Posts Tagged ‘majority’

A dangerously dysfunctional liberal

December 21st, 2009 | No Comments

OK, quit laughing.  Paul Krugman, the guy who won a Nobel prize for economics for criticizing George Bush ad nauseum, still lives on that one trick.  Citing a laundry list of bizarre claims, he criticizes Bush even though Bush had nothing to do with any of the issues.  But, the issues are complex and many.  [...]

Franken and Specter

April 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Arlen Specter switched loyalties today.  A move that surprised me only in the fact it proves he’s not completely daft.  Some people are reading a lot into this: How much more can the Republicans take? Demoralized, shrinking and seemingly lacking an agenda beyond the word “no,” Republicans today saw their ranks further thinned with the [...]

Tired arguments blocking economic rescue?

February 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment

This is getting confusing to me.  According to my math, the Democrats have a pretty comfortable majority in the Senate.  Currently they hold a 56-41 majority with two independents caucusing with the Dems as well.  That makes it 58-41.  Very possibly, another seat will be given to the Dems via the Minnesota courts.  In basketball, [...]