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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Win or lose in November, this Associated Press piece raises some interesting questions about the meaning of the Obama phenomenon:
The entire nation and countless foreigners are absorbing a moment that had seemed decades away, if possible at all. Smart strategists and rank-and-file voters ponder how Obama rose so far so ...
Posted in Barack Obama, 2008, Politics 2.0, General | 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
How else to describe her frantic campaigning, highlighted by her disturbing willingness, if not compulsion, to say anything to win the nomination?
Her latest bizarre performance was her outrageous claim surrounding her trip to Bosnia in 1996.
First, a Fact Check: The war was over when she landed in Tuzla on ...
Posted in 2008, Politics 2.0, Hillary Clinton, Democrats | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Filed in Detroit in 2006, the challenge was brought on behalf of several Michigan attorneys and Muslim leaders who thought they may be the targets of domestic spying by the U.S. government. They claimed that a program by the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans without court approval violated ...
Posted in U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Liberties | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
The disastrous Bush administration and the deep unpopularity of Republicans have given the Democrats a golden opportunity to capture the White House.
So it’s particularly frustrating (and frightening) to see the leading Democratic candidates fighting with each other and perhaps inflicting irreparable damage on the party’s chances of winning in November.
Senators ...
Posted in Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, 2008, Politics 2.0, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, General | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
When Bush attorney Harriet Miers ignored a subpoena to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committe, what did they do about it? NOTHING!
When former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez lied to the same Committee, what did they do?
NOTHING!
They apparently don’t have the time or inclination to pursue THOSE offenses, but they ...
Posted in U.S. Senate, Politics 2.0, Congress, Democrats, General | 9 Comments »
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent, according to data from the last four November Gallup Health and Healthcare polls,” Frank Newport of Gallup informs us:
Fifty-eight percent of Republicans report having excellent mental health, compared to 43 percent of independents and ...
Posted in Politics 2.0, Congress, Republicans, General | 2 Comments »
