All elected officials, and those who help finance elections in the expectation that certain promises will be kept — and everyone who cares about the rule of law — should hope the Supreme Court agrees to hear Don Siegelman’s appeal of his conviction. Until the court clarifies what constitutes quid pro quo political corruption, Americans engage in politics at their peril because prosecutors have dangerous discretion to criminalize politics. Read full article > >

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Is it bribery or just politics?

Through 11 presidential elections, beginning with the Democrats’ nomination of George McGovern in 1972, Republicans have enjoyed a presumption of superiority regarding national security. This year, however, events and their rhetoric are dissipating their advantage. Read full article > >

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Republicans need more than rhetoric on defense

In the aftermath of Rick Santorum’s clean sweep of Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, Mitt Romney is still, in fact, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. But the lack of enthusiasm for his candidacy among conservatives foreshadows a potentially ugly road ahead to Tampa and general election problems if he is nominee. Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney and the enthusiasm gap

It’s nine months until Election Day, but President Obama is already bringing out the big guns. Specifically, he is shouldering the Extreme Marshmallow Cannon . Obama walked into the State Dining Room at midday Tuesday and encountered 14-year-old Joe Hudy and the compressed-air cannon he invented to launch marshmallows as part of a science fair. Read full article > >

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Obama’s lucky break

The US eases one of the sanctions it levels against Burma, as authorities officially recognise pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s election bid.

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MEXICO CITY — With a decisive primary victory Sunday night, Josefina Vazquez Mota became the first woman to represent a major party in the Mexican presidential election, which backers hope will excite voters weary of the drug violence and political gridlock of her party’s leader, President Felipe Calderon. Read full article > >

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3 Mexican presidential hopefuls vie to lead a nation weary of politics

CHARLOTTESVILLE — It’s been nearly two years since University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love was found dead facedown in a pool of blood on a pillow in her bed. Within hours, her ex-boyfriend, George Huguely V , a lacrosse player from Chevy Chase, was charged with murder and jailed in Charlottesville, where he remains. Read full article > >

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George Huguely’s trial in Yeardley Love’s death starts Monday with jury selection

CHARLOTTESVILLE — It’s been nearly two years since University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love was found dead facedown in a pool of blood on a pillow in her bed. Within hours, her ex-boyfriend, George Huguely V , a lacrosse player from Chevy Chase, was charged with murder and jailed in Charlottesville, where he remains. Read full article > >

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George Huguely’s trial in Yeardley Love’s death starts Monday with jury selection

Who says government can’t get anything right? It was just two years ago that the Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, scraped away decades of barnacled case law obscuring our beloved Constitution and unequivocally established the right of corporations, unions and wealthy individuals to spend as much money as they want to influence the outcome of elections. Read full article > >

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Forget super PACs. A modest proposal for legalizing bribery

NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia — Microphone in hand, Mikhail Prokhorov doesn’t get angry, passionate, rousing, funny or stem-winding. The billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets speaks in a soothing baritone and has barely an unkind word for his opponents in next month’s presidential election, including Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin. Read full article > >

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Low-key Prokhorov takes to Russian stump

Thinks Newt could win the election.

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Lindsey Graham Regrets Gingrich Coup

Raised over $100,000 for re-election effort.

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Bain Director Among Obama’s Fundraisers

Raised over $100,000 for re-election effort.

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Bain Director Among Obama’s Fundraisers

Updated at 6:52 p.m. with news that Hasner will run in West’s district Tea party firebrand Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) announced Tuesday that he will switch districts and run for reelection in Florida’s new 18th district. Read full article > >

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PARIS — After more than two decades of trying, France apparently has finally found a foreign customer for its Rafale fighter jet, reaching an $11 billion deal with India for 126 planes and a heavy technology transfer, the government announced Tuesday. Read full article > >

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