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Kudos to The City Paper for its editorial about the recent nomination by Democrats’ recent nomination of John Wilder to another term as Lt. Governor (Wilder’s Leadership Non-existent in Senate). Here’s the last sentence:
So, to date, Tennesseans for the last three decades have deserved John Wilder as their Lt. Governor. They may earn the right [...]
Adam Kleinheider (over at Volunteer Voters) reports that
Keith Ellison, the much chastised first in history Muslim congressman, took some heat when he announced that he would use the Koran as his photo-op faith book of choice at his swearing-in. Represenative Virgil Goode has been most vociferous in his opposition saying:
“When I raise my hand to [...]
This WaPo article (here, via Drudge) demonstrates the problems the “New Democrat Majority Party!” faces . . . there is no way that Pelosi & Co. can scrupulously pass their–ahem, “well publicized [legislative] plan” in 100 hours. It is impossible to allow debate on (much less full review of) their (as yet un-released) proposals in [...]
I thought I checked my messages all weekend, but somehow I missed my invite to meet Mitt while he was in Middle Tennessee. Oh well, accidents happen.
In any event, the ‘08 Presidential nomination campaign has already started so I’m planning to do a great deal of deep thinking* about folks like Mitt Romney in the [...]
I read over at the NY Times (via Drudge) that Al Franken is contemplating a U.S. Senate run.
I believe that politically-inspired comedians take themselves too seriously (certainly more seriously than the average voter). Accordingly, the quality that makes them so “charming” to a live, studio audience of people (who get their knowledge of current [...]
I cruised through this Washington Times article (here) about how Congressional Democrats (particularly Rahm Emanuel and his underlings) handled the reports about Mark Foley’s potentially-inappropriate contact with House pages . . . most of it seemed like old news.
But there’s something interesting in the report: it now seems clear–from testimony to the Ethics committees, that Emanuel–while head of [...]
The Dem–Christine Jennings, who had hoped to replace Katherine Harris won’t accept a count, recount and manual recount in her race, all of which show she lost. She’s suing (here). Ominously, the article hints that the Congress will ultimately decide whom it seats. Surely, the Dems are more responsible than that . . .
From reading [...]
A Guest Commentary over at the Nashville Scene (here) is criticizing the black-oriented Tennessee Tribune for printing a list of voters who did not vote in the September primaries, ostensibly to motivate them to vote in the general election. Professor Franklin, the author, writes:
Never mind that, decades ago, social scientists debunked the myth that non-voting [...]
I’ve never quite “bought” the saying (maybe I just haven’t understood it), “All politics is local”; however, this story from CQPolitics.com–about another race that has been conceded (believe it or not, it is a Democrat that is conceding defeat), probably best illustrates the old saw.
The victorious (incumbent) Republican was a popular former sheriff so he [...]
As I read this story (via Volunteer Voters) about a Republican conceding his 96-vote loss in CT, it reminded me of one “silver lining” that I’ve seen since Nov. 7th: the Republican, Nancy Johnson, had been serving in Congress FOR 24 YEARS. Sorry, but that is too long. I am a frequent supporter of term [...]
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