Inside Politics Archive: February 2011
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LeMieux may seek Nelson's Florida Senate seat
George LeMieux part deux? Maybe, says the former Republican senator from Florida, who told a gathering of Republicans in Tallahassee Wednesday that — after stepping down from office last month — he is considering another go in the Senate. Published February 3 2011
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Mixed marks for Obama's Egypt response, poll says
Voters have given a mixed review to President Obama’s response to the crisis in Egypt, and many think United Nations involvement would make things worse, a new polls says. Results of a Rasmussen Reports national survey released Wednesday shows that 41 percent of likely voters rate the way the Obama administration has responded to the situation in Egypt as good or excellent. Twenty-two percent view the administration’s response so far as poor. Published February 2 2011
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Senator: Pentagon spent billions on contractors that committed fraud
The Defense Department paid $285 billion to hundreds of military contractors that defrauded the Pentagon, according to a senator's analysis of a new Pentagon report. In a Defense report prepared for Sen. Bernard Sanders, the Vermont independent says the Pentagon spent $270 billion from 2007 to 2009 on 91 contractors involved in civil fraud cases that resulted in judgments of more than $1 million. Published February 2 2011
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Senate ethics panel seeks help for Ensign inquiry
The Senate ethics committee has hired an outside attorney to help in its preliminary investigation of a sex and lobbying scandal involving Sen. John Ensign. The panel announced Tuesday that Carol Elder Bruce, a partner in the Washington office of the K&L Gates law firm, will serve as special counsel to the inquiry. She will work with the staff of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics as it examines if Ensign, a Nevada Republican, broke Senate rules and/or federal law, and whether a higher level of review is needed. Published February 1 2011
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2012 Democratic convention in Charlotte
The Democratic Party will host its 2012 convention in Charlotte, N.C., first lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday in an e-mail to supporters of President Obama. Published February 1 2011
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Poll: GOP voters value business experience
Good news for Mitt Romney? A new Rasmussen Poll just released shows most GOP primary voters want a presidential candidate with experience in both the public and private sector. The poll has 94 percent of likely GOP voters saying that private sector experience is at least somewhat important. Published February 1 2011
