Ala. ex-trooper pleads in civil rights-era slaying - Audio

Ala. ex-trooper pleads in civil rights-era slaying: "A white former state trooper pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge in the 1965 shooting death of a black man at a civil rights protest, a killing that inspired historic voting rights marches.

James Bonard Fowler, 77, entered the plea of misdemeanor second-degree manslaughter two weeks before he was scheduled to go to trial on a murder charge for the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson. Jackson's shooting in the city of Marion set off protests at nearby Selma that led to passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Fowler was sentenced to six months in jail in Geneva County, his home county."
Cordelia Billingsley, daughter of Jimmie Lee Jackson, holds a photo of her slain father Jimmie Lee Jackson at the Perry County Courthouse in Marion, Ala., on Monday.

Retired Alabama State Trooper James Bonard Fowler, 77, center, plead guilty to killing Jimmie Lee Jackson in 1965 during a Civil Rights protest and will serve 6 months in jail.

Senate Leader Deals Blow to President on Arms Treaty - NYTimes.com

Senate Leader Deals Blow to President on Arms Treaty - NYTimes.com: "The Senate should not vote on a new arms control treaty with Russia during the lame-duck session that opened this week, a Senate Republican leader said on Tuesday in what could be a devastating blow to President Obama’s most tangible foreign policy achievement.

Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate and the critical player in the discussions on the New Start treaty, told the Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, that there was not enough time to negotiate an agreement that would clear the way for ratification of the pact."

President Obama awards Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor – Live Stream

Live @ 1400: http://www.whitehouse.gov/live.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2010/0916/Medal-of-Honor-recipient-Salvatore-Giunta-tells-his-story

Charles Rangel guilty on 11 ethics charges - John Bresnahan - POLITICO.com

Charles Rangel guilty on 11 ethics charges - John Bresnahan - POLITICO.com: "Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) has been found guilty on 11 ethics charges, ending a two-year investigation into his personal finances.

A special eight-member panel of the House ethics committee, after deliberating for roughly six hours, found that there was 'clear and convincing evidence' that Rangel had violated House ethics on 11 of the 13 charges he faced heading into a rare public ethics trial."

John McCain Attacks Rand Paul's 'Isolationism' In Willingness To Cut Defense Spending

DoD Buzz | McCain Warns of GOP Isolationists

"I think there are going to be some tensions within our party," McCain said during a conference put on by Foreign Policy Initiative, a DC-based think tank. "I worry a lot about the rise of protectionism and isolationism in the Republican Party."

A prime example, McCain continued, was Rand Paul, Kentucky's next U.S. Senator.

"I admire his victory, but ... already he has talked about withdrawals [and] cuts in defense," McCain said.

Indeed, Paul appears to have taken after the more libertarian side of foreign policy issues, much like his father, Texas Rep. Rand Paul (R)

Mitch McConnell Backs Earmark Ban After Requesting Nearly $1 BILLION In Pork

Mitch McConnell Backs Earmark Ban After Requesting Nearly $1 BILLION In Pork: "McConnell, a member of the Appropriations Committee, is a longtime defender of earmarking. The Kentucky Republican has requested 158 solo earmarks amounting to a cost of $927,872,000 over the past two years, according to data provided by LegiStorm."

Glenn Beck reneges on promise to rabbis | Opinion | Jewish Journal

Glenn Beck reneges on promise to rabbis | Opinion | Jewish Journal: "Yesterday, Glenn Beck and the leadership of Fox News made a mockery of their commitment to me and two rabbis. Let me take a few steps back to tell you why what happened yesterday scares me.

On Tuesday night, many in our community were gathered together, in Brooklyn, in Dayton, in Santa Barbara. Seventy-two years ago, the homes, shops, and synagogues of many of our parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents were ransacked, broken, and burned as Nazi storm troopers destroyed towns and villages across Germany and Austria. Many historians view Kristallnacht as the beginning of the Final Solution and the Holocaust."

Glenn Beck's Remarks About Soros And The Holocaust 'Offensive And Over The Top'

Glenn Beck's Remarks About Soros And The Holocaust 'Offensive And Over The Top': "The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today criticized as 'completely inappropriate and offensive' remarks by Glenn Beck on his radio and television programs, in which he inaccurately connected George Soros, who was then a young boy, to the actions of others in sending Jews to death camps during the Holocaust."

Media In Politics » Blog Archive » Farm Subsidies Highlight The Hypocrisy Of Anti-Spending Politicians

Media In Politics » Blog Archive » Farm Subsidies Highlight The Hypocrisy Of Anti-Spending Politicians: "Many Republicans who swept rural Democrats from office are now confronting the reality of a promise to reduce spending: Should it cover the farm subsidies that have brought money and jobs to their districts – and directly benefited some GOP lawmakers or their families?

At least 13 Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee lost on Nov. 2, and most of then helped steer generous farm support back home. Many of their replacements avoided the issue of farm payments during the campaign as they focused on broader themes of lowering federal spending and changing Washington.

They’ll have to face it soon enough. Congress is expected to begin work on the next five-year farm bill before the 2012 election."

Prediction – Marco Rubio will be the GOP vice-presidential nominee

Plainly put: he has to be!

In order to effectively cleave a wedge into the building hold the Democrats have on Latinos the GOP/Republicans/Conservatives  will nominate Rubio.  That will be the strategy. 

The one issue will be the Tea Party-Conservatives.

Politico: The handsome 39-year-old Florida senator-elect has graced the covers of National Review, the Weekly Standard, Time and the New York Times Magazine. He's been called "the Great Right Hope" and "the Republican Obama." Sen. Jim DeMint, Rubio's key early ally, recently predicted he'd be president within five years. Rubio's Wikipedia page already has a "Presidential election 2012" section.
No Republican in memory has come to Washington with such fanfare. And none has had so much riding on a successful Capitol Hill rollout.
His advisers helped to draw up carefully calibrated post-election plans for Rubio, where after his humble, gracious Nov. 4 speech thanking the voters of Florida, the senator-elect would go dark. To escape all the demands on his time, he would take off for the other side of the world. When he got back, he'd try to follow the Hillary Clinton playbook, winning respect on both sides of the aisle by keeping his head down and his nose to the grindstone.