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What If Plan B?
The other day I was thinking about what really holds the Tea Party/Republican coalition together. The conventional political wisdom is that they need each other. The true Republicans standing alone are simply too few and too regional to have any … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960 election, 2008 election, 2012 election, 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Andrew Cuomo, Connecticut, Dan Malloy, Democrats, George W. Bush, H.U.D., Hillary Clinton, Housing and Urban Development, HUD, Mario Cuomo, Martin O'Malley, Maryland, Mitt Romney, New York, Obama, politics, Republicans, Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Tea Party, Willard Mitt Romney
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Sticking Power
To say it was a bad week for the Obama White House is an understatement – Benghazi, the IRS and the AP, just to name the top three “scandals”. While the President will never have to run for elected office … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 election, A.P., AP, Associated Press, Benghazi, Democrats, Harry Truman, House, House of Representatives, hypocrisy, I.R.S., Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Joe Biden, Obama, Obamacare, politics, Republicans, scandal
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A Morning Gift; An Old Lesson
What to write about is seldom a problem for me. The opposite is true with good stories often waiting a day or more to be published. Tuesday morning was a great example. At 8:33am my Blackberry buzzed with a blurb … Continue reading
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Tagged Benghazi, Blackwater, C.I.A., Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Cold War, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, jobs, Mitt Romney, Obama, politics, Republicans, State Department, Tea Party, Washington Post, Willard Mitt Romney
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You Stll Own It Pat
I saw this one coming like a 3 and 0 fastball. On Wednesday Republican North Carolina de jure Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement: “The issues surrounding the transfer of the assets of the Ashville water department to a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 election, Art Pope, Ashville North Carolina, Bev Perdue, Charles Koch, Charlotte, David Koch, Democrats, greed, HB 488, Koch brothers, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, Pat McCrory, politics, privitization, Raleigh, Republicans, SB 10, Tea Party, Wake County Schools
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The Banishment Of Phil Gingrey
In 1979 the Charlie Daniels Band had a hit record entitled The Devil Went Down To Georgia. I certainly don’t pretend to be an expert on the devil’s itinerary, but looking at the Republican wannabes for the 2014 United States … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 2012 election, 2014 election, AFLAC, ARMPAC, Balanced Budget Amendment, Bank of Elijay, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Congress, Democrats, F.A.A., FAA, FAA patch, Federal Aviation Administration, Georgia, House, House of Representatives, John Boehner, legitimate rape, McMorris-Rodgers Amendment, Mick Mulvaney, Mitch McConnell, money in elections, money in politics, Mulvaney Amendment, N.L.R.B., National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Phil Gingrey, politics, Republicans, Richard Mourdock, Rush Limbaugh, Sandy, Sandy aid, Senate, sequester, Superstorm Sandy, Tea Party, Todd Akin, Tom Delay, V.A.W.A., VAWA, Violence Against Women Act, war on women, women's health issues, women's rights
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Bye, Bye Benghazi
It is Wednesday morning as I pen this article and one of the big anticipated news items of the day is the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on Benghazi. If the events of September 11, 2012 didn’t include … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, C.I.A., Darrell Issa, David Petraeus, Democrats, Fox News, Government regulations, Great Recession, Hillary Clinton, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Obama, politics, Republicans, right wing, State Department, unemployment, Willard Mitt Romney
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A Good Night’s Sleep
Today is the special election in South Carolina’s First Congressional District to replace now Senator Tim Scott in the House of Representatives. It has gotten a lot of press because it has been a sexy news item. The storyline is … Continue reading
The Endorsement Of Ed Markey
2013 doesn’t promise to be a big year for endorsements; there simply are not that many elections that are going to be held and I don’t endorse for every election. With Tuesday night’s primaries in Massachusetts history, the choice for … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 election, Boston College, BP, BP oil spill, Brian Schweitzer, Democrats, Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, environment, Gabriel Gomez, Gulf Oil Spill, Harvard, House, House of Representatives, John Kerry, labor, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, Montana, politics, post office, postal service, Republicans, Scott Brown, Senate, special elections, Stephen Lynch, Tea Party, Ted Kennedy, U.S.P.S., unions, USPS, Willard Mitt Romney
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Reloading?
One news item that came out of last Sunday’s talk shows was that Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin is seriously considering reintroducing the compromise gun regulation legislation he co-authored with Republican Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey. Make no mistake; neither … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Arizona, background check, Democrats, F.A.A., FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, gun control, gun legislation, gun regulation, guns, Harry Reid, Heidi Heitkamp, Jeff Flake, Joe Manchin, Kelly Ayotte, Lisa Murkowski, Manchin-Toomey Amendment, Max Baucus, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Obama, Ohio, Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, politics, Republicans, Rob Portman, sequester, Tea Party, West Virginia
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