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Americans Hold High Opinion Of Colleges

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Opinion Research, Independents, College, Favorability Rating, College News, Pew Research Center, Pew Center, Conservative Republicans, American Opinion, Study, Liberal Democrats, Universities, College News

Americans across party lines have a pretty high opinion of colleges. In a new Pew Research Center poll, only small businesses and technology compan...

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UK Energy Secretary Resignation Could Help Conservative Policy

Reuters | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: UK, Energy, Chris Huhne Quits, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Video, Chris Huhne, UK Environment, UK Politcs, Chris Huhne UK Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne Speeding Allegations, Liberal Democrats, Reuters, Green News

* Huhne denies lying to police about 2003 speeding offence * Scandal hurts Lib Dems, satisfies some Conservatives * Fell...

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Progressive Prescription for a GOP White House -- Challenge President Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Presidential Election, Gop, President Obama and Progressives, Cornel West, Democratic Primaries, Liberal Democrats, Ralph Nader, Progressives, Politics News

Trying to get a Democrat to launch a primary challenge against Obama is not simply progressive parlor rhetoric about what Obama should or should not be doing. This is a prescription for a GOP White House.

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Obama Losing Liberal And Black Support Over Jobs Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 09.25.2011

Amidst new research showing historic disparity in wealth between whites and minorities, President Obama is facing plummeting approval over his jobs ag...

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While Labor Unions Show Their Might In U.K., Workers' Influence Remains Slight In U.S.

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Conservative Party, British Strikes, Ed Balls, Labour Party, British Labor Strikes, David Cameron, British Unions, Business News, Organized Labor, Organized Labor u.s., Liberal Democrats, Austerity, Business News

To those prone to suggest that the power of organized labor is declining in advanced economies, Great Britain offered up a potent counter-argument las...

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750,000 Public Sector Workers Go On Strike In Britain

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, Conservative Party, Ed Balls, Labour Party, David Cameron, British Unions, Ed Miliband, Liberal Democrats, Austerity, Video, Business News

LONDON — Thousands of British schools will close and travelers will face long lines at airport immigration Thursday when three quarters of a million...

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UK Plans World's First State-Backed Green Investment Bank

AP | By JANE WARDELL | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Treasury, Nick Clegg, UK Green Bank, British Government, Activist Bank, David Government, Greenpeace, Liberal Democrats, British Bank, Environmental Bank, Business News

LONDON -- The British government outlined plans for the world's first state-backed green investment bank on Monday – a key plank of its pledge t...

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Liberal Democrats Are Hurting Obama's Presidency Over Libya

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Libya, Liberal Democrats and Obama, Obama Libya, Liberal Democrats, Dennis Kucinich, Politics News

Outbursts from Dennis Kucinich and other Democrats about Obama violating Congressional trust and prerogatives on Libya, simply adds to the political confusion. And that's political manna from heaven for the GOP.

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Dems Struck Dumb (Or, "Messaging for Milquetoasts?")

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Plenty of liberals are plenty upset with President Obama for that tax-cut deal he made with the Republicans.

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Progressives and Liberal Democrats Blowing Hot Air Obama's on Tax Cut Deal

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Tax Cuts Wealthy, Obama Tax Cuts, Bush Tax Cuts Extension, Bush Tax Cuts and Obama, Liberal Democrats, Progressives, Obama Bush Tax Cuts Wealthy, Bush Tax Cuts Expire, President Obama, Politics News

It's odious to give money to those who don't need it, will hoard it, and not create one job, or save one foreclosed home, or help sustain one small business.

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Republicans Play Chicken with the Chicken Soup

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Negotiation, Gop, Mitch McConnell, Liberals, Liberal Democrats, Tax Rates, Inheritance Tax, Congress, Tax Breaks, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Bush Tax Cuts, Progressive Taxes, U.S. Senate, Conservatives, Tax Cuts, Obama Compromise, Republicans, Politics News

So you're walking down the street, another cold December morning, and you're on your way to work, and you've seen this view a thousand times before a...

