Portman to Be White House Budget Cheif

Rob Portman won Senate confirmation as director of the White House budget office Friday, moving over from his post as U.S. trade representative.

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The 2010 Senate landscape is almost evenly split down the middle: Republicans will be defending 18 seats, while the Democrats will be defending 19 seats, including the January special election in Massachusetts.

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In bellwether Ohio, hopes for a new Republican beginning rest largely on two familiar faces from the GOP past. The governor's race in this state could potentially be the most important race in the country," says the man who hopes to be the Republican candidate, former U.S. Rep.

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This morning on CNN, though, a delusional Dick Cheney, perhaps the most disliked and distrusted man in American politics, whose response to a litany of failures of his regime was "stuff happens," made it clear where he thinks the Republicans should be looking.

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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri admitted he wished Powell would have endorsed McCain, but said that neither the endorsement nor Obama's association with 1960s radical Bill Ayers will matter as much as Joe the plumber.

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High-profile Republican Rob Portman is considering taking a shot at Gov. Ted Strickland. Portman, a former U.S. congressman and former White House Budget Director, said he is also thinking about a campaign for the United States Senate.

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John McCain's VP List: The pros and cons from a conservative's point of view

Now that the race is officially on (OK, Keyes hasn't dropped out yet, but he can't win anyway), John McCain has the sticky business of picking a vice president. This is extremely important, especially this year because of his age.

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Figuring out who John McCain is going to select as a vice president this early in the game is very difficult — not just because Johnny Mac really is a maverick who could make an unpredictable choice, but because there are so many different directions he can go.

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Last month, just before leaving for August recess, Congress caved to White House pressure and passed a revision to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), known as the Protect America Act, which "they may not have fully understood" and "may have given the administration …

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House budget director Rob Portman is resigning and will be replaced by former Iowa Rep. Jim Nussle, Bush administration officials said Tuesday.

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