http://www.insiderspolitics.com Politics from the inside Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:59:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ever wonder how Senate confirmations are taken care of?  The U.S. Constitution specifies that the president has the power to appoint certain government officials such as Cabinet secretaries, Supreme Court justices and ambassadors with, as it is stated, “the advice and consent of the Senate.” So, how does the Senate go ... http://www.insiderspolitics.com/how-senate-confirmations-work/ Ever since humans have been organizing themselves into groups, politics has existed. Political entities, or states, have been organized for millenia, and the way borders have been defined throughout this long history made up the most rudimentary aspects of politics. The most basic systems of self-governance, then monarchy developed over ... http://www.insiderspolitics.com/who-invented-politics/