Where is President Barack Obama most popular? In Washington, D.C., and in his birth state of Hawaii. Where is the Democrat least popular? In the mountain states of Utah and Wyoming, and also Sarah Palin’s home state of Alaska. It...
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Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
A nice way to celebrate the New Year for the President was to jump in the ocean in his native state of Hawaii. He was on his annual Christmas vacation with family and friends, and went swimming at Pyramid Rock Beach in Kaneohe Bay.
Washington, Hawaii: Obama, Thumbs Up — Utah, Wyoming, Thumbs Down
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Chuck Heath Jr., brother of Sarah Palin, rally campaign workers at a McCain-Palin regional headquarters office in this file photo.
Sarah Palin’s Brother: From Alaska, He Can See a Third, `American Party’
There’s a new voice in the Palin family making the call for political upheaval, with Sarah’s brother — Chuck Heath Jr. — calling for “the disgruntled citizens of the United States… Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians… persons of every race, religion, economic status,...
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Sens. Ted Stevens, left, and Daniel Inouye make their way to the Senate subway.
Inouye-Stevens Bond: A Washington Rarity
They were among the oddest of congressional couples. Yet the friendship between Sen. Daniel Inouye, the Hawaii Democrat who died yesterday at a Maryland hospital, and Sen. Ted Stevens, the Alaska Republican who perished in a plane crash in August...
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