Here is your R&D for October 18th:
Dems Find Careers Threatened by Obamacare Votes from the DC Examiner (courtesy of RealClearPolitics)
According to conservative columnist Michael Barone, a vote for President Obama’s healthcare reform plan will be political death for many Democrats this November. Find out who is in trouble in this piece.
Russia Risks Mass Unrest Under Current Regime, Gorbachev Says from Bloomberg
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has warned the Kremlin that if it fails to listen to the Russian people it may witness mass protests and disorder. He also says that Russia has yet to go halfway down the road to freedom that he began to steer Russia on in the late 1980s.
China Vice-President given key military posting from the Agence France Presse
Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping, the son of Xi Zhongxun, a communist guerrila who fought with Mao Zedong, was named vice-chairman of a military commission today. Chinese experts believe that this makes him a likely successor to current Chinese President Hu Jintao in 2013.
Reform Rules Divide EU Members from the Wall Street Journal
EU governments are still at odds over financial rules that are meant to avoid future fiscal problems among member states. Find out where the dividing lines of the EU are in this article.
Obama adminstration, Eric Holder will not stand idly by if Calif. voters legalize marijuana from the Christian Science Monitor
The Obama administration has warned that the federal government will still enforce federal law against anyone carrying, growing, or selling marijuana if California voters pass Proposition 19, which would legalize the drug.