Sander Levin (D-MI) narrowly lost an internal House Dem vote to Richard Neal (D-MA) for the Ranking Member spot on the Ways & Means Committee.  Levin will seek a re-vote - this time by secret ballot among the whole Dem caucus - because he only lost by one at the…

The following is a piece by Charles Blum of IAS Group and director of CPA’s government relations. These are discouraging days for anyone seriously concerned about the future of our country.  In the aftermath of last month’s electoral upheaval, both parties seem hell-bent on misinterpreting the message from the people…

The following article by Sewell Chan and Sheryl Gay Stolberg appeared in the Global Business Section of the November 10, 2010 issue of the New York Times.  Click here to view the article online. SEOUL, South Korea — Obama administration officials said Thursday that they were close to securing a…

The following article by Greg Chang appeared at Bloomberg’s website here. Sprint Nextel Corp. won’t consider products from Chinese companies Huawei Technologies Ltd. and ZTE Corp. for a multi-billion contract because of U.S. government security concerns, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people. Sprint and ZTE officials declined to…

Some thoughts on the election. 1.  GOP has obviously taken control of the House.  As of this writing, they have picked up 60 seats, with 239 R’s and 183 D’s.  This is the biggest party turnover in more than 70 years.  When all the uncalled races are done, they are…

Here are the polls of interest today.  Colorado, Pennsylvania and Illinois Senate races are very close.  Ohio’s Senate race is not.  Very few House polls in our most closely followed states, oddly. Senate: Colorado Senate (Marist/McClatchy): Ken Buck (R) 49%, Sen. Michael Bennet (D) 45%, Others 3% Colorado Senate (YouGov):…

Here is are the latest polls of interest as of October 28, 2010. Colorado Senate (CNN): Ken Buck (R) 47%, Sen. Michael Bennet (D) 46%, Others 4% Colorado Senate (RBI Strategies): Sen. Michael Bennet (D) 43%, Ken Buck (R) 42%, Others 4% Pennsylvania Senate (CNN): Patrick Toomey (R) 47%, Joe…

Here is are the latest polls of interest as of October 26, 2010. Colorado Senate (SurveyUSA): Sen. Michael Bennet (D) 47%, Ken Buck (R) 47%, Others 1% Colorado Senate (PPP): Sen. Michael Bennet (D) 47%, Ken Buck (R) 47% Illinois Senate (Chicago Tribune): Mark Kirk (R) 44%, Alexi Giannoulias (D)…

Here is are the latest polls of interest as of October 19, 2010. Colorado Senate (Ipsos/Reuters): Ken Buck (R) 48%, Sen. Michael Bennet (D) 45% Illinois Senate (Anzalone Liszt-D):  Alexi Giannoulias (D) 41%, Mark Kirk (R) 36%, Others 7% Pennsylvania Senate (PPP): Joe Sestak (D) 46%, Patrick Toomey (R) 45%…

Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch (through their Eyes on Trade blog) reports that Democratic pollsters Stan Greenberg and James Carville are advising Democratic candidates to run on “Make it in America” messaging.  Carville was Clinton’s adviser, as you certainly remember, and we saw Clinton push through a thoroughly “unilateral free…