Posts Tagged ‘minority’

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, [...]

Harry Reid is clueless

July 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

Apparently smarting from polls that put his Senate leadership in the single digits, Harry Reid decided to fight back starting with this letter to The Hill Blog: When our country is in crisis, Congress must be ready to take immediate action. Democrats in Congress have tried to take action again and again. We have proposed [...]

McCain – Rice?

April 4th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Man, there is nothing more I’d love to see this fall than a McCain/Rice ticket.  Talk about ending this race mucho prompto?  Think ahout it. Condi would, to say the least, neuter the race issue that so far is exclusive domain of Obama.  It’s there, for sure, and will be a factor in November.  However, [...]

Do we “need” neoconservatism?

October 18th, 2006 | No Comments

Powerline points to a book by Douglas Murray called: Now, the premise here is that the country NEEDS Neoconservatism.  I don’t particularly think that’s true.  That’s about like saying the country NEEDS to grow older.  Sounds kinda harsh I know, but this is why I think this is true.  It’s pretty simple really:  In 1990, [...]

It’s the economy, stupid

October 17th, 2006 | 3 Comments

From MSNBC: On a long list of issues, including Iraq and “ethics/corruption,” 23 percent cited the economy as their top concern, up from 17 percent in May. I have been the firm believer that all politics is local. it’s not my idea, but I sure do believe it. I have said so repeatedly. I listed [...]