Man charged in fatal wreck before getting Mississippi pardon STLtoday.com Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and parole officials said Saturday that they didn't know a man was charged with DUI after a fatal wreck that happened between the time he applied for a pardon and the time Barbour granted it.
Democrats laud, GOP laments Susan G. Komen reversal CBS News Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington also called the decision a "victory" for women. "Politics should never come between women and their health care, and I am very glad that Komen did the right thing and reversed their misguided and deeply ... Susan G. Komen's priceless giftSalon
Hood sees his shadow Yall Politics By Frank Corder Mississippi Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood woke up this morning, let out a big yawn, stretched high to the sky, stepped out of his house and... you guessed it - he saw his shadow. We'll have six more weeks of pardons. Pardoned killer found in Wyo.Natchez Democrat
Forgetting a key lesson from Watergate? CNN Nixon aides had dispatched the burglars to the Democratic headquarters to gather intelligence on his political opponents. To cover up the break-in, the president would take the nation on a two-year series of events that came to be known as Watergate.
Movin' on up! Yall Politics by Frank Corder In Monday's Mississippi Press "Political Skinny," nestled in the back of Section C, a rumor was confirmed that has been festering for a few weeks now - that former Democratic state representative Brandon Jones didn't waste any time in ...
Teri Newman: 'Intelligence and integrity are unwelcome' in Illinois politics Belleville News Democrat In an email message to the News-Democrat, Newman wrote: "I am returning to the private sector secure in the knowledge that intelligence and integrity are unwelcome in politics, and that Illinois will continue to have the government it deserves.
Pardoned killer to fight return to Mississippi Fox News A convicted murderer who left Mississippi after being pardoned by former Gov. Haley Barbour seems poised to fight attempts to force him to return from Wyoming. Joseph Ozment's attorney, Robert Moxley, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he will ... AP: Pardoned killer to fight return to MissSan Francisco Chronicle
Democrats struggle to reconcile their new role Yall Politics The big issue going forward for Democrats is how will the party of Obama fare in Mississippi? Playing small ball and issuing poorly worded press releases about inside baseball politics isn't going to get them back to the Promised Land.