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The Obama administration on Tuesday outlined a new set of proposed rules for automobile fuel efficiency and emissions. The new rules follow an  announcement in May that the administration had reached a deal with automakers and state governments to create a unified national standard.
“This action will give our auto companies some long-overdue clarity, stability and [...]

When is it fair to accuse a member of Congress of being a “birther”? I’m wrestling with this a little today. Jason Linkins calls Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) a “birther” because, in a video shot and edited by The Huffington Post, he said that President Obama’s birth records were “certainly being looked at” and that [...]

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, confirmed earlier this month after a bruising battle with Republicans, has cast her first vote on the court in a case that’s sure to leave Republicans saying, “I told you so.”
Sotomayor voted with Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, dissenting from the majority’s denial of a [...]

The news that former congressman and President George W. Bush’s Office of Management and Budget director Rob Portman might run for Senate in Ohio is lighting up conservatives like nothing since Sarah Palin shot sparkles from her eyes. Hugh Hewitt:
This is an easy call for GOP supporters across the country.  Rob Portman is smart, experienced, [...]

Sen. George Voinovich, the two-term Republican from Ohio, announces his retirement. Michelle Malkin proclaims victory.
When I think of George Voinovich, I think of his inane blubbering about the shamnesty debacle. Blubber, blubber.

Another good point made by TWI’s Daphne Eviatar and Josh Marshall, who sums it up well. From TPM:
Senate Republicans are following this course for three key reasons — first is payback against a major industrial union; second is payback against states like Michigan and Ohio who have been moving away from the GOP; third is [...]

Never have lawyers been so busy skirmishing over an election  — and it probably won’t end on Election Day.
Today’s lawsuits and rulings include:
The Ohio GOP filed a lawsuit it had previously dropped against Jennifer Brunner, the Democratic secretary of state, claiming she hasn’t done enough to ensure that all provisional ballots are counted fairly and [...]

TWI correspondent Ana Marie Cox, on the McCain campaign trail, reports via video from Columbus, Ohio. Here it is, after the jump:

Ana Marie Cox, our newest correspondent, reports from the campaign trail with Sen. John McCain. Here she covers Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech today in Toledo, Ohio.

Republicans insist voter fraud is rampant. To combat it, they are challenging laws in states that make it easier to vote. But some legal scholars and voting experts worry that this broad-based attack could lead to serious and continuing challenges to the legitimacy of the next president.