CDN Political Update

A daily update on political news and analysis from Communities Digital News experts

Photo: Papal Conclave

The Vatican conclave, fiscal negotiations, and the economy

A new pope, no movement on the debt crisis and who gets credit for good job numbers? Published 10:14 a.m. March 11, 2013 - Comments
Rand Paul for President, February job report, and Hagel goes to Afghan

Rand Paul is “seriously mulling” running for president, February job numbers are good, Hagel arrives in Afghanistan Published 5:22 p.m. March 8, 2013 - Comments
Sequester fatigue, continuing resolution, Brennan confirmed, CPAC prep

CDN Political Update 11:00am Sequester unchanged, CIA gets director, Republicans prepare for CPAC, North Korea threatens nuclear war Published 10:58 a.m. March 8, 2013 - Comments
Sequester continues, Hillary leads poll and Rand Paul stops talking

Government still gridlocked over not-so-bad sequester cuts, Clinton leads in new poll, and Rand Paul boosts his political capital. Published 10:29 a.m. March 7, 2013 - Comments

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Political Potpourri

A collection of reader guest articles, thoughts and opinions by Communities writers and breaking news and information.
- Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members
  The Boy Scouts of America voted today to allow openly gay boys as scouts but the ban on homosexual leaders remains.
- Obama unscathed by scandals: Popularity over 50%
  After possibly the worst week of the Obama administration, new polls show that the President has escaped relatively unscathed.
- Obama's endlessly loose ends
  Benghazi, the IRS, the AP - Obama had nothing to do with any of them. He knows nothing about them. They're just messy loose ends.
- Applying intuition and common sense to the gun debate
  The gun ban movement has always had a problem with statistics: Statistics don’t support their intuition.
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Covering the world of soccer, including the World Cup, Major League Soccer, D.C. United and the English Premier League and other interesting sporting events.
Steps to Authentic Happiness via Positive Psychology

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The Reader: Crib Sheets for Conservatives
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The Vatican conclave, fiscal negotiations, and the economy