Megan Williams Of West Virginia Recants Allegations In Torture Case
huffingtonpost.com 10/21/2009 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A black woman whose racially charged allegations of horrific abuse helped put several people in prison now says she lied when she alleged she was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and tortured in a ramshackle West Virginia trailer. West Virginia authorities said in 2007 ...

Williams & Connolly Sues Client for $2 Million
legaltimes.typepad.com 10/20/2009 — It's not uncommon these days to see law firms suing former clients over unpaid legal bills (see, for instance, McDermott Will & Emery's recent $606,000 case). Still, this latest bit of legal fee litigation seems remarkable: Williams & Connolly is...

Whither Dems? GOPers Say They Should Move To Center
theplumline.whorunsgov.com 17 days ago — Republicans are already capitalizing on yesterday’s results to urge Dems to move to the political center — and a debate is going to break out among Dems over whether that’s the right course or whether Dems need to firm up their ...

Worst GOP rating in a decade
washingtonmonthly.com 29 days ago — WORST GOP RATING IN A DECADE.... CNN, releasing the results of its new poll this afternoon, reports, "The Republican Party's favorable rating among Americans is at lowest level in at least a decade, according to a new national poll." If...

What Did NY-23 Mean?
thenextright.com 17 days ago — [ Disclosure: I worked with the Doug Hoffman campaign . However, the views here are my own. I have not discussed this at all with the Hoffman campaign. ] The bottom line on NY-23 : Doug Hoffman just won the Republican Primary. The general ...

Megan Williams to recant Logan County sex
wvgazette.com 10/21/2009 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Seven people pleaded guilty for their part in abusing Megan Williams -- but now Williams says that abuse never happened. She will hold a press conference Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, to recant her claims of abuse, attorney Byron ...

Saturday Roundup
theplumline.whorunsgov.com 14 days ago — So where are we on health care? * First, the abortion standoff: The anti-abortion amendment to the health care bill will likely pass with GOP support, a GOP aide predicts. As you may have heard, House Dem leaders temporarily resolved a standoff last ...

Isn't 2009 More About the GOP?
fivethirtyeight.com 18 days ago — Perhaps it's my imagination, but there seems to be a lot of media discussion of how the results today in two governor's races and one rather bizarre House race serve somehow as a referendum on Barack Obama, the Democrats, their majority, the ...

Fox News advances false GOP claim that premiums under their plan would be $5,000 lower than Dems' plan
mediamatters.org 14 days ago — In reports on Fox & Friends and America's Newsroom , Fox News advanced the false House Republican claim that "[t]he CBO estimates that health insurance premiums would be nearly $5,000 cheaper under the Republican reforms than the Democratic ...

CNN: Tea Parties And Sarah Palin Are “Driving Moderates Out Of The GOP”
sayanythingblog.com 18 days ago — And the spin continues : On Monday’s AC360, CNN’s Anderson Cooper forwarded the media’s new talking point about the New York 23 congressional race, that “Tea Party protesters and other conservative voices are…driving moderates out of the ...

Three Contests on Election Day Could Signal Political Winds — NYT > Politics 19 days ago
Things to look for Tuesday as results come in from New Jersey, New York and Virginia.

Democratic governor claims GOP is 'at war with themselves' — CNN Political Ticker 18 days ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said Tuesday that the race in New York's 23rd congressional district is evidence that the Republican Party is "at war with themselves." "The Republican Party is a little bit at war with ...

Divided Republicans hope for big victories in VA, NJ — CNN Political Ticker 18 days ago
(CNN) - Voters across the country headed to the polls Tuesday for a series of elections deemed by some analysts as the first major referendum on President Obama's young presidency. The direction of a sharply divided GOP may be at stake. Party ...

GOP Hopes Votes Signal New Direction — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 18 days ago
A year after voters swept into power a presidential candidate promising change, they were poised on Tuesday to vote for change again, but this time to the GOP's advantage. Republican Bob McDonnell was elected governor of Virginia.

GOP sweeps top state races in Virginia, CNN projects — CNN Political Ticker 18 days ago
GOP sweeps top state races in Virginia, CNN projects. WASHINGTON (CNN) – Republicans recaptured the Virginia governor's mansion Tuesday after eight years of Democratic rule, CNN projects. Former Attorney Gen. Bob McDonnell ...