Tweet Unfair and unbalanced, maybe. But it was sure fun. After tweaking Fox News not once but twice in the last two weeks, the brain trust behind The Simpsons are backing off the good-natured satirical jabs at its sister network that have provoked the ire of resident FNC curmudgeon Bill O’Reilly, among others. But don’t blame Rupert Murdoch. After [...]

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Tweet Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) told her colleagues Tuesday afternoon that she’ll run the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in the 2012 election cycle, a decision that puts a powerful insider in charge of retaining nearly two dozen incumbents in an uncertain political environment. By selecting the fourth highest-ranking Senate Democrat to take the chairmanship, Democratic [...]

Tweet Sarasota GOP Chairman Joe Gruters formally announced his candidacy for state GOP chairman today. Gruters, 35, is not as well known as other candidates, including Sidney Dinerstein of Palm Beach, Tony DiMatteo of Pinellas, and Deborah Cox-Roush of Hillsborough, but he also happens to have been an early supporter of Gov-elect Rick Scott. From Gruters’ statement: If we want [...]

TweetJeb Bush says President Obama could win re-election in 2012 and that Republicans have yet to offer a “compelling alternative” to current policies. The former Florida governor also praised Sarah Palin’s political instincts and discounted chances for Charlie Crist to make a political comeback – all part of a wide-ranging interview on Monday with Newsmax [...]

TweetWASHINGTON — TV’s Joe Scarborough, who today dismissed Sarah Palin as a symbol of “anti-intellectualism” with a “dopey dream” of being president, will help headline the launch next month of a new national group dedicated to restoring civility in politics. Scarborough, a Republican, former Florida congressman and host of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, will participate [...]

Tweet..On ..Monday, Congress takes up a measure delaying by one month a scheduled 23 percent cut in federal reimbursements to doctors. The cut will automatically go into effect unless Congress acts. But of course Congress will act. Doctors threaten to drop Medicare patients if their rates are cut. Congress has delayed scheduled Medicare cuts for [...]

Tweet The latest sign of imperiled health: In a year Republicans notched big victories in Congress, governor’s offices and statehouses around the nation, California Democrats made a clean sweep of eight statewide contests on Nov. 2. Democrats padded their majority in the Legislature, where the party controls both chambers and no congressional seats changed parties. [...]

TweetPresident Barack Obama wasn’t going to let 12 stitches in his lip stop him from hiittng the basketball court again today — but this time he played with easier competition … his daughters. On Saturday night, Obama (right) went to see Howard University take on Oregon State, which just happens to be coached by Michelle’s [...]

Tweet Reina McWilliams woke one recent Wednesday as usual to the sounds of the “Greatest Hits of the ’60s and ’70s” on Magic 102.7 FM. In between songs, an announcer reported that outgoing Gov. Charlie Crist was considering a pardon of the late Jim Morrison — rock icon and lead singer of the Doors — who was [...]