as their choice for president in 2012. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — who was the vice presidential candidate on the unsuccessful 2008 GOP ticket — was voted the pick for vice president in 2012. Palin, who has helped conservative candidates storm the national [...]

NEW YORK (AP) – The Ground Zero Mosque is being embraced by Muslims who initially were indifferent about the plan, partly in response to a sense that their faith is under attack. Shaik Ubaid of the Islamic Leadership Council of Metropolitan New York, one of the groups organizing a summit of U.S. Muslim organizations scheduled [...]

(Reuters) – Mexican soldiers deactivated a bomb at a mall in central Mexico Saturday,

Fox News: Christine O’Donnell, whose Republican primary upset in Delaware’s Senate race shocked the GOP, canceled appearances Sunday on two national newsshows as a video surfaced of her admitting that she once “dabbled in witchcraft.” O’Donnell’s campaign cited scheduling conflicts for canceling the interviews on “Face the Nation” on CBS and “Fox News Sunday.” The [...]

By JONATHAN RAUCH, National Journal: Though headless, the tea party movement is not mindless.

Florida governor Charlie Crist WASHINGTON (AFP) – A Florida couple pleaded guilty to conspiring to hold 39 Filipino employees against their will working in country clubs and hotels, the US Justice Department said Friday. Sophia Manuel, 41, and Alfonso Baldonado Jr., 45, were owners of a labor contracting service based in the Florida city of [...]