The Great Midwestern Backlash

Andrew Leonard, Salon
In 2008, Barack Obama carried Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio, three crucial Midwestern states in which he had campaigned unceasingly. Two years later, the midterm tidal wave handed monolithic control of the state legislature and governor's mansion in each state over to Republicans. The new governors, Wisconsin's Scott Walker, Ohio's John Kasich and Michigan's Rick Snyder, immediately and forcefully moved to exploit their power in pursuit of bold Republican agendas.We're not just talking good old-fashioned budget-balancing mandated cuts in public services. The grandiose...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/03/18/the_great_midwestern_backlash_252253.html

JOHN KASICH BILL O’REILLY THOMAS SOWELL LINDSEY GRAHAM

Haiti's Aristide Returns From South African Exile

Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned home from seven years in exile to a celebrity welcome Friday, mobbed by close allies and journalists outside his private plane before being hustled into an airport VIP lounge as crowds of supporters rallied in the streets.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/18/134654360/haitis-aristide-returns-from-south-african-exile?ft=1&f=1004

Ann Coulter Judd Gregg Tucker Carlson Dick Armey

Pakistan Official Condemns Deadly U.S. Drone Strike

The army chief said the missiles struck a peaceful meeting of tribal elders, killing 38. Pakistani intelligence officials said, however, that those killed were militants. The accusation by Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani adds tension to a relationship that was already strained by the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis by a CIA contractor who was freed Wednesday.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/17/134627762/pakistan-official-condemns-deadly-u-s-drone-strike?ft=1&f=1003

MARK SANFORD Jay Webber TOM DELAY MIKE MURPHY

Skeptical of a Libya No-Fly Zone

Stanley Kurtz, National Review
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Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/03/18/skeptical_of_a_libya_no-fly_zone_252241.html

Carte Goodwin Jay Goyal Nikki Haley Jaime Herrera

Army Clarifies Purple Heart Rules For Soldiers

The new guidelines should make it easier for soldiers with traumatic brain injuries from explosions to receive the Purple Heart. The Army's move comes in response to an investigation published last September by NPR and ProPublica that revealed some soldiers had been wrongly denied the medal.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/17/134604533/army-revising-purple-heart-rules-for-soldiers?ft=1&f=1003

Jay Goyal Nikki Haley Jaime Herrera Ellie Boldman Hill