postelection studies find increased turnout in democrat constituencies this year but less than optimal republican. in other words the democrats maxed out their potential votes but we didnt. in another year when the republican candidate is an articulate and firmly principled conservative and when the democrats havent got a pop star with special constituency appeal to one part...... [Show More]
what a shockingly predictable end to a woeful presidency. in an interview with charlie gibson airing tonight president bush had this to say when asked if he had any do overs822 1 during his presidency
i dont know the biggest regret of all the presidency has to have been the intelligence failure in iraq. a lot of people put their reputations on the line and said the weap...... [Show More]
there will be an open senate seat in kansas in 2010 brownback is retiring. that means an open seat in ks01 jerry moran is running for brownbacks seat a possible open seat in ks04 if tiahrt runs against moran and now were hearing that dennis moore might retire in ks03....... [Show More]
ks03 moore to retire Post Source: www.swingstateproject.com Posted: Dec 01 2008 19:22:05
from the hotline
sources close to rep. dennis moore ks03 say that the congressman may not run for reelection in 10. its unclear if he will launch a senate bid instead sen. sam brownback r is stepping down that year and is expected to run for gov.
via a spokeswoman moore said today i am honored to be serving the people of the third district and hav...... [Show More]
this is a good day to reflect and look back theres a winter advisory here in ct as we move into the holidays and look to january 20th and beyond is bush still here damn.
one of the hot topics of this election and a perplexing one was poll performance as a reflection of where the electorates head was at. we know the polls did well at least the final polls ....... [Show More]
this is a good day to reflect and look back theres a winter advisory here in ct as we move into the holidays and look to january 20th and beyond is bush still here damn. one of the hot topics of this election and a perplexing one was poll performance as a reflection of where the electorates head was at. we know the polls did well at least the final polls ...... [Show More]
learn the insights about literary agents from the writers point of view including inside info that agents dare not speak aloud. youll learn about networking ideal modes for approaching a variety of agents and most importantly gain a read more
bexley native nate beeler has won the 2008 berryman award for editorial cartooning for work that appeared in t...... [Show More]
national journals congressdaily put out a subscriptiononly look at republicanheld senate seats up for election in 2010 but downwithtyranny gives us the goods . some interesting tidbits alaska republican lisa murkowski and louisiana republican david vitter should be as concerned about gop primary challengers as they should be about democratic opponents there is speculation tha...... [Show More]
the contention was that naval sonar operations off the california coast just might possibly do some imagined harm to mammals8 230.thoug h it had not yet.and therefore the navy should shut it down. never mind what that would do to the security of the pacific fleet.
this has come before the united states supreme court. and gives pause
before the election the media were full of warn...... [Show More]
i find it encouraging that the obama team is working on a much
bigger fiscal stimulus than previously contemplated. i agree with larry
summers on this the dangers of being too timid are far greater than
the risks of doing too much. a plan of at least 500 billion is
warranted as i argued here and here subscription required .
but the composition of the stimulus is important obviously. boldn...... [Show More]
meet diane pamela wood. weve been discussing potential barack obama supreme court picks in his first term. as mentioned justices john paul stevens and ruth bader ginsburg are said to plan retirement in the presidentelects first term. see a photos a video and a biography below.
diane pamela wood photo
with sandra day oconner retired the number of women on the ...... [Show More]
defense secretary robert gates ordered that the military follow a new law requiring the troops being medically retired for ptsd be rated at least 50 percent disabled a requirement mandated by the 2008 defense authorization act . another mandate of the act is that a review board be created for medical evaluation cases but that board has yet to be created and when it is its decisions will...... [Show More]
sunday and the living is easy
thomas friedman
if i had my druthers right now we would convene a special session of congress amend the constitution and move up the inauguration from jan. 20 to thanksgiving day. forget the inaugural balls we cant afford them. forget the grandstands we dont need them. just get me a supreme court justice and a bible and lets ...... [Show More]
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judicial vetoes of presidential and congressional national security policies have emerged as the most important issue of national policy before the courts.
how would soontobe president obama like it if the courts were to order the navy his navy to cripple its training in southern california coastal wa...... [Show More]
coleman clings to a shrinking lead
with 64 of the vote recounted sen norma coleman rmn still leads democrat al franken
but his lead has dropped from 215 votes to 120 votes a loss of 95 votes. if his loss continues
at this rate coleman will ultimately lose 148 votes and thus win the election by 67 votes out
of 2.9 million cast. however past vote loss is no guarantee for future...... [Show More]
andrew brown joined the army in july 1990. six months later he was in a tank battle against the iraqi army. his first flashbacks were triggered by tv coverage of the 2003 invasion of iraq. moving back and forth between reserve status and regular
go to source...... [Show More]
patrick campbell joined the army national guard in 2003 just before the invasion of iraq. he spent a year in and around baghdad in 20052006. a lawyer he is now a legislative counsel for the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america working on
go to source...... [Show More]
in a new column
link expires in a fortnight for national journal i give some ground
to the case for more aid for the detroit three. ill give jonathan
cohn the credit by the way this
is a great piece. the point is that the bankruptcy process is
impaired. still i think the dire consequences of allowing gm to go
bust are being exaggerated.
now bailout advocates say con...... [Show More]
wsj.com law blog wsj.com
on tuesday we did a bit of pardon speculation and asked whether president bush on his way out of the white house might have a marc rich moment and make a controversial getouttajailfree pick. conrad black anyone hard to say but slate thinks michael milken and scooter libby are pardon possibilities.
so far we noted bush has used his...... [Show More]
in the last couple weeks weve seen no shortage of sentiment implying that the gop is in something akin to death throes provided that it doesnt come to resemble something other than the modern gop. this post has been building in me for a while but the latest piece by ron brownstein titled the bush gops fatal contraction kind of set me off.
look im not going to ...... [Show More]
clive crook over at the national journal has an interesting piece on the auto bailout and the unions role in the domestic automotive industrys downfall
productivity in some of the domestic producers plants is now as good as in nonunion plants run by foreigners. but this came late and only under duress. it took the imminent collapse of the industry to moderate the unions...... [Show More]
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