Read more senator stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/24215/senator.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:35:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73715/any-random-conservative-would-crush-snowe-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOlympia Snowe could be in trouble in 2012: a new poll found that a generic conservative challenger would trounce the Maine moderate in a primary. The hypothetical conservative got 59% of the vote, while Snowe received just 31%. While it can be argued that results for hypothetical candidate have little...http://www.newser.com/story/73715/any-random-conservative-would-crush-snowe-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 13:54:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72977/senate-finally-confirms-surgeon-general.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate unanimously confirmed Regina Benjamin as US surgeon general yesterday after Republicans ended a procedural delay that had dragged on for several weeks. Mitch McConnell and seven other GOP senators said they stalled because of an administration “gag order” that prevented insurers from giving their opinions on the effects...http://www.newser.com/story/72977/senate-finally-confirms-surgeon-general.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 14:59:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71081/cleland-memoir-recalls-horrors-of-vietnam-karl-rove.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMax Cleland may be a living symbol of dedication to country—the former Georgia senator lost both legs and an arm to a grenade in Vietnam—but that didn't stop Karl Rove's political machine from ending his political career with attacks on his patriotism. "There are plenty of reasons to...http://www.newser.com/story/71081/cleland-memoir-recalls-horrors-of-vietnam-karl-rove.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 17:11:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70783/ensign-may-have-busted-ethics-rules-after-affair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSen. John Ensign says his affair with an aide was a strictly personal matter but he may have trampled on ethics rules and federal criminal law during his efforts at damage control, according to the New York Times . Ensign helped his mistress' husband, Doug Hampton—another senior aide— join a...http://www.newser.com/story/70783/ensign-may-have-busted-ethics-rules-after-affair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 5:27:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70723/how-edwards-aide-morphed-from-devotee-to-sellout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAndrew Young was right there every time John Edwards needed a Diet Coke, dry cleaning, a ride from the airport, and finally a babydaddy for his mistress. The "personal servant" who turned tell-all author—other aides even called him Edward’s “butt boy”—showed a fierce devotion that seemingly knew no...http://www.newser.com/story/70723/how-edwards-aide-morphed-from-devotee-to-sellout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 12:45:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70399/elizabeth-edwards-cyber-slags-johns-mistress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn irate Elizabeth Edwards is taking borderline-anonymous shots at her husband's former mistress in blog comments. The disgraced ex-senator's wife lambastes Rielle Hunder using the pseudonym "Cherubim"—which makes it easy for insiders to guess her identity. "It's Elizabeth," a source tells Rush & Molloy of the Daily News. "She's...http://www.newser.com/story/70399/elizabeth-edwards-cyber-slags-johns-mistress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Sep 2009 17:50:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69327/franken-gets-funny-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs a latecomer to the Senate this year, Al Franken’s been playing it straight—but he loosened up enough to venture a few jokes at an Iowa fundraiser yesterday, CNN reports. Discussing Sen. Tom Harkin’s new post as head of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee,” Franken said:...http://www.newser.com/story/69327/franken-gets-funny-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 8:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68245/media-airbrush-did-kennedy-no-favors-hitchens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Kennedy “legacy” is not pretty, precisely because it requires so much media “airbrushing” to stay intact. “One of the many dreadful aspects,” Christopher Hitchens writes for Slate, “is the now-unbreakable grip of celebrity politics, image-doctoring, stage management, and ‘torch passing’ rhetoric in general.” But even the venomous pundit saves...http://www.newser.com/story/68245/media-airbrush-did-kennedy-no-favors-hitchens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 14:36:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68109/obama-kennedy-a-kind-and-tender-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama paid homage to the "greatest legislator of our time" today in his eulogy of Ted Kennedy—"the baby of the family who became its patriarch, the restless dreamer who became its rock." He ticked off the personal and public tragedies of Kennedy's life, "a string of events that...http://www.newser.com/story/68109/obama-kennedy-a-kind-and-tender-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 29 Aug 2009 11:54:33 CDT