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10 more reasons than we had for electing Bush

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

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The wind to their backs and caution in their steps

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Paul Krugman (on his blog) notes that the majority of people in this country believe we are already in a recession and that they may be right. In any event, he says predictions of a mild recession next year may be overly optimistic. So lets fast forward to this November when we will have: 1. […]

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JFK versus Willard Romney

Friday, December 7, 2007

There have been a number of comparisons between Willard Romney’s speech yesterday and John Kennedy’s speech in 1960 to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. It really boils down to this: JFK was trying to extinguish the flames of religious bigotry, Romney was trying to fan the flames while changing the direction of the wind.   […]

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A political forecast

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Let me be the first to predict that Mike Huckabee will not suffer as much from freeing a dangerous rapist who went on to murder two women than will Giuliani for using New York taxpayer dollars on maintaining his mistress.Most of the press is still in the first stages of love with Huckabee as the […]

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An unpredictable wrinkle in Iowa

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

1% more Conscious has an interesting post on something of which I was unaware. Iowa caucus goers vote their top two choices. The second place votes of those who voted for the bottom tier candidates (Biden, Richardson, and, alas, Dodd) are added to the top tier candidates. I agree with IC’s conclusion, those votes are […]

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New York Times: According to named Republicans, unnamed Democrats fear a Hillary candidacy

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

I’m not a Hillary Clinton fan, but I had the same reaction as Kevin Drum to this morning’s article in the New York Times that claimed that Hillary would be a threat to the re-election of some of the (if there are any) vulnerable Democrats in the House. The article specifically mentions Kansan Nancy Boyda, […]

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Good news

Friday, November 30, 2007

The move to steal about half of California’s electoral votes has been quashed for now. The folks with the deep pockets behind the campaign apparently weren’t willing to collect legitimate signatures for their ballot initiative, preferring, in time honored Republican fashion, to do it by fraud. Unfortunately for them, they were caught, so they had […]

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Iraq on the campaign trail

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Shade, once again, of Vietnam. The New York Times reports that the Democratic candidates are shifting their tone on Iraq in response to alleged security gains in that country. (As Democrats See Security Gains in Iraq, Tone Shifts) This is not the first time that we have been told that things are looking up in […]

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Rudy the untouchable (for now)

Thursday, November 1, 2007

A number of people who read this blog have put me on their mass mailing lists. I confess I don’t read everything, but today I got one that asked the question: Why haven’t the other Republican candidates brought up Rudy’s poor performance on 9/11. For those of you who may not be up on this […]

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Chris Dodd out in front again

Monday, October 29, 2007

Chris Dodd has announced that he is going to vote against Mukasey: “Mr. Mukasey’s position that the President does not have to heed the law disqualifies him from being the chief attorney for the United States. We have seen for too long, and at great expense to our national security, an Administration that has systematically […]

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