Dick Durbin

Jason Linkins

Dick Durbin: People Sliming Michelle Obama Deserve The "Hottest Ring In Hell"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Following hard on the heels of this morning's L.A. Times article, warning of further forthcoming attacks on Michelle Obama, and Maureen Dowd's NYT col...

Obama, Lincoln and The Encouraging Double Ds

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

Karen Dalton-Beninato

Advisers with the same initials a century-and-a-half apart persuaded their gifted but obscure Illinois senator friends to run for the highest office in the land. The Obama and Lincoln Parallels multiply!

Will Thomas

'08 Dems Pressure Reid Over Wiretap Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is under sharp new pressure to bring forward surveillance legislation that would block the Bush administratio...

Democrats May Force All-Night Filibuster On Iraq Withdrawal

The Hill | Manu Raju and Mike Soraghan | Posted 05.25.2011

Senate Democrats might force Republicans to wage a filibuster if the GOP wants to block the latest Iraq withdrawal bill, aides and senators said Tuesd...

Republicans Move To Protect Conservative Talk Radio

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 05.25.2011

House Republicans are threatening to launch a discharge petition on legislation that would ensure the future prosperity of conservative radio talk-sho...