Yesterday, the co-authors of John Paul Stevens: An Independent Life spoke at the Center for American Progress, discussing the late justice’s evolution from moderate rookie to liberal leader, particularly as the Reagan appointees rubbed him the wrong way. Our video team was on hand; highlights after the jump:
Nuclear power is courting some new friends as it pushes for government subsidies in the sweeping climate bill being debated in the Senate.
For the last decade, the biggest players in the nuclear industry lent most of their financial backing to Republican candidates and lawmakers, who have been the strongest More…
In the wake of Sen. Arlen Specter’s (D-Pa.) defection from the Republican Party, another prominent GOP moderate is expressing doubts that the party has a future on its current tack to the right. Writing in The New York Times today, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) argues that “the political environment More…
From The Washington Post‘s Chris Cillizza:
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat and announced today that he will run in 2010 as a Democrat, according to a statement he released this morning.
Specter’s decision would give Democrats a 60 seat
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