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The Endorsement Of Amy Klobucher
An interesting question to ask is: who is the hardest working member of the United States Senate. If the time period you were covering was January 3, 2009 to July 7, 2009 the answer would be easy: Minnesota’s senior Senator … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, abortion, Affordable Health Care Act, Al Franken, Amy Klobucher, children's issues, conservative, Constitution, Democrat, Democratic-Farmers-Labor Party, Department of Agriculture, DFL, energy, gay rights, House, Jesse ventura, jobs, LGBT rights, Maine, Michele Bachmann, Minnesota, Missouri, Native American issues, Norm Coleman, Obamacare, politics, progressive, Republican, Roy Blunt, Senate, small business, Social Security, Susan Collins, tourism, United States Constitution, University of Chicago, veterans, women's rights, Yale
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Best Wishes Bev
Friday morning I did something that I knew I would have to do someday – I removed the endorsement of a candidate. Notice that I used the word removed, not rescinded, which would be very, very different. Wednesday the rumors … Continue reading
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Tagged Amendment 1, Bev Perdue, Citizens United, Climate Change, Democrats, Deptment of Education, evolution, gay marriage, gay rights, Global Warming, North Carolina, North Carolina Constitution, North Carolina primary, Obama, politics, Republicans, same-sex marriage
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Education – Two Parties, Two Views
Tuesday afternoon I became privy to a memo released from Democratic North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue’s office making the case for her North Carolina educational funding proposal. That evening I watched the President’s State of the Union address. One of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 mid-term elections, Art Pope, Bev Perdue, Democrats, District of Columbia, education, George W. Bush, Great Depression, Great Recession, Grover Norquist, jobs, Minnesota, Mitt Romney, North Carolina, North Carolina legislature, Obama, politics, Republicans, South Carolina, State of The Union, taxes, Tim Pawlenty, veto, Willard Mitt Romney
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A Very Thin Sandwich
Prior to last night’s Republican Presidential Debate in Jacksonville, Florida on CNN I had decided to pay particular attention to Rick Santorum because he had the most at stake. Polling indicates that Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are headed to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Brian Williams, CNN, debate, Florida, Florida Primary, Freddie Mac, health care, immigration, Jacksonville Florida, jobs, Mitt Romney, NBC, Newt Gingrich, Obama, Obamacare, politics, Republican Presidential Primary, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Tampa, unemployment, Willard Mitt Romney, Wolf Blitzer
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The Spoiled Senator
On Monday Kentucky Tea Party/Republican Senator Rand Paul caused an incident at the Nashville, Tennessee airport. This may bruise Senator Paul’s obviously oversized ego a bit, but I delayed publishing this because more important things were happening in the world … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, airport security, CNN Tea Party Republican Presidential debate, Congress, Constitution, House, Kentucky, Nashville Tennessee, politics, Rand Paul, Republican, Republican Presidential Primary, Ron Paul, Senate, State of The Union, Tea Party, Tennessee, Texas, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, United States Constitution
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Johnny’s Last Dance
Don’t let the title of this article deceive you. Its subject is just what you anticipated – the State of the Union address. President Obama gave the address to a joint session of Congress with Vice President Joe Biden and … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 113th Congress, 2012 election, auto industry, Bill Clinton, class warfare, D.A.D.T., debt ceiling, Democrats, economy, education, Iraq, Israel, jobs, Joe Biden, John Boehner, John Kennedy, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, obstruction, Osama bin Laden, politics, Republicans, social safety net, State of The Union, tax loopholes, taxes, unemployment, veterans benefits, Willard Mitt Romney
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W III
The more the Republican presidential race unfolds one striking set of observations continue to haunt me. Despite his name never being uttered, the leading candidates seem to be advocating a third George W. Bush term. They are in complete denial … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 elections, 2012 election, abortion, Alabama, Arizona, Attorney General, Bill Haslam, Bob McDonnell, child labor, child labor laws, Chris Christie, D.A.D.T., Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of the Interior, Department of Transportation, Dodd-Frank, Drill Baby Drill, Florida, George W. Bush, Government regulations, Health and Human Services, HHS, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, HUD, Indiana, Jan Brewer, John Bolton, John Kasich, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, minimum wage, Mitch Daniels, money in politics, New Jersey, Office of Management and Budget, Ohio, OMB, Paul LePage, politics, recall, regulations, Republican, Republican Presidential Primary, Rick Perry, Rick Scott, Robert Bentley, Ronald Reagan, Sam Brownback, Scott Walker, State Department, taxes, Tennessee, Texas, Treasury, U.N., union busting, unions, United Nations, VA, Veteran's Administration, Virginia, Wisconsin, women's rights
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Obama Should Be So Lucky!
Saturday night Newt Gingrich decisively won the South Carolina Republican Primary. South Carolina likes to brag about their history of picking the Republican nominee. To be quite frank, President Obama should be so lucky! Newt is absolutely unelectable in November. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, bigotry, Buffalo New York, Christian Right, Columbia South Carolina, conservative, Des Moines Iowa, family values, Florida, Florida Primary, Iowa, Jacksonville Florida, Manchester New Hampshire, Miami, Mitt Romney, money in politics, New Hampshire, Newt Gingrich, Obama, Orlando, politics, prejudice, racism, Religious Right, Republican, Republican Presidential Primary, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, South Carolina, South Carolina primary, Tampa, Tea Party, Texas, Willard Mitt Romney
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