Rasmussen Reports - Once again, the Rasmussen Reports national telephone poll of the Democratic Presidential nominating competition shows New York Senator Hillary Clinton with a solid lead. It's a bit bigger lead this week than last–12 points instead of eight–but the general dynamic of the race remains unchanged.
AP - Majority Democrats in the Senate are forcing their Republican colleagues on the record about whether embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should keep his job.
Reuters - National park rangers in the
Democratic Republic of Congo are battling to save a 2-month-old
gorilla found clinging to its dead mother, who was shot dead
through the back of the head, conservationists said on Sunday.
AP - The high hurdles faced by congressional Democrats in their efforts to end the Iraq war make electing a Democratic president in 2008 the best way to finish the conflict, Democratic party chairman Howard Dean said Saturday.
AP - With top Democratic lawmakers threatening to pull $700 million a year in aid to Colombia, former President Bill Clinton appeared with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday and urged Congress to consider that the country has made strides to overcome violence.
CQPolitics.com - Time will tell whether the new White House war czar was putting on a show for Senate Democrats yesterday or whether he represents a real shift in direction for a president prepared to yield on his Iraq policies.
AP - Opposition mounted among House Democrats on Thursday to an energy proposal that would block California and 11 states from regulating tailpipe emissions.
CQPolitics.com - With the indictment of Rep. William J. Jefferson throwing a spotlight on congressional behavior, House Democrats will try next week to change the chamber’s rules to let outsiders file ethics complaints.
CQPolitics.com - CQPolitics.com on Tuesday rated Senate contests in 2008 for Republican-held seats in Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire and North Carolina as highly competitive.
CQPolitics.com - In their new role as the House majority, the Democrats so far this year have shown overwhelming unity on legislative votes. There are some exceptions, though — and they mostly come from members of the big and decisive House Class of 2006 who prevailed last year in politically competitive districts and could face […]
