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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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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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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
Let’s Get Real
There is a good reason that this site does not include an essay on immigration: it is a very complex issue and I don’t profess to have anywhere near all the answers. That being said, I feel comfortable writing about … Continue reading
A Question Of Sufficent Sanity
The longest list in Washington may well be the list of candidates for the craziest member of the 113th Congress. I will not attempt to publish a complete and comprehensive listing of them here; instead I will concentrate on two … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, AMMO Act, ammunition, Congress, extremeists, Frank Lucas, guns, Homeland Security, House, House of Representatives, James Inhofe, Obama, Oklahoma, politics, radical right, Republicans, right wing, Senate, Tea Party, The Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013
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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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Read A Book
The Sequester finally started to hit home this week and the N.I.M.B.Y. factor in the Right Wing “fiscal conservatives” came out. Their “conventional wisdom” was shattered by reality. They like to be portrayed as martyrs. In their minds government does … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, economics, economy, F.A.A., FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, fiscal conservatives, Head Start, House, House of Representatives, income redistribution, John Boehner, Joseph Stiglitz, Meals on Wheels, N.I.M.B.Y., NIMBY, P&G, P.A.T.C.O., PATCO, Paul Krugman, politics, Procter & Gamble, Republicans, right wing, Ronald Reagan, Senate, sequester, Tea Party, unemployed, union busting
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Better Off Without Max
One of the best pieces of news this week is that Democratic Senator Max Baucus of Montana announced he will retire at the end of this term and not seek reelection in 2014. No, I haven’t gone over to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Affordable Health Care Act, Brian Schweitzer, Bush Tax Cuts, conservative, David Camp, Democrats, environment, George W. Bush, Great Recession, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, health care, House, House of Representatives, Joe Manchin, Manchin-Toomey Amendment, Massachusetts, Max Baucus, Michigan, Montana, Obama, Obamacare, Oregon, Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, politics, progressive, public option, Republicans, Ron Wyden, Scott Brown, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, single payer, Ted Kennedy, West Virginia
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