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Presidential candidate John Edwards toasts Star Hotel bartender Natalie Carter with a house specialty, a Picon Punch, while making a campaign stop in Elko Thursday, Jan.

Mark Sanford is now a member of Congress two years after he stepped down as governor of South Carolina following a highly publicized extramarital affair.

Domestic Affairs by Bridget Siegel is a novel about a twenty-something political fundraiser who gets involved romantically with the presidential candidate whose campaign she is raising money for. The fundraiser, Olivia Greenley, is recruited to work for Landon Taylor, who is running for president of the United States.

The sudden deluge of scandal which dominates the discussion around President Obama's administration at the moment has handed a golden opportunity to Republicans.

Former presidential candidate John Edwards is about to hit the speaking circuit, about a year after he was acquitted by a North Carolina jury on a campaign finance charge.

From new hires and promotions to industry awards, here's a roundup of achievements by businesses and individuals in the greater Ann Arbor area: The e-book "17 Cents and a Dream" by Dan Milstein , CEO of Ann Arbor's Gold Star Financial Group, was downloaded 40,309 times April 23-27 on Amazon.com during a Kindle e-book promotion.

It's always the "low-level" peon's fault, isn't it? When Democrats get caught red-handed abusing government powers and bullying their political enemies small and large, nobody at the top knows nuttin'. The buck stops ... in the janitors closet or something.

Protzman is a Naval Academy graduate, a successful businessman and a former Chapel Hill Town Council member.

A judge has granted a brief delay in the trial of former Nevada lobbyist Harvey Whittemore on charges he broke campaign finance laws after his lawyers said some long-sought "mystery documents" have surfaced that could help prove his innocence.

I don't know about those of you folks who may read my postings, but in the recent presidential campaigns, I cringed when John Edwards used his cancer stricken wife, Elizabeth, as a political prop and I got very tired of seeing Sarah Palin's son Trig, who is afflicted with Down Syndrome, being passed around like a sack of potatoes, by Sarah and her ... (more)

As rivals Christine Quinn and Bill de Blasio attack each other and John Liu rails against a federal investigation of his fund-raising, former city Controller Bill Thompson seems content to barely make waves at all.

Sometimes U.S. politics seem like a ludicrous soap opera. Remember when the Republican Party and its fundamentalist wing sanctimoniously declared that "family values" are the heart of public life, requiring strict fidelity between spouses? Remember when the Republican Party and its fundamentalist wing sanctimoniously declared that "family values" ... (more)

If you're reading this and you're the praying type, please, do us all a solid: ask your deity of choice to insure that John Edwards doesn't read the news today out of the state where he was born.

When New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed his gastric band surgery this week, pundits immediately began speculating: Would the weight loss procedure affect Christie's presumed 2016 presidential run? Health issues aside, Christie's weight has been seen an a liability in the political arena.

Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey ascended to become one of the country's top political stars almost despite his weight -- dismissing those who questioned whether his size disqualified him for higher office as "ridiculous" and "irresponsible." Now, like some overweight politicians before him, Christie has embarked on a major effort to shed pounds ... (more)

During the aldermen's forum which preceded Tuesday night's Ocean Springs mayoral debate, Ward II incumbent Matt McDonnell praised the work of city employees and scanned the audience to see if any were present, then noted he saw none.

The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. today announced key changes to its communications team, led by Executive Vice President for Global Communications Laura Nichols.

The road back could begin with the difficult re-election next year of U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan – just as it did in 1998 when John Edwards, a Democratic political newcomer, won an upset over Republican incumbent Lauch Faircloth.

One of the last things I talked about with Andrew Breitbart before he left this earth too soon last year was the persistent, poisonous scourge of identity politics and racial demagoguery.

A quick Google search of "politicians are" returns the following four suggestions: like diapers, sociopaths, the lowest form of life, and liars.