US President Barack Obama (D)

Photo Courtesy of Shanda.w - Bio: Senator from Illinois; born in Honolulu, Hawaii, August 4, 1961; obtained early education in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Hawaii; continued education at Occidental College, Los Angeles, Calif.; received a B.A. in 1983 from Columbia University, New York City; worked as a community organizer in Chicago, Ill.; studied law at Harvard University, where he became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review, and received J.D. in 1991; lecturer on constitutional law, University of Chicago; member, Illinois State senate 1997-2004; elected as a Democrat to ...

John Edwards: Getting Divorce & Admits to Fathering Child…

photo credits: Jonathan Walczak & John Edwards 2008 - Currently: Edwards and his wife have split, this comes a week after John said, "I am Quinn’s father. I will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves. I have been able to spend time with her during the past year and trust that future efforts to show her the love and affection she deserves can be done privately and in peace...." Read the rest of his statement. Bio: Johnny Reid "John" Edwards from (born June 10, 1953) is an American politician who ...

South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer: Thinks We Should Starve the Poor…

Currently: Bauer is in the hot seat for yet another fumble, at a town hall meeting on Thursday he alluded to starving the poor by saying... "My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed! You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that."

Scott Brown (R-MA) Takes Ted Kennedy’s Senate Seat

Currently: Brown defeated the Democrat Coakley with 1,168,107 votes (52%) versus her 1,058,682 votes (47%). The independent in the race, Joseph Kennedy, received only 22,237 votes. Republicans have not won a Senate race in Massachusetts since 1972. Read more about the upset victory at CNN or FOX News. Bio: Brown began his political career in 1992, when he was elected to be an assessor in Wrentham, Massachusetts. In 1995, he was elected to the Wrentham Board of Selectmen, and was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 9th Norfolk District in 1998.

Sarah Palin (R): Headed to FOX News

Currently: Palin is slated to join the ranks of FOX News for "political commentary and analysis" says FOX, read the story them here: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/11/palin-join-fox-news-contributor/ Palin's book, even before release, is #1 on Amazon and there may be a coffee date with Sec. of State Hillary Clinton after Palin mentioned it in her book. July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Sarah Palin’s abrupt announcement that she was resigning as Alaska’s governor left observers speculating about a future for her that could range from a 2012 White House bid to political oblivion. Read the rest of the story... Bio: Highlights of Palin's tenure as Governor include a successful push for an ...

Harry Reid (D – NV) Senate – Apologizes for Racist Comments About Obama

photo credit: Center for American Progress Action Fund - Currently: Reid is trying to do damage control after statements he made about Obama being “light-skinned” and having no “Negro dialect” came to light in the new book “Game Change” by journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31340.html#ixzz0cKgBjO4g Bio: Today Harry Reid is the Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate, a man who commands the respect of colleagues from both parties, and a powerful advocate for Nevada’s middle-class families. Every day Sen. Reid puts his leadership position to work to deliver meaningful results for Nevadans.

Christopher J. Dodd (D – CT) Senate – Will Not Seek Re-Election

Currently: Dodd announces retirement, "I will not be a candidate for re-election this November... my deepest gratitude to the people of Connecticut for the remarkable privilege of being elected eight times over the past four decades to our national assembly." Bio: Dodd was elected to the Senate in the 1980 election and was subsequently reelected in the 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2004 elections. He is the first Senator from Connecticut to serve five consecutive terms. From 1995 to 1997, he served as General Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As General Chairman, Dodd was the DNC's spokesman. Donald Fowler served as National Chairman, running the party's day to ...

Parker Griffith (R-AL-5th) Switched Sides to the Republican Party

Currently: Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith announced Tuesday that he's switching parties – saying he can no longer align himself “with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country, hurts our economy and drives us further and further into debt.” Read the rest of the story from Politico: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30896.html Bio: Congressman Griffith is a retired physician and small business owner. He developed several local businesses and has been active in charitable and community activities for more than thirty years. He was elected to the Alabama State Senate in 2006 and has worked to improve our healthcare system, ...

John Edwards: Getting Divorce & Admits to Fathering Child…

44.20% Job Approval Rating (69 Votes)

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photo credits: Jonathan Walczak & John Edwards 2008 -

Currently: Edwards and his wife have split, this comes a week after John said, “I am Quinn’s father. I will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves. I have been able to spend time with her during the past year and trust that future efforts to show her the love and affection she deserves can be done privately and in peace….” Read the rest of his statement.

