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When it comes to the “money primary,” Yale employees favor Democratic presidential candidates over their Republican rivals — by a margin of 45 to one. Federal Election Commission filings from the first two quarters of the year show that University faculty and staff have given $44,500 to Democratic presidential candidates — most often to Sen. Barack Obama — and just $1,000 to Republicans. Obama has received $15,700 in contributions from Yale affiliates, while Sen. Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 has received $9,950 in donations so far. Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut raised $9,300, while Republicans Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee attracted...

DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION SCHEDULE FOR 2008 7:00 P.M.             Opening flag burning. 7:10 PM               Hoist the Mexican Flag 7:15 P.M.             Pledge of Allegiance to the United Nations 7:30 P.M.            Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 7:45 P.M              Nonreligious prayer and worship: Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton 8:00 P.M.             Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 8:05 P.M.             Ceremonial tree hugging. 8:15 P.M.             Gay Wedding: Barney Frank, presiding. 8:30 P.M.             Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 8:35 P.M.             Memorial for Saddam, Cindy Sheehan, Susan Sarandon. 9:00 P.M.             Keynote Speech: "The Proper Etiquette for Surrender" by French President...

A Russian researcher, delving anew into once-secret Soviet files from the Cold War, says she has found no evidence that Alger Hiss spied or that Soviet intelligence had any particular interest in him. In a speech to be delivered at a New York University symposium Thursday, Svetlana A. Chervonnaya says neither Hiss' name nor his alleged spy moniker, Ales, appears in any of dozens of documents from Soviet archives that she has reviewed since the early 1990s. A copy of the speech was made available to The Associated Press on Wednesday. Calling her efforts "proving the negative," Chervonnaya says "a...

IT MIGHT SURPRISE you that Chicago, known for its rough-and-tumble futures pits and passionate support for free-market capitalism, has been slowly morphing into a borderline socialist society where every aspect of private life is tightly controlled by the state. We first noticed it a few years ago, when we outlined the Chicago City Council's attempt to ban smoking at all bars and restaurants. Of course, smoking in any large buildings and workplaces had already long since been outlawed. Score one for the socialists. Thanks to opportunistic local politicians and an aggressive lobbying effort from liberal think tanks, the smoking ban...

St. Rita's Nursing Home Reveals Democratic Hypocrisy

(CNSNews.com) - A new black Republican national organization has formed to reach out to minority voters that overwhelmingly vote for the Democratic Party. The new group, calling itself the National Black Republican Association, asserts that blacks are being taken for granted by the Democratic Party and liberal black leadership. "Black Democrats have built their power base on the backs of poor blacks and their black race hustlers like Jesse Jackson, (NAACP Chairman) Julian Bond and (former NAACP president) Kweisi Mfume scream racism, racism. They use poor black people. It's wrong, it's immoral," said the National Black Republican Association's (NBRA) chairman,...

Ilya Somin, a law professor at George Mason University, writes: Apropos the conservatism and "stupidity" issue, you may find interesting the attached data from my analysis of the 2000 National Election Study (the NES is the most comprehensive US survey of political attitudes and knowledge, which breaks down political knowledge by strength of party affiliation. Note that "Strong Republicans" have much higher political knowledge levels than any other group. The 3.3 gap on a 31 point scale between "Strong Republicans" and "Strong Democrats" may not seem like much, but it is the equivalent of that created by a difference of...

Less than a year since a law meant to remove big money from politics took effect, Democratic-leaning interest groups are working to raise millions in large donations in hopes of unseating President Bush and promoting their issues. The groups are emerging as a shadow party with an important advantage. Unlike national party committees, they can accept soft money - contributions from corporations and unions in any size and unlimited donations from any source - for next year's election. "Welcome to campaign finance reform," said Harold Ickes, a former Clinton administration adviser taking part in the effort. "The genesis of all...

My daughter Clare, and it's spelled c-l-a-r-e, she's my fourth child of eight,'' Senator Pete V. Domenici began reluctantly, his voice soft and gravelly. ''Clare was a beautiful, beautiful girl. Now she's all grown up, and she's, well, she's struggling. Struggle is a good word for it.'' Domenici had been sitting beside me in an armchair in his Washington office, chatting about a re-election race that is causing him little anxiety. But when the conversation shifted to his family, and then specifically to his 40-year-old daughter, Clare, he rose abruptly and moved away, putting his solid senatorial desk between us....