Okay – I understand that John McCain is not the fundraiser that Barack Obama seems to be. I, also, understand that John McCain has a history of wanting campaign finance reform – hence, the McCain-Feingold bill. I, also, understand that both John McCain and Barack Obama said, last fall, that they would abide by public financing… Continue reading Public Election Financing
I must be psychic. Just this morning I was thinking I should be – instead of blogging about my youngest child going south for the weekend – blogging about my thoughts on which party is going to get wise first. I truly believe this is going to be the telltale sign of who will end up… Continue reading Political Musings
As I discussed yesterday, there were absences from the Senate floor in the initial vote for the economic stimulus package. The Senate, seeing the flaw in not pretending to help the American people, went back to work immediately and today passed an economic stimulus package. This piece is not about the stimulus package, as such. … Continue reading Another Senate Vote
John McCain, the frontleader for the GOP presidential nomination, made a huge mistake yesterday. His mistake is compounded by the fact that earlier in the campaign he admitted the economy was not his strong suit. Then, yesterday, he missed the US Senate’s roll call vote on the economic stimulus package. True, his vote would not… Continue reading Who will capitalize on McCain’s mistake?
A law per se. Should elected officials running for re-election or, in this particular case, for higher office be required to meet certain benchmarks – I really wanted to use timetables as I am thinking of John McCain but I will refrain – of their current office? I realize that every elected official will miss… Continue reading Should there be a rule?
Let me start by saying, if I had to vote right now for one of the four GOP candidates still in the process, I would vote for Mike Huckabee. That being said, I think he needs to get out of the race. Number one, Huckabee doesn’t have the deep pockets that are going to be… Continue reading Scary Prospects
The one thing I left out of my lengthy diatribe about the GOP debate from January 30th is the timetable debate or name calling. Again, this was a discussion (again, I hope irony or sarcasm in blog terms comes from italics) between John McCain and Mitt Romney. Who else would it have been between since I think… Continue reading The Timetable Debate
Probably the only thing I liked about last night’s GOP debate was the setting. No one could have picked a beautiful and more significant location than the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Setting the four potential nominees in front of Air Force One from the Reagan era and having Nancy Regan in the front row was… Continue reading CNN’s Republican Debate
Or, in this case, the difference between democrat and republican. Today, I listened to two different candidates for their party’s presidential nominations withdraw from the races. The differences in the speeches these two men gave were vast. John Edwards spoke of his vision, his life’s purpose, the issues that had been the pinnacle of his… Continue reading The Difference Between Day and Night
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