Former Congressman Mark Foley Breaks Silence On Sex Scandal
NEW YORK — Even today, two years after Mark Foley’s very public fall from grace, the former congressman can’t explain why he sent lurid, sexually explicit computer messages to male teens who had worked as Capitol Hill pages. Sitting in his room at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York this week, the Florida Republican, wearing a yellow tie with blue elephants, finally broke his silence
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle: The Last Word On Proposition 8
In our last post , we vented our frustration with the decision of voters in California, Florida, and Arizona to write anti-gay discrimination into their state constitutions. Clearly, many readers share our sentiments–there is a great deal of anger out there on what is otherwise an exultant day in progressive America.
Bil Browning: Today is the Day but I’m angry instead
I’ve sat here today flipping aimlessly from one blog to news sites to e-mail to Twitter and back again.
Gay Marriage Bans Succeeding
State amendments to ban gay marriage did well across the country with voters in Arizona and Florida approving proposals to outlaw same-sex marriage and Californians on the verge of passing such an amendment in their state. The proposal in Arizona was a stripped-down version of an amendment that was narrowly voted down two years ago
Obama win raises Cubans hopes for change
HAVANA (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s promise of change reached across the Florida Straits on Tuesday as Cubans said his victory over John McCain gave them hope for better relations with the United States and improvement in their own lives.
Florida’s Voting Glitches May Even Affect Paper Ballots
TALLAHASSSEE — Voting glitches are cropping up across the state, including jammed optical scanners in some precincts in South Florida and Leon County, misprinted ballots in Hollywood, and waits as long as three hours at one precinct in Miami, voting rights advocates reported this morning. Advocates could not say whether the problems were isolated or widespread.
Randi Rhodes: American Superhero
They’ll probably never make an action packed Hollywood blockbuster about the heroes we’ve seen and heard about lately. But it will be hard to depict the quiet determination of everyday Americans who are making every effort they can to change the direction of this nation
Sheri and Allan Rivlin: Hour by Hour Guide to Election Returns — Part 1: Introduction
Daniel Berrier of ElectoPundit also contributed to this Post. Part 1: Introduction This is actually quite simple: CenteredPolitics.com places 259 electoral votes safely in Barack Obama’s column based on a fairly conservative reading of pre-election polling.
Sara Louise Lazarus: Campaign Journal: My Great Schlep To Florida
Sara Louise Lazarus is an Grassroots Correspondent for HuffPost’s OffTheBus.
Bruce Wilson: Katherine Harris Was in Sarah Palin’s Spiritual Warfare Network
Katherine Harris became notorious for her role in the U.S.
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