http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16716 The writer cheers up Republicans by noting that the election could have gone worse No publisher Jon Margolis Elections 2010-02-05T09:29:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16652 The writer surveys the increasing number of attack ads as election day nears, and offers some advice No publisher Jon Margolis Elections 2010-02-05T09:41:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/332/16631 The so-called "character issue" in politics – often defined as voting for the person you’d most like to have a beer with – is absurd for many reasons... No publisher Jon Margolis Marilyn Musgrave Tom Cole character issue voters attack ads Republican Party negative campaigning Carl Forti Elections oppo research political smear campaigns Paccione Committee Democratic Party Republican Congressional Campaign Angie issues 2010-09-24T22:59:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16529 Worried about falling poll numbers, some Republicans, led by Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, are resisting some of the Bush administration’s more far-reaching attacks on environmental protection No publisher Jon Margolis Elections Congress Republican Party Democratic Party 109th Congress Endangered Species Act offshore drilling National Environmental Policy Act George W. Bush Bush environmental policy Roadless Area Protection Rule Bill Clinton David Alberswerth The Wilderness Soc 2011-11-30T19:13:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16468 The writer thinks he knows why Gale Norton quit No publisher Jon Margolis Appointed Officials 2010-02-05T09:40:46Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/327/16450 If outgoing Interior Secretary Gale Norton didn’t receive a push out the door, she certainly deserved one after her involvement in the sleazy Jack Abramoff scandal No publisher Jon Margolis Native Americans Gambling Appointed Officials Gale Norton Interior Department Jack Abramoff U.S. Cabinet Paul O’Neill John Snow Treasury Department George W. Bush political scandals political corruption Colin Powell John McCain Senate Indian Affairs Committee Republican Party Bush White 2011-11-21T23:46:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16433 The Democratic bloggers on the netroots seem to be prone to wildly optimistic self-delusion – and then again, maybe they’re not so crazy after all No publisher Jon Margolis Media Elections DCCC Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee netroots bloggers Democrats Republicans liberals Internet Web Wikipedia John Kerry George W. Bush elections Congress Howard Dean Heather Wilson Bob Beauprez Marilyn Musgrave Tom Tancredo 2011-11-21T22:47:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16283 The Set America Free Coalition is a new organization that brings together liberals and conservatives to try to reduce America’s dependency on imported fossil fuels No publisher Jon Margolis Oil and Gas Set America Free Coalition Syriana movie screenings George Clooney Matt Damon Frank Gaffney Deron Lovaas Natural resources Defense Council Bracken Hendricks Apollo Alliance fossil fuels Arab world terrorism oil dependence global warming gre 2011-11-12T01:03:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16201 The writer looks behind natural disasters that bedevil our time No publisher Jon Margolis Climate Change Science 2010-02-05T09:28:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16136 The writer thinks re-election for Richard Pombo won’t be easy this time No publisher Jon Margolis 2010-02-05T09:28:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/316/16126 California Republican Rep. Richard Pombo is having a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad year No publisher Jon Margolis Congress Richard Pombo political scandals House Resources Committee Jack Abramoff John Siegenthaler Wikipedia Charles Hurwitz FDIC savings and loan bailout Mashpee Wampanoag tribe tribal recognition Native American Affairs Subcommittee Pete M 2010-02-05T08:57:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/311/15952 Given the incestuous nature of politics and lobbying in Washington, D.C., and the corruption inherent in the gambling industry, the rise of an opportunist like Jack Abramoff was all but inevitable No publisher Jon Margolis Native Americans Gambling Congress Council for Republican Environmental Advocacy Gale Norton Grover Norquist Italia Federici Jack Abramoff John McCain Indian Affairs Committee Americans for Tax Reform Indian casinos American Indians Jena Band of Choctaws Coushatta Tribe Bureau 2010-02-05T08:31:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15888 Newly confirmed Chief Justice John Roberts may not be the umpire he claims to be, but he could be worse: a counter-revolutionary, like Judge Janice Rogers Brown No publisher Jon Margolis Judicial System U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts Janice Rogers Brown Harriet Myers Senate Judiciary Committee baseball umpires William J. Klem World Serie Commerce Clause U.S. Constitution originalists hidden Constitution constitutional interpretation judici 2010-02-05T08:31:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/305/15764 The new transportation bill makes the day-to-day working of transportation policy more political than it’s ever been – and also serves up some amazing helpings of pork No publisher Jon Margolis Transportation Congress Transportation bill SAFETEA-LU ISTEA legislation political policy George W. Bush political pork highways transportation projects Don Young House Committee on Transportation acronyms 2010-02-05T09:26:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15774 The writer analyzes the recent federal transportation bill – a classic case of pork distribution No publisher Jon Margolis Congress 2010-02-05T09:47:39Z News Article