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nick Clegg, UK Election Debate, UK, France, Germany, European Union, Spain, Europe, London, UK Election, Liberals, Financial Crisis, Bank of England, Liberal Democrats, Financial Regulation, UK Politics, Gordon Brown, British Election, David Cameron, Nick Clegg Bio, Democrats, National Debt, National Debt Soars, Green News, UK Parliament, Pm, Prime Minister, Business, Business News, Global Economy, Green Living, Greece, Facebook, Twitter, World News

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Global Economy, Nick Clegg Bio, Liberals, France, David Cameron, Spain, Business, Facebook, London, Gordon Brown, UK Parliament, Bank of England, National Debt, British Election, Greece, Germany, National Debt Soars, Business News, Financial Crisis, Pm, Prime Minister, Liberal Democrats, Financial Regulation, Twitter, UK Politics, Nick Clegg, European Union, Green Living, Democrats, UK Election Debate, Green News, Europe, UK Election, Banks, World News

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Key Players In Britain's Coalition Government

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, Conservative Party, David Cameron, UK Government, UK Election, United Kingdom, World News

LONDON — Britain's new coalition government was still coming into focus Wednesday. Here are some of its key players: Prime Minister – Con...

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Nick Clegg Faces Agonizing Coalition Choice

AP | JENNIFER QUINN and JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, Labour Party, David Cameron, Conservative Party, World News

LONDON — The kingmaker in Britain's drama-soaked election faces what must be an agonizing choice. Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats must deci...

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Liberal Democrats Mull Pact With Conservatives To Form Government

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER and DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg, Labor, Conservatives, David Cameron, Liberal Democrats Conservative, UK Election, Liberal Democrats, World News

LONDON — Within days, Britain may have something it hasn't seen since World War II – a coalition government. The first-place Conservative...

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UK Voting System Could See Fundamental Reform

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, UK Election, UK Voting System, Hung Parliament, Coalition Government, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labor, Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, House of Commons, British Elections, World News

LONDON — Britain's messy, unresolved election may have created the conditions for fundamental change of a voting system that has inspired democr...

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The Real Deal in London

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, Electoral Reform, Tony Blair, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Democratic Unionist Party, UK Election, Liberal Democrats, Austerity, World News

Cameron and Clegg have grabbed the post-election spotlight, and are doing deals behind closed doors to forge a coalition, and force out Brown.

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Hung Out to Dry -- Britain's Limp Result

Alan Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown, British Election, Conservatives, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, David Cameron, World News

What's missing on both sides of the pond are powerful ideas that dare to pose a different on about immigration, freedom, war and the economy and that do not fit in to easy soundbites.

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What the UK Election Could Mean for Electoral Reform, Youth, and America

Alex Koroknay-Palicz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nick Clegg, Lowering the Voting Age, Youth Rights, Electoral Reform, Labour Party, UK Election, Liberal Democrats, Gordon Brown, Third Party, World News

Critics say that young people lack the maturity to vote. Considering the selfish, short-sighted policies our elders vote for time and time again, are we really going to be foolish enough to call this mature?

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Nick Clegg Turned To U.S. Campaign Consultants For UK Election Success

San Francisco Chronicle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, SCN Strategies, Rick Ridder, Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrats, Clegg Consultants, Averell "Ace" Smith, Sean Clegg, RDI Strategies, Dan Newman, David Cameron, UK Election, UK Debate, World News

British politician Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats party - not long ago considered a footnote in British elections - got a little hel...

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UK Election: Candidates Make Final Push For Votes

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservative Party, UK, Gordon Brown, Great Britian, Labour Party, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Poll, UK Election, Liberal Democrats, World News

Britain is heading to the polls Thursday to vote in what at least one writer for the Times of London is calling "the most exciting election in a gener...

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Gordon Brown: I'll 'Take Full Responsibility' For UK Election Defeat

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, UK Election, Gordon Brown Defeat, Gordon Brown Resignation, Conservatives, Labor, Liberal Democrats, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, World News

LONDON — Britain's main political parties crisscrossed the country to woo wavering voters Tuesday, but they also courted each other as opinion p...

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UK Election: Conservatives Poised to Give Britain a Good Flocking...

Martin Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservative Party, Gordon Brown, Flock of Seagulls, British Election, Labour Party, UK Election, David Cameron, Tony Blair, Well-Hung Parliament, Rupert Murdoch, Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrats, World News

Only the vagaries of Britain's first-past-the-post "winner-takes-all" electoral system stands between the Labour Party and obliteration.

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Is The Cameron-Clegg Political Honeymoon Over?

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, UK Government, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Liberal Democrats, David Cameron, Conservatives, World News, World News

LONDON — Is the honeymoon over for Britain's unlikely political marriage? Prime Minister David Cameron's coalition government, forged between h...

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