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Kentucky Senate Poll Shows Alison Lundergan Grimes A Serious Threat To Unpopular Mitch McConnell
Huffington Post – New poll numbers released on Thursday hold troubling signs for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). According to the survey — conducted by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling on behalf of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy For America — Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky’s Democratic secretary of state who officially…
Read MoreAmbassador Shabazz as Executive-in-Residence at Spalding University
Spalding University and the Board of Trustees recently named Ambassador Shabazz as Executive-in-Residence for the 2013-2014 academic year. As a diplomat, producer and writer, Ambassador Shabazz has spent over 35 years advocating for peace and justice while developing curriculums and programs for educational institutions, executive forums, diplomatic networks, penal systems, conferences and human service organizations…
Read MoreAnthony Weiner is really Carlos Danger?
By Kathy Groob, Founder ElectWomen – Just when New Yorkers had begun to think Anthony Weiner had rehabilitated himself, enter Carlos Danger. Carlos Danger is an alias being used by New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner when Tweeting naked photos of his private parts to young women. Seriously? Come on voters of New York. You…
Read MoreNOTE TO POLITICIANS: This is how you apologize
ABC News’ Betsy Klein reports: On the eve of her 60th birthday, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill said that she has officially buried the hatchet with Bill and Hillary Clinton. McCaskill, who recently signed on to an effort to encourage Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016, acknowledged that she was wrong to say in a…
Read MoreReady for Hillary Campaign Builds Volunteer Base
Ready for Hillary Teams Up with 270 Strategies to Build National Grassroots Army, Harness Volunteer Excitement for Potential 2016 Clinton Candidacy Top Obama Campaign Veterans Will Lead Ready for Hillary Organizing Strategy, Develop Field Operation From the Ground Up MCLEAN, VA – The national grassroots organization Ready for Hillary today announced it is partnering with…
Read MoreAlison Grimes U.S. Senate Campaign Kickoff Tuesday in Lexington
Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes will hold her official campaign kickoff event and rally to defeat the most powerful Republican in the country, Mitch McConnell on Tuesday, July 30th at 5:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Carrick House, 312 North Llmestone Street, Lexington KY. All supporters are welcome and…
Read MoreSpecial Election for State Senate Seat in California Tuesday
By John Ellis — The Fresno Bee – Few among California’s political cognoscenti expected the special election in the Valley’s 16th Senate District to become an expensive, heated, nip-and-tuck showdown between Democrat Leticia Perez and Republican Andy Vidak. But that’s exactly what has happened since Vidak almost won the strongly Democratic district in the primary. Now…
Read MoreEMILY’s List Puts Kentucky’s Elisabeth Jensen on “The List”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, put Elisabeth Jensen, candidate for Congress in Kentucky’s Sixth Congressional District, “On the List.” The EMILY’s List community now stands more than two million members strong. “On the List” is a way to ensure EMILY’s List members can engage with and…
Read MoreNorwegian victim receives jail sentence for reporting rape in Dubai
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/New York Times – DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Norwegian woman who was sentenced to 16 months in jail in Dubai for having sex outside marriage after reporting that she had been raped said Friday that she had decided to speak out in hopes of drawing attention to the risks to outsiders…
Read MoreThe force behind EMILY’s List
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS for POLITICO – Ask around about EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock and two things become clear: She delivers results and isn’t afraid to knock heads in the process. In the three years since she took the helm of the group that works to elect Democratic women, Schriock has grown its membership five-fold while…
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