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Fast Acting Republicans

By ⋅ January 5, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Today marks the beginning of the Republican rule of the House of Representatives.  At noon, the Republicans start a 20-day plan to vote on undoing President Obama’s laws—starting with ObamaCare. They’re ambitious—changing house rules, attempting to repeal a major piece of legislation, and trying to keep their campaign promises.

So Now What?

By ⋅ November 3, 2010 ⋅ One comment

What’s funny about this election is that most of what was historic about it was predicted so much in advance that when the actual event happened you could actually feel let down.  I mean, here I was expecting Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) to lose Nevada, only come to find out he didn’t.  And all that [...]

Where are the Deserting Republicans?

By ⋅ October 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Eight years ago, when then Gov. George W. Bush ran against then Vice President Al Gore and again four years ago when Pres. George W. Bush ran against Sen. John Kerry, there were reports everywhere of people that were going to leave the country if President George W. Bush was elected into office.  They peered [...]

Keep It Up, Guys

By ⋅ September 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Meet John Boehner.  This is the man (well, he and the other Conservative House Republicans) that stand between us and the bailout. Well, actually, there’s also a lot of politics involved—surprise, surprise. You see, the President, the Treasury Secretary, the Senate Democrats, the Senate Republicans and the House Democrats all want this bill.  And they [...]

If They Really Wanted to Make a Difference

By ⋅ August 29, 2008 ⋅ One comment

The Washington Post is out this morning with an article stating that the GOP is considering delaying their convention because of Hurricane Gustav.  In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the last thing that Republicans want is to appear like they are partying while another part of the country is hurting. President Bush, a Republican, got [...]

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