One of the final opinion polls ahead of Ireland’s referendum next week on whether to ratify the EU Fiscal Treaty suggests it is likely to be a ‘yes’ vote.

The rest is here:
Opinion poll suggests yes vote

In every presidential election since 1992, the candidate with the less distinguished military résumé has triumphed. Bill Clinton defeated war heroes George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole; National Guard pilot George W. Bush beat Vietnam veterans Al Gore and John Kerry; and Barack Obama was decisively elected over John McCain, who had displayed extraordinary valor during years of captivity as a Navy pilot in North Vietnam. Read full article > >

Excerpt from:
Does military service still matter for the presidency?

It’s a classic case of brinkmanship bargaining: Iran and the West, each seeking to squeeze concessions from the other side, have decided to extend their nuclear negotiations to another round starting on June 17, a few weeks before a punishing new round of sanctions takes effect. Read full article > >

Here is the original post:
The Iranian view on how to strike a deal

WHEN GREGORY B. JACZKO began his tenure as the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 2009, the agency was largely invisible to the public, for all the right reasons. Its professional staff was widely recognized as world-class, to the point that analysts held it up as a model for other government energy regulators to emulate, and it was quietly preparing to oversee the first expansion of this nation’s nuclear fleet in decades. Read full article > >

More:
Editorial Board: The NRC chief is out. Let’s get a new one on the job quickly

HOUSE MINORITY Leader Nancy Pelosi has an interesting definition of what constitutes the middle class. She believes it includes people earning anything less than $1 million a year — at least when it comes to tax cuts. Read full article > >

Go here to see the original:
Editorial Board: Nancy Pelosi’s risky pander on taxes

Results of an opinion poll that could decide the future of the UK’s highly radioactive nuclear waste are to be revealed on Tuesday.

See the rest here:
Poll marks UK nuclear waste path

For all of Mitt Romney’s talk of what he would do on Day One in the White House — Bomb Iran? Or was it Planned Parenthood? — there’s just as good a chance he would be tacking up two pictures on the wall. One would be of George H.W. Bush and the other of Jimmy Carter. They both became one-term presidents after they were challenged in the primaries. This is a lesson for Romney. Read full article > >

The rest is here:
The Romney you see is the one you’d get

In this election, we’re not having an argument that pits capitalism against socialism. We are trying to decide what kind of capitalism we want. It is a debate as American as Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay — which is to say that we have always done this. In light of the rise of inequality and the financial mess we just went through, it’s a discussion we very much need to have now. Read full article > >

Go here to see the original:
A choice of capitalisms

Conservative interest groups have dumped well over $20 million into congressional races so far this year, outspending their liberal opponents 4 to 1 and setting off a growing panic among Democrats struggling to regain the House and hold on to their slim majority in the Senate. More from PostPolitics : – Joe Ricketts, a wealthy donor, getting attention in presidential contest – Opinion: Want to end partisan politics? Here’s how – Track spending on TV ads Read full article > >

Original post:
Conservative groups outspending liberal counterparts 4 to 1 on congressional races

John Boehner thinks it’s kind of funny. “It struck me as somewhat comical,” he told reporters Thursday morning, “that, you know, people are looking to me like I’m the guy carrying a sword around town, I’m going to bludgeon someone.” Read full article > >

Read the original here:
Boehner draws his sword

The prosecution has rested in a case that should never have been brought: the ghastly soap opera better known as the criminal trial of John Edwards . The testimony has been salacious, mesmerizing and revolting. Edwards has been proved to be what everyone already knew beyond a reasonable doubt: an egocentric cad . How big a cad? His daughter is set to testify about his love for her late mother. Read full article > >

Read more from the original source:
Is John Edwards a criminal?

The nascent third-party movement called Americans Elect assembled a dream team of prospective presidential nominees: Mike Bloomberg! Colin Powell! Chris Christie! Mitch Daniels! Read full article > >

Follow this link:
Where have all the candidates gone?

IF ANYTHING, Tracy Thorne-Begland , a top state prosecutor in Richmond with a decade of courtroom experience, is overqualified for a judgeship on the General District Court. Mr. Thorne-Begland, who has prosecuted dozens of homicides and other major felonies, runs one of the biggest commonwealth’s attorney’s offices in Virginia. The caseload of the court to which he was nominated consists mainly of traffic violations, minor crimes and run-of-the-mill civil disputes over contracts and late rent payments. Read full article > >

Follow this link:
Editorial Board: Bigotry blocks a gay Virginian from the bench

Mitt Romney did not rise on the power of his rhetoric. At the Detroit Economic Club in February, his speech was swallowed by its stadium venue, overshadowed by a gaffe (his wife’s “ couple of Cadillacs ”) and weighed down by leaden language. Early in the primaries, Romney’s attempts to wax poetic on the virtues of America — often by quoting patriotic hymns — were waxen. Read full article > >

See the article here:
Romney at Liberty: The case for conservatism

The Obama administration said Friday it will resume some military sales to Bahrain, while continuing to withhold certain types of defense equipment because of human rights concerns in the Persian Gulf kingdom . Read full article > >

Continued here:
U.S. to resume some military sales to Bahrain