Tea party surge reshapes races across Arkansas and Nevada
The latest round of Super Tuesday contests shows tea party and conservative Republicans gaining ground. Blanche Lincoln survives a pro-union challenge in Arkansas while Sharron Angle defeats two GOP rivals in Nevada to face Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Moderate Democrats face pressure as unions lose influence.
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Blanche Lincoln
Bill Halter
Lincoln
MoveOn.org
Halter
Bill Clinton
Big Labor
Nevada
Sharron Angle
U.S
Senate
Sue Lowden
Danny Tarkanian
Angle
Harry Reid
Reid
Barack Obama
Jacksonville Daily News
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Ong named outstanding NCO of the quarter at Air Force Recruiting Service
Staff Sgt. Jessie L. Ong of Randolph AFB Texas receives the air force recruiting service quarterly NCO honor. He is administration technician and son of Betty Kelso and stepson of Tommy Kelso. Ongs wife Cindy is Roswell native.
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Jessie L. Ong
Betty Kelso
Tommy Kelso
Headquarters, Air Force Recruiting Service
Ong
Randolph Air Force Base
Texas
Cindy
Ed Overhold
Roswell
William S. Sloan
Sam S. Sloan
Marine Corps
Sloan
Western Pacific
MAU
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Roswell High School
Firing and hiring political appointees in New Mexico
The piece argues governors normally replace prior appointees with trusted allies and outlines practices from the Plum Book origin to modern state personnel handling. It discusses exempt versus classified posts, turnover during transitions, and the potential for promoting insiders while avoiding broad payroll expansion. The author notes the 59 appointees Bill Richardson claimed to cut, and questions list transparency and transition norms.
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Santa FE
Shost Aoa
Bill Richardson
Washington, D.C
Pres
Eisenhower
New Mexico
Richardson
Bill
Washington
Diane Denish
Jay Miller
la Tusa
Obama’s presidency losing its luster and blame games
A critical column argues Obama’s appeal faded as poll numbers fell. It accuses him of Chicago style politics, cites remarks about inherited fiscal disaster, and faults him for blaming Bush and claiming responsibility for the BP spill, referencing Kalamazoo and Norfolk as examples.
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Chicago
Kalamazoo Central High School
Norfolk
Bush
Massachusetts Senate
Scott Brown
Obama urged to show anger over Gulf spill backlash
A pundit and media debate consider how race and anger shape coverage of President Obama’s response. Critics push for visible displeasure while supporters argue discipline matters more, highlighting comments from Capehart and remarks by O'Reilly about race in crisis discourse.
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Gulf
Spike Lee
Bill Maher
ABC
British Petroleum
Massachusetts
Harvard
Capehart
O’reilly
Fox
O'Reilly Factor
Billoreilly.com
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