Bio: Johnny Reid “John” Edwards from (born June 10, 1953) is an American politician who served one term as U.S. Senator for North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination through the January primaries. Click here to read more and share your opinion about this politician…

South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer: Thinks We Should Starve the Poor…

30.00% Job Approval Rating (9 Votes)

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Currently: Bauer is in the hot seat for yet another fumble, at a town hall meeting on Thursday he alluded to starving the poor by saying… “My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed! You’re facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don’t think too much further than that.”

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Scott Brown (R-MA) Takes Ted Kennedy’s Senate Seat

60.67% Job Approval Rating (15 Votes)

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Currently: Brown defeated the Democrat Coakley with 1,168,107 votes (52%) versus her 1,058,682 votes (47%). The independent in the race, Joseph Kennedy, received only 22,237 votes. Republicans have not won a Senate race in Massachusetts since 1972. Read more about the upset victory at CNN or FOX News.

Bio: Brown began his political career in 1992, when he was elected to be an assessor in Wrentham, Massachusetts. In 1995, he was elected to the Wrentham Board of Selectmen, and was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 9th Norfolk District in 1998. Click here to read more and share your opinion about this politician…

Christopher J. Dodd (D – CT) Senate – Will Not Seek Re-Election

17.84% Job Approval Rating (208 Votes)

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Currently: Dodd announces retirement, “I will not be a candidate for re-election this November… my deepest gratitude to the people of Connecticut for the remarkable privilege of being elected eight times over the past four decades to our national assembly.”

Bio: Dodd was elected to the Senate in the 1980 election and was subsequently reelected in the 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2004 elections. He is the first Senator from Connecticut to serve five consecutive terms. From 1995 to 1997, he served as General Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As General Chairman, Dodd was the DNC’s spokesman. Donald Fowler served as National Chairman, running the party’s day to day operations. Dodd has also involved himself in children’s and family issues, founding the first Senate Children’s Caucus^[10] and authoring the Family and Medical Leave Act. Click here to read more and share your opinion about this politician…

Parker Griffith (R-AL-5th) Switched Sides to the Republican Party

55.42% Job Approval Rating (24 Votes)

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Currently: Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith announced Tuesday that he’s switching parties – saying he can no longer align himself “with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country, hurts our economy and drives us further and further into debt.” Read the rest of the story from Politico: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30896.html

Bio: Congressman Griffith is a retired physician and small business owner. He developed several local businesses and has been active in charitable and community activities for more than thirty years. He was elected to the Alabama State Senate in 2006 and has worked to improve our healthcare system, lower taxes and expand early childhood education programs. As a physician, Griffith was the first radiation oncologist in North Alabama and a pioneer in the early diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Click here to read more and share your opinion about this politician…

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Attacked with Statue

26.00% Job Approval Rating (10 Votes)

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Currently: “Milan police said Berlusconi’s attacker hit him with a small, metal souvenir replica of the Doumo di Milano, the city’s central cathedral, but it was not immediately clear whether the man swung at the prime minister with the object in his hand or threw it at him.”

Read the rest of the story from CNN.com: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/13/berlusconi.milan/index.html

Bio: Silvio Berlusconi (help·info) (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician, the current Prime Minister of Italy as well as a billionaire entrepreneur. He is the longest-serving Prime Minister of Italy, a position he has held on three separate occasions: from 1994 to 1995, from 2001 to 2006 and currently since 2008.^[1] He is the leader of the People of Freedom political movement, a centre-right party he founded in 2009. As of November 2009, he is the longest-serving current leader of a G8 country. Click here to read more and share your opinion about this politician…

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI-1st) Rep. Announces Resignation From Congress

31.43% Job Approval Rating (21 Votes)

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Currently: U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie on December 11, 2009 announced that he will resign as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 1st District of Hawaii. Read more from: http://www.house.gov/abercrombie/

Bio: Abercrombie first participated in a political campaign in 1970, seeking the Democratic nomination to the United States Senate. Unsuccessful, Abercrombie ran for the Hawaii State House of Representatives where he served from 1975 to 1979. He moved to the Hawaii State Senate, where he served from 1980 to 1986. After Representative Cecil Heftel resigned from the United States Congress in July 1986 to run for Governor of Hawaii, Abercrombie was elected to the House in a September 1986 special election to complete Heftel’s unexpired term. However, on the same day Abercrombie lost the Democratic primary for a full two-year term to Mufi Hannemann, who went on to lose to Republican Pat Saiki in the general election.^{[3] Click here to read more and share your opinion about this politician…}