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Has Reid Planted A Tea Party Imposter?
By Carole on Mar 10, 2010 | Comment »
Questions are beginning to swirl around Tea Party Candidate Jon Scott Ashjian and his campaign for the senate seat currently held by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada). Nevada Republicans are expressing concern that Mr. Ashjian was put in the race by agents of Senator Reid to steal votes from the GOP and improve the currently dim chances of a Reid re-election.
Is This The Timeline For Obamacare's Last Stand?
By Carole on Mar 2, 2010 | Comment »
Easter eggs won't be the only things hidden this spring. President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) plan to hop through the halls of Congress, doing whatever they can to shove their idea of health care reform through the legislative process before their fellow Democrats go home for the Easter recess and have to face their constituents.
Surprise! Harold Ford Can Be Bullied
By Carole on Mar 2, 2010 | Comment »
Former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford announced Monday evening that he will not challenge incumbent Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) in the upcoming Democratic primary. Just six weeks ago, the former Tennessee Congressman was putting together his campaign team and warning top Democrats that he couldn't be bullied. Evidently he could be.
Obama's House Is Leaking Votes
By Carole on Feb 28, 2010 | Comment »
There's been much speculation lately on the fate of Obamacare in the US Senate. The ins and outs of reconciliation, once a little known technicality in the rules of that legislative body, are now common knowledge to political junkies of all ideologies. But the actual death bed of the president's unpopular and obscenely expensive plan will most likely be the US House of Representatives.
Is Obama's Goal To Write Obamacare's Obituary?
By Carole on Feb 27, 2010 | 4 comments »
A bipartisan summit no one believed would change any minds. A Democratic Party who couldn't pass Obamacare even when they had a super majority. A president who is allegedly smart enough to see that he has lost the approval of most Americans on this issue. A set of rules in the Senate that offer the opposition several opportunities to block Obamacare's passage in spite of the reconciliation process. And yet the headlines blare that President Obama's intent is to push ahead. Why?
