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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: koan who wrote (55675)	6/9/2009 11:40:55 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

While we were sending the Legions to Iraq to secure our oil, Russia was keeping their eyes focused on the entire board; checkmate in 3 Energy fuels new 'Great Game' in Europe Construction of the first stage of the Nord Stream pipeline is already underway By Richard Galpin BBC News, Moscow The giant Russian energy company, Gazprom, which controls the world's largest reserves of natural gas, has issued a stark warning to the European Union saying it must decide if it wants to continue receiving supplies of Russian gas. news.bbc.co.uk

To: koan who wrote (55675)	6/9/2009 12:57:12 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 149317

The election of Barack Obama has obsoleted the American way of thinking on issues such as race, gender as well as political ideology such as liberal and conservatives. The thinking on the lines of political ideology caught on in the early 2000's and was popularized by no other than now unpopular Karl Rove. As the results of this poll suggests that Americans dislike some of the past decision of Judge Sotamayor. None the same they are embracing her as a personification of the American dream and 54% of the poll respondents favor her confirmation. =========================== Poll: Public would reverse Sotomayor ruling As President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, continues meeting senators who will be voting on her confirmation, a new Quinnipiac Poll shows a wide majority of Americans dissenting from one of her most talked-about decisions by 3-to-1. Of more than 3,000 people surveyed, 71% said they disagreed with Sotomayor's vote in favor of tossing out the results of a New Haven, Conn., firefighter-promotion test because no blacks or Hispanics qualified. The decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where Sotomayor is currently a judge, is now under review by the U.S. Supreme Court. USA TODAY's Joan Biskupic analyzes the details and the potential impact on Sotomayor's nomination. People responding to the Quinnipiac Poll favored abolishing affirmative-action programs for racial minorities, 55-36%. Results varied by race. Voters in every racial and religious group opposed giving some racial groups preferences for private sector jobs, Quinnipiac found. Blacks, however, continue to favor affirmative action for government jobs, 49%-45%, while Hispanics are opposed, 58%-38%. A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken over the weekend found that 54% of Americans would like to see Sotomayor confirmed. She'd be the nation's first Hispanic justice, and third woman to serve on the high court. Sotomayor is shown here in an Associated Press photo at her meeting with Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama. Sessions is the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will be holding Sotomayor's confirmation hearings later this summer. Sessions voted against Sotomayor's nomination to the appellate court in 1998, but he pronounced her "engaging" after their tete-a-tete. "We had a good discussion," the senator told reporters. "I enjoyed it, and I think she did." Update 12:51 p.m.: Sotomayor's life in pictures: Check out USA TODAY's slideshow. Update 1:14 p.m.: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich apologizes for calling Sotomayor "racist." content.usatoday.com