Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) is using $26 million of its $140 million share in the national mortgage settlement to plug a state budget hole. The rest of the state's share of the $25 billion settlement will go toward helping homeowners hurt by foreclosure abuses. Walker, previously critical of using one-time money from legal settlements to balance the budget, said this was justified because the foreclosure crisis had a "direct impact on the economy."
A poll recently released by a conservative website found that 20 percent of Republicans are likely to vote for President Barack Obama. The survey, conducted by Wenzel Strategies for WorldNetDaily, showed that one in five Republicans are leaning towards or would "definitely" re-elect Obama. In contests against Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, Obama got more than 20 percent of support from Republicans. In a matchup with Ron Paul, 19 percent of Republicans chose the president. "[T]he bloody fight for the Republican presidential nomination -- by most estimations the nastiest GOP fight in memory -- has really hurt the images of the challengers in the eyes of both Republicans and, especially, independent voters," said pollster Fritz Wenzel.
Brett Feese, a former Republican leader in the state House of Representatives, was sentenced this morning to four to 12 years in state prison and fined $25,000 for his role in a state corruption scandal.
Dauphin County Judge Richard Lewis also ordered the 57-year-old to pay $1 million in restitution and serve two years of probation.
Mr. Feese, a onetime House Republican Campaign Committee chairman, was found guilty of all 40 charges against him in November.
Prosecutors said Mr. Feese was involved in hiring out-of-state consultants with public money and diverting legislative employees to work on customized computer software to help elect more Republicans to the Legislature.
In an interview with Connecticut Magazine, Cardinal Edward Egan withdrew his 2002 apology for the Catholic Church's handling of the child molestation accusations against priests, which was once read in all New York parishes. Egan, the former archbishop of New York and former bishop of Bridgeport, said of the letter, "I never should have said that," and added, "I don't think we did anything wrong." Michael Brendan Dougherty writes, "Bishop Egan ran a diocese that was notoriously dangerous for children. Contrary to his claim, during his twelve-year enthronement at Bridgeport, Egan repeatedly failed to investigate priests where there were obvious signs of abuse."
Fox News host Sean Hannity, arguing that President Barack Obama shouldn't be credited with the U.S. finding and killing Osama bin Laden, said, "The public does give him credit for that. But it wouldn't have happened if he had his way, and I think that can be proved as well on tape." Hannity never explained what the tape is, or why he's never broadcast such evidence. read more
What the Pentagon needed on 9/11/01 was a POTUS that didn't suck so bad at his job of protecting the nation.
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lemme guess, a loyal occupy protester...gotta be.
If not, the future president of a chapter for sure...gotta love these scum bags.
Hey I bet she has contacts and that makes for recruiting rapists sooo much easier.
Nope, you can tell by the way she spelled amazing that Teabonics is the bloodthirsty bitch'e first language. Bustamante can still be a Repug first lady if she can somehow convince the authorities that a 'too small stop sign' was responsible for the killing.
There is an article saying progressives are turning the US into East Berlin.
Was it written by Jim 'Gaping Pissant' Hoft?