CNN Ex-senator Brooke gets gold medal of Congress Boston Globe WASHINGTON - For more than an hour yesterday, Washington's most powerful politicians lauded former Massachusetts senator Edward W. Brooke, praising the 90-year-old Republican for breaking down partisan divisions and racial barriers. ... An honor for a Senate pioneer Washington Post Congress honors Senate pioneer MiamiHerald.com Congress honors former US senator Brooke USA Today CNN International Related posts: An honor for a Sen

See how a Liberal TV Host challenges a true conservative candidate for US Senate – Mike Wiley http://www.lasvegassun.com/videos/2009/oct/22/3086/ – segment 1 http://www.lasvegassun.com/videos/2009/oct/22/3087/ – segment 2 http://www.lasvegassun.com/videos/2009/oct/22/3088/ – segment 3 http://www.lasvegassun.com/videos/2009/oct/22/3089/ – segment4 Mike Wiley Republican Conservative for US Senate www.wileyforsenate.com 702-561-9887

-By Warner Todd Huston Roll Call is reporting that the $250 billion extension to the Medicare physician payment program was defeated in the Senate today. Reid couldn’t even get a simple majority losing in a 47 to 53 vote. Naturally Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev) blames the Republicans. Reid complained that the loss was a result of “activities and actions by the Republican-dominated Washington.” Seriously. A “Republican dominated Washington”? Did Harry Reid miss the fact that th

See why I wasn’t panicking yesterday? When even a lowly eeyorepundit like me is telling you to chillax, chillax.If Democratic leadership hoped Republican Olympia Snowe’s decision to cross party lines Tuesday would inspire her fellow middle-of-the-roaders, they were mistaken…Moderate Democrats did draw plenty of inspiration from Snowe – but instead of using her “yes” vote as a reason to embrace health care reform, fence-sitters hailed the caveats in her public statement Tuesday as a rationale for

Reporting the score as it stands a halftime is fine sports journalism. But it isn’t big news, just a progress report. The real news is who won, and how they did it. So the big news story of Tuesday, October 13, was a halftime report : After months of relentless courting and suspense, Senator Olympia J. Snowe, Republican of Maine, cast her vote with Democrats on Tuesday as the Senate Finance Committee approved legislation to remake the health care system and provide coverage to millions of