http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Political Currents 60 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:30:53 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/512625.html http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/512625.html Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:46 EDT President René Préval on Sunday chose an international banking official to be the troubled country's next prime minister, a Haitian lawmaker said. http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/503587.html http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/503587.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:04 EDT Former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo won a historic victory in Paraguay's presidential election Sunday, ending more than six decades of one-party rule with a mandate to help the nation's poor and indigenous. http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/501444.html http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/501444.html Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:19 EDT An empowered Democratic Party has taken command of U.S. policy toward Latin America, stalling a free-trade agreement and taking aim at military aid programs for Colombia and Mexico. http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/525260.html http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/525260.html Thu, 08 May 2008 03:01 EDT A Michigan Supreme Court ruling -- that the state's law banning gay marriage also prohibits same-sex benefits offered to government employees -- is energizing opponents of a similar amendment on Florida's November ballot. http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/523775.html http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/523775.html Wed, 07 May 2008 03:01 EDT In a day of righting government injustice, a wrongfully convicted man was finally compensated for 24 years in prison Tuesday, just hours after Gov. Charlie Crist signed off on an $18 million payment plan for a brain-damaged girl whom the system failed. http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/520318.html http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/520318.html Sun, 04 May 2008 03:01 EDT A souring economy and a worrisome election year forced Florida's Republican-led Legislature to moderate its politics in the session that ended Friday because it had no other choice. http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/533798.html http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/533798.html Thu, 15 May 2008 00:09 EDT John McCain, looking through a crystal ball to 2013 and the end of a prospective first term, sees "spasmodic" but reduced violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden dead or captured and government spending curbed by his ready veto pen. http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/533611.html http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/533611.html Wed, 14 May 2008 23:50 EDT Barack Obama apologized Wednesday to a Michigan TV reporter after he called her "sweetie" and dodged her question about autoworkers. http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/532827.html http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/532827.html Wed, 14 May 2008 23:20 EDT The Bush administration on Wednesday was downplaying the role of biofuels production in rising food prices. http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/532428.html http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/532428.html Wed, 14 May 2008 22:50 EDT By a strong, veto-proof majority, the House passed a $290 billion farm bill with increased subsidies for farmers and food stamps for the poor amid rising grocery prices while sprinkling in pet projects that lawmakers can take home to voters this election year. http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/533635.html http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/533635.html Wed, 14 May 2008 22:34 EDT The Senate late Wednesday approved and sent to the White House legislation directing President Bush to temporarily halt oil shipments into the government's emergency reserve, hoping to lower energy prices. http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/533324.html http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/533324.html Wed, 14 May 2008 22:10 EDT Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/532736.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/532736.html Wed, 14 May 2008 10:20 EDT Barack Obama’s stinging defeat in West Virginia brings a sharp focus on the new coalition he may have to assemble to win the White House in November. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/532693.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/532693.html Wed, 14 May 2008 09:42 EDT A Democrat won the race for a GOP-held congressional seat in northern Mississippi Tuesday, leaving the once-dominant House Republicans reeling from their third special-election defeat of the spring. (May need to register) http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/532703.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/532703.html Wed, 14 May 2008 09:48 EDT Hillary Clinton trounced Barack Obama in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary, as expected. But her negligible payback in convention delegates illustrates why her rival and her party are turning away from her candidacy to begin the fight against Republican John McCain. (May need to register) http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/story/533326.html http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/story/533326.html Wed, 14 May 2008 21:18 EDT Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy. http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/story/532457.html http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/story/532457.html Wed, 14 May 2008 09:54 EDT Hours after being routed by Hillary Rodham Clinton in West Virginia, Barack Obama picked up two more superdelegates, offering fresh recognition from Democratic leaders of his inevitable nomination. http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/story/533326.html http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/story/533326.html Wed, 14 May 2008 21:18 EDT Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy. http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/story/532457.html http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/story/532457.html Wed, 14 May 2008 09:54 EDT Hours after being routed by Hillary Rodham Clinton in West Virginia, Barack Obama picked up two more superdelegates, offering fresh recognition from Democratic leaders of his inevitable nomination. http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/story/532270.html http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/story/532270.html Wed, 14 May 2008 00:36 EDT Barack Obama’s stinging defeat in West Virginia brings a sharp focus on the new coalition he may have to assemble to win the White House in November. http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/525316.html http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/525316.html Fri, 09 May 2008 11:07 EDT President Bush served up a spirited defense of his priorities in Latin America on Wednesday, dismissing recent reforms by Cuba's new leadership as ''empty gestures'' and pushing ambitious initiatives for Mexico and Colombia that face scrutiny by Democrats in Congress. http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/522434.html http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/522434.html Tue, 06 May 2008 09:21 EDT Election results released Monday showed a controversial statute that would grant autonomy to Bolivia's richest province had built an overwhelming lead in Sunday's violence-marred referendum and was on its way to victory. http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/519304.html http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/519304.html Sat, 03 May 2008 08:48 EDT This divided country faces a constitutional crisis Sunday when its richest and second most-populous province votes whether to declare itself autonomous from President Evo Morales' national government, a referendum the president has called illegal. http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/516188.html http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/516188.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:58 EDT Actor Vin Diesel has stopped chasing bad guys long enough to endorse the president of the Dominican Republic for re-election. http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/516177.html http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/516177.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:53 EDT Chelsea Clinton stumped for her mother Wednesday in Puerto Rico, trying to woo students away from Sen. Barack Obama. http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/514770.html http://www.miamiherald.com/942/story/514770.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:31 EDT Students at Sacred Heart University took snapshots and sought autographs from Chelsea Clinton on Wednesday as Hillary Clinton's daughter pitched her as the Democratic candidate to support in Puerto Rico's June 1 primary. http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/532184.html http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/532184.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT The former President Bush calls him ''Zach,'' and the Bush currently in the White House calls him ``Zee Zee.'' He has been a repeat guest at the family's Crawford ranch, the White House and on Air Force One. http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/528796.html http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/528796.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT This was supposed to be a golden era for South Florida, an unprecedented four-year period of political power where lawmakers with ties to Miami-Dade and Broward counties -- and the clout to bring the area money and push for local priorities -- were firmly in charge of the Florida Legislature. http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/528778.html http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/528778.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT Faced with $5 billion in cuts to the state budget, Broward lawmakers spent most of their time in Tallahassee this year playing defense as they tried to block deep cuts to county schools, hospitals and courts. http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/527975.html http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/527975.html Sat, 10 May 2008 17:30 EDT The hosts of Radio Mambí's weekday morning drive-time show generally reserve their fiercest attacks for Fidel Castro or his younger brother Raúl. http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/528574.html http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/528574.html Sat, 10 May 2008 17:02 EDT For a sign of Florida Republicans' all-out effort to attract black voters, look no farther than the glossy full-colored The Black Republican magazine that launches broadsides like these: http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/526492.html http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/526492.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Hispanic voters registered as Democrats have overtaken Hispanic Republicans in Florida, signaling a trend that, if it continues, could have far-reaching implications for the 2008 election and U.S. foreign policy. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533734.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533734.html Thu, 15 May 2008 00:01 EDT Endorsing Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president, former Sen. John Edwards on Wednesday threw his stature as a champion of the working class behind a one-time rival whose failure to appeal to that bloc has been a political weakness. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533659.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533659.html Wed, 14 May 2008 23:01 EDT The Republican defeat in Tuesday’s special election in Mississippi, in a deeply conservative district where, in an average year, Democrats cannot even compete, was a clear sign that the GOP has the political equivalent of cancer that has spread throughout the body. Many House GOP operatives are privately predicting that the party could easily lose up to 20 seats this fall. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533647.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533647.html Wed, 14 May 2008 22:54 EDT In contrast to the insecurities of the many boomer politicians who avoided service in Vietnam or marched against it, the Senate’s former soldiers exude a confidence that goes beyond military matters. The war in Iraq has tested some of these friendships, however. (May need to register) http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533348.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533348.html Wed, 14 May 2008 21:43 EDT One day after an embarrassing rejection by West Virginia's blue-collar voters, Barack Obama on Wednesday plunged into the task of convincing working-class whites that he understands them and will do more to help them hold their jobs and pay their bills than Republican John McCain. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533593.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533593.html Wed, 14 May 2008 21:42 EDT Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed to remain in the presidential race until the final primaries next month while her campaign built a case that she now leads in the popular vote if the disputed contests in Michigan and Florida are counted. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533553.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533553.html Wed, 14 May 2008 21:41 EDT Two prominent surrogates of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton stumped for the candidates Wednesday, a sign of how important this U.S. island territory's primary next month has become. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533355.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533355.html Wed, 14 May 2008 21:15 EDT Stunned House Republicans vowed campaign changes Wednesday and debated the wisdom of attacking Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama in congressional races after their third straight election defeat in once-friendly territory. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533115.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533115.html Wed, 14 May 2008 21:15 EDT Cindy McCain, whose husband has been a critic of the violence in Sudan, sold off more than $2 million in mutual funds whose holdings include companies that do business in the African nation. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/532940.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/532940.html Wed, 14 May 2008 15:32 EDT Democrats have chosen 55 bloggers who will be granted access to the national convention in Denver this summer. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533025.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533025.html Wed, 14 May 2008 15:31 EDT Opponents of abortion and race-based affirmative action have had more setbacks than victories so far this political season as they try to place measures with a strong pull for conservative voters on the ballots of numerous states this November. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533326.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/533326.html Wed, 14 May 2008 21:18 EDT Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/532908.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/532908.html Wed, 14 May 2008 17:05 EDT Democrat Barack Obama has won the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice America, a leading abortion rights advocacy organization that has supported rival Hillary Rodham Clinton throughout her political career. http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/531745.html http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/531745.html Wed, 14 May 2008 15:50 EDT Democrat Barack Obama, campaigning in a state that poses several challenges for him in the fall, appealed to working-class voters Wednesday with a pledge to pump billions of dollars into efforts to revitalize the nation's manufacturing sector.