Those lucky few who tuned into the Arizona Gubernatorial Debate last night got a real treat. As you’ve no doubt seen on Hardball, Rachel Maddow, and The Situation Room, Governor Jan Brewer laid an egg in her opening remarks. The egg I speak of is a governor so pleased with herself in a well...
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Epic Floods: In case you have haven’t heard about the flood in Pakistan, this link takes you the UN Chief’s opinion “worst disaster I’ve ever seen”. Guns over Sex Allegation: In the Show-me State a Republican candidate allegedly drew a gun on his primary rival’s staffer over allegations of adultery and befriending a rapist. ...
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The General Goes: There are things you can do and there are things you can’t do. You can’t bash the entire operation you have been assigned to lead. Obama uses the General Crisis to appoint the incredibly capable Petraeus to take over. He did not use the crisis to change the policy (although implementation...
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Pushy Meg: It turns out the Republican who bought her race for Governor in California once pushed someone at eBay. Are Californians really ready for back to back Governors with martial arts experience? Angle in DC: Sharron Angle is visiting DC and the trip is not going as well as she perhaps hoped. First,...
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Hopefully this article adds to the basic information you can get from results pages in the mainstream media. I welcome your comments on any of the races mentioned or any that I did not have time to comment on. The GOP Headliners: Although historic, Governor Gibbons’s defeat was not surprising given pre-primary polling. Sharron...
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IL Senate Race a Mess: Over the weekend the GOP Candidate admitted he may have embellished his military record and now he is facing rumors of homosexuality from the premier political outer. On the other side, the Democrat has had issues of his own. Israel a Mess: Who did what wrong? It seems like...
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Paul Shows How to Not Start a General Election Campaign: A roll-out of a general election campaign is an immediately important step toward electoral success. Rand Paul (is he named after the author?) showed everyone how NOT to do it well. Not only did his anti-Civil Right/ADA opening shots cause a firestorm of attention...
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BP Oil Spill: Just a quick 2 years after “Drill Baby Drill” swept the election discussion thanks to Senator McCain and Half-Term Governor Sarah Palