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A Sweeper And A Dreamer
It came as no big surprise to anyone paying attention when Mitt Romney swept the Maryland, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia primaries Tuesday night. Baring death or the greatest political collapse in modern history Mitt Romney will be the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1976 election, 2012 election, Connecticut, Connecticut primary, Delaware, Delaware primary, District of Columbia, District of Columbia primary, economy, Evangelical Christians, gas prices, gasoline, Mars Pennsylvania, Maryland, Maryland primary, Medicare, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Wisconsin, Mitt Romney, New York, New York primary, Obama, Paul Ryan, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania primary, Pittsburg Steelers, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, politics, Republican, Rhode Island, Rhode Island primary, Rick Santorum, Ronald Reagan, Ryan Plan, Senate, swing voters, Tea Party, voter turnout, Willard Mitt Romney, Wisconsin, Wisconsin primary
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Mitt Mops Up
Going into Sunday’s Puerto Rico primary the only question was would Mitt Romney hit the 50% plus 1 threshold needed to take all twenty committed delegates or not. He answered that in resounding style.
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Tagged 2008 election, 2012 election, Canada, conservative, Constitution, delegates, District of Columbia, Luis Fortuno, Mitt Romney, New Progressive Party, Newt Gingrich, Obama, politics, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico caucus, Puerto Rico primary, Puerto Rico statehood, Republican, Republican Presidential Primary, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, seperation of church and state, statehood, United States Constitution, Willard Mitt Romney
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Beauty Contest With No Prize
On February 7th Missouri held its primary but the results really didn’t mean anything because they were totally non-binding on anyone in the delegate selection process. In politics we call events like that beauty contests. It looks pretty to win … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 2010 elections, 2012 election, Al Gore, Arizona, District of Columbia, Do Harm Congress, Electoral College, electoral votes, Florida, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Missouri caucus, Missouri primary, Nebraska, New Hampshire, politics, South Carolina, Supreme Court
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Another Gift?
Lately if you get a group of Democratic political junkies together inevitably the conversation turns to the chance that no Republican will go into the Tampa convention with the 1144 delegates necessary to secure the nomination and we could be looking … Continue reading
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Tagged 1924 Democratic National Convention, 1932 election, 2006 election, 2012 election, delegates, Democrats, District of Columbia, District of Columbia primary, Franklin Roosevelt, Illinois, Illinois primary, John Davis, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, politics, Rand Paul, Religious Right, Republican Convention, Republicans, Rick Santorum, right wing, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Tampa, war on women, Willard Mitt Romney
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Romney Rolls On
In perhaps one of the strangest days in what has been a very strange 2012 Republican Presidential Primary season Mitt Romney inched closer to the nomination. The states of Kansas and Wyoming along with the territories of Guam, the Northern … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Christian, District of Columbia, Guam, Guam caucus, Kansas, Kansas caucus, Matt Romney, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Northern Marianas, Northern Marians caucus, politics, Republican, Republican Presidential Primary, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands caucus, Westboro Baptist Church, Willard Mitt Romney, Wyoming, Wyoming caucus
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The Endorsement Of Sherrod Brown
If you look up the term bellwether state in the dictionary you figuratively see the map of Ohio. In 2010 Ohioans went to the polls and elected Tea Party/Republicans John Kasich and Rob Portman as Governor and United States Senator … Continue reading
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Tagged 2006 election, 2010 elections, 2012 election, Alaska, Alaska Republican Party, Bernie Sanders, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Connecticut, Connie Schultz, D.A.D.T., D.O.M.A., Dean Heller, Democrats, District of Columbia, Don't Ask Don't Tell, free trade, gay adoption, gay rights, Illinois, insider trading, Issue 2, Joe Lieberman, John Kasich, LBGT rights, Lisa Murkowski, Maine, Mark Kirk, Massachusetts, Mike DeWine, money in politics, Nevada, Ohio, Ohio State, Olympia Snowe, Poland, politics, Progressive Caucus, Pulitzer Prize, Republican, Rob Portman, S 2036, same-sex adoption, SB5, Scott Brown, Senate, Sherrod Brown, Stock Act, super PAC, Tea Party, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, union, union busting, Vermont, Yale
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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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Rat Pack Route
In 2012 you will hear a lot about the number 270. In American politics it will be the most important number of the year. It is the number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency. As we all get … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 elections, 2010 mid-term elections, 2012 election, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Democrats, District of Columbia, Electoral College, electoral votes, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, John Kasich, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, mid-term elections, Minnesota, Misissippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Paul LePage, Pennsylvania, politics, Rat Pack, Republican, Rhode Island, Rick Scott, Rick Snyder, Scott Walker, Tea Party, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Voter suppression, Washington, Wisconsin
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Give Them An Inch
We have all heard the expression, “Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile”. It is actually a modern day adaptation of an ancient Chinese saying. In today’s American politics it describes what the Republicans are doing with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Constitution, consumer demand, deficit, Democrats, District of Columbia, economy, Electoral College, electoral votes, gerrymandering, House, jobs, Maine, national debt, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Pennsylvania State Senate, Rat Pack, redistricting, Republicans, Senate, Tea Party, Tom Corbett, unemployment, United States Constitution, Voter suppression, voter turnout
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