Phil Goff says he is the party’s best shot of winning the next election.
The besieged Labour leader has been battling poor poll results and leaks from within his own caucus as the party’s prospects look increasingly dismal with less than 100 days to go till the election.
During a day on the campaign trail in West Auckland, Mr Goff acknowledged that voters had had “the phone off the hook” since he became leader.
But when asked if there was someone in his caucus who might have a better shot at winning the election, he said: “Frankly, no. If I did think there was somebody, I would say, `Hey, boy, have I got an offer for you.”‘
He reiterated that, when the time came, he would step aside rather than wait to be rolled by his colleagues.
DENVER – Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced a settlement on Thursday banning a Westminster, Colo.-based company from selling, marketing or advertising any debt relief services.
Real Talk Network and principals David Allen Burke and Melodie Rose Burke are permanently barred from the debt relief service in the state. Additionally, Real Talk Network will pay the state $226,414, including $200,000 in consumer restitution.
The company allegedly falsely promised through infomercials and deceptive seminars that it could aid consumers in getting out of debt and in paying off their mortgages in less than 10 years. Find more…
A leader of House GOP conservatives apologized to fellow Republicans Wednesday for an email sent by a staff aide to conservative groups urging them to lobby wavering lawmakers against Speaker John Boehner’s debt plan.
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio told House Republicans at a closed-door meeting Wednesday that a staff aide provided a list of conservative Republicans to target in opposition to the measure. Several lawmakers reacted angrily to being identified as lobbying targets by fellow Republicans, said GOP lawmakers and staff aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions were private.
Jordan chairs the Republican Study Committee, a group of conservative Republicans made up of a majority of the House GOP conference. Find more…
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday announced his intentions to propose a constitutional amendment that would provide a single, extended tenure for the president of Nigeria and its 36 governors. The president and governors are currently limited to serving two four-year terms and are permitted to run for re-election between terms. Jonathan cited the high cost of organizing party primaries and general elections and the instability that regularly follows elections as reasons for proposing the amendment. Jonathan has not, however, provided any details about the length of the proposed extended term. Find more…
Find out what options are available if you want to leave the legal world behind you. Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty Images
There’s a strong connection between studying a law degree and going on to work in the legal profession. However, before you present us with the obvious fact of the week award, it’s not the case that every law student will go on to don a barrister’s wig, or become a solicitor.
And, unless you’re utterly convinced, to borrow some legal terminology, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a high-flying law career is for you, it’s important to remember there are other choices out there, according to blogger Tim Bratton.
He wrote: “If you want to go and work in Big Law having thought about it, then great, it offers an excellent career.
WASHINGTON — Even as the debt clock ticks down to fiscal bedlam, President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner continued their public slugfest — bickering back and forth on national TV last night, with no compromise in sight.
Obama’s prime-time White House address ripped House Republicans for refusing to prevent a government default with their “cuts-only approach” to debt reduction.
“We can’t allow the American people to become collateral damage to Washington’s political warfare,” Obama insisted.
Home Page Potential Lawsuit The FDA has received reports of serious central nervous system (CNS) reactions when the antibacterial drug linezolid (Zyvox) is given to patients taking psychiatric medications that work through the serotonin system of the brain (serotonergic psychiatric medications). Safety information about this potential drug interaction and important drug usage recommendations for emergency and non-emergency situations are being added to the drug labels for serotonergic psychiatric medications and linezolid. Linezolid is used to treat infections, including pneumonia, infections of the skin, and infections caused by a resistant bacterium (Enterococcus faecium). Find more…
The veteran members of Congress representing the Mahoning and Shenango valleys raised more money between April and June than the two freshmen who serve the area.
FORT WORTH — State Rep. Lon Burnam and his wife moved onto Sixth Avenue in 1981, and 30 years later, the couple is still there.
The close-knit feel of the Fairmount neighborhood still appeals to them, as do its historic homes.
Burnam has represented Fairmount in the Texas House of Representatives since 1997, and he’s hoping it stays that way.
U.S. Senators blocked his nomination to the federal bench, but California Gov. Jerry Brown is turning to one of the nation’s leading legal scholars, Goodwin Liu, to fill a vacancy on the state’s highest court.
California Gov. Jerry Brown in nominating UC Berkeley Law school professor and longtime ACS member and leader Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court, lauded him as “an extraordinary man and a distinguished legal scholar and teacher. He is a nationally-recognized expert on constitutional law and has experience in private practice, government service and in the academic community. I kno
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday announced his intentions to propose a constitutional amendment that would provide a single, extended tenure for the president of Nigeria and its 36 governors. The president and governors are currently limited to serving two four-year terms and are permitted to run for re-election between terms. Jonathan cited the high cost of organizing party primaries and general elections and the instability that regularly follows elections as reasons for proposing the amendment. Jonathan has not, however, provided any details about the length of the proposed extended term. 
Find out what options are available if you want to leave the legal world behind you. Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty Images