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Losing mayoral candidate Chris Romer spent $1 million more than Michael Hancock spent to win the seat, according to final campaign-finance reports.

Micheal Hancock, who will be sworn in July 18, raised $1.7 million and spent about $1.6 million over the course of his campaign(Denver Post)

The News of the World   168-year-old tabloid is accused of hacking into phones of crime victims, celebrities and politicians. Police have identified 4,000 possible targets.

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution says, "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has argued that this language effectively authorizes the president to raise the debt ceiling by himself, since debt issued by the U.S. "shall not be questioned."

Rep. Charles Rangel former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee chided religious groups for not sticking up more for the vulnerable in the current debt ceiling talks.

"higher-income Americans would be fine no matter what agreement top officials come up with, but that a piercing of the social safety net could hurt those with lower incomes".

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer , (who has a master’s degree in soil science) "vowed to stay on this like smell on a skunk until it’s cleaned up .Exxon Mobil is going to pay for it. I promise you this right now. Yellowstone is cleaned up when the state of Montana says it’s cleaned up, not some bureaucrat from Washington or the state of Texas.”

“Obama wants to raise taxes and spend more money, and the Republicans want to spend less and lower taxes,” he said. “That’s clarity, that’s not polarization.”Grover Norquist

President Obama host first even live Twitter town hall from the Whitehouse 

Houston veterans groups are accuse officials with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of religious discrimination, claiming they being banned at soldiers' funerals from using certain religious words such as "god" and are having their prayers censored.

House majority leader declined Wednesday to commit to a conservative pledge to oppose any move to raise the country’s debt ceiling.

A group of "Wise Men" enter the Minnesota shutdown crisis ,Republican Gov. Arne Carlson and former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale, a Democrat, to convened an ad hoc budget group with developing a "third way" to end the impasse by week's end. It includes former Finance Commissioners Jay Kiedrowski, John Gunyou, and Wayne Simoneau; former Wells Fargo CEO Jim Campbell; Affinity Capital Management President B. Kris Johnson, and former state Sen. Steve Dille.

July Fourth is America's birthday from Boston to Seattle and points in between.

There no place in United States that values patriotic celebration than deos small town America

Jerry Pippin reports from a small town in the southwest state of Oklahoma.

A new Harvard University study finds that all this July Fourth red-white-and-blue stuff -- the parades and floats,  actually helps create more Republicans(right-wingers).

We examine the role of the celebrations for people born in 1920-1990,one Fourth of July without rain before age 18 raises the likelihood of identifying as a Republican by 2 percent and voting for the Republican candidate by 4 percent. It also increases voter turnout by 0.9 percent and boostspolitical campaign contributions by 3 percent. It mirrors previous studies, finding that July Fourth participation divides along political lines with a) Republicans viewing the historic anniversary as more important than Democrats do, and b) Republicans attending July Fourth celebrations more consistently than Democrats do.

Politics Sunday is a hard news look at the past week and the upcoming week in the political world with commentary and insight into polling tends. Política El domingo es duro noticias mirar la semana pasada y la próxima semana en el mundo político con comentario y visión de mesas de votación tiende.

Tea Party Republicans shutdown of Minnesota’s state government leaving the state' Zoo and camp grounds closed.

Jerry Pippin' commentry on the Tom Coburn plan to raise Medicare to age 67.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has revealed he has had surgery to remove a cancerous tumour.

The case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on the verge of collapse as investigators have found holes in the credibility of the hotel housekeeper

Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Tom Coburn (R-Olka.) unveiled the proposal as part of a bipartisan effort to produce the kind of savings necessary to achieve the $2 trillion in debt reduction both parties say is needed to convince reticent lawmakers to vote to raise the debt ceiling. It would raise Medicare’s eligibility age from 65 to 67 and assess higher premiums on wealthier seniors.

President Obama held a  news conference at the White House , fielding questions  on  the budget & deficit,  military involvement in Libya and the War Powers Act..

John Chambers the chairman of S&P's sovereign ratings committee, said on Tuesday that U.S. Treasury bills maturing on August 4 would be rated 'D' if the government fails to honor them. Unaffected Treasuries would be downgraded as well, but not as sharply, he said.

"If the U.S. government misses a payment, it goes to D," Chambers said. "That would happen right after August 4, when the bills mature, because they don't have a grace period."

Michele Bachmann  is tied with Mitt Romney  in the first Des Moines Register Iowa Poll.

She is kicking off her campaign for president in her hometown of Waterloo,Iowa today.

Herman Cain, who has never held public office but has found a following among tea party supporters, comes in third, with 10 percent and former Minnesota Gov. Tim "Who" Pawlenty had 6%.

Is Michele Bachmann a "flake" ,Chis Wallace thinks so.

He has never  a directly  apology the comment on Fox News  Sunday according to the Bachmann camp.