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Down but not out, Sri Lanka’s Fonseka to run again

Sri Lanka’s defeated presidential candidate will contest a parliamentary seat during general elections later this year, an opposition activist said Friday.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

Vice president’s son declines Senate bid in Del.

Beau Biden announced Monday that he will not seek election to the U.S. Senate seat long held by his father, Vice President Joe Biden, putting another Democratic-held Senate seat in jeopardy and dealing another blow to President Barack Obama’s flailing party.
 

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |
 

Mass. Senate race goes down to wire

Democrats and Republicans ramp up election eve get-out-the-vote efforts in the battle for a Massachusetts Senate seat that could decide the fate of President Obama’s health care overhaul.
 

[ More ] January 19th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

Obama embarks on rescue mission to save Massachusetts Senate seat, health care vote

President Barack Obama campaigned Sunday to save an endangered Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and the critical 60th vote needed for his health care plan while the White House and congressional Democrats scrambled to pass the legislation quickly in…

[ More ] January 18th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |
 

Mass. race draws millions to pay for ads

Millions in campaign cash are flooding into Massachusetts in the final days of the race to fill the late Edward M. Kennedy’s Senate seat, funding an all-out ad war between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown.
 

[ More ] January 18th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |