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Yes, the day job has been keeping me busy enough that I’ve been pretty quiet here lately. However, I did have to resurface to share the results of a Rasmussen poll: In January, the number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats fell another tenth-of-a-percentage point. Now the number of Democrats is at the lowest level recorded [...] 
We finished the Congressional term with both houses of Congress having passed their own version of health insurance reform. With the New Year passed, Congressional Dems will get to work reconciling the two bills. And with only 302 days until Election Day 2010, this article from Politico should come as no surprise: Republicans hope a push [...] 
So, election day has come and gone. The GOP picked up a couple of governorships; a Congressional special election in a traditionally Republican district went to the Dems; and Maine voters decided to limit whom God may join together. The talking heads on the television and radio, and bloggers young and old will all surely be [...] 
Normally I wouldn’t cut-and-paste so much of someone else’s writing…but the sentiment needs to be repeated. Dennis Sanders at Republicans United opined: I’ve argued in the past that at some point, the GOP is going have to have to see that part of being fiscally responsible is to sometimes raise taxes. Other conservatives thought I had just [...] 
If candidate for Senate, Linda McMahon (R-WWE) was once sorta the boss of Jesse “the Body” Ventura (Odd-MN), what does that say about the relationship of Connecticut and Minnesota? Probably nothing, but I’m sure there’s a joke in here somewhere. Seen in the Courant: Linda E. McMahon is a mother, philanthropist, member of the State Board of Education, [...] 
I would like to thank Governor Palin for a wonderful Independence Day gift – finally the so-called news media have been diverted from 24/7 coverage of Michael Jackson’s passing. There has, of course been quite a bit of speculation as to the reasons for the Governor’s decision. Is she just sick of the political game, or [...] 
A blog post by Meghan McCain (John McCain’s daughter) caught my eye, initially because she takes Ann Coulter to task for her sensationalism and vocal adherence to extreme ideology. Ann Coulter annoys her, and I always appreciate well-written thrashings of her. However, the article is also notable for Meghan’s use of her own views as being [...]
Dennis Sanders at Progressive Republicans saw a comment made by “Onlyforward” at the Rebuild The Party. Like Dennis, I think the thoughts merit repeating: Many years back I voted for Reagan and Bush 1. This year I spent election day making phone calls to get out the vote for Obama. The Republicans have lost me as [...] 
It seems that not everyone got the memo about how Obama’s election was supposed to end “business as usual” in Washington. Last night, I noticed this gem at RedState: Since Pelosi and the Democrats regained control of Congress $2,029,208,621,639.09, or $2.03 trillion, has been added to the national debt. That is a 23% increase in two [...]
Seen at Washington Wire: The Republican Party filed a lawsuit Thursday to overturn the ban on unlimited campaign contributions that is the cornerstone of a 2002 law designed to reduce the influence of big donors in politics. Fresh from an election in which Democrats raised far more money from small donors, the Republican National Committee wants political [...] |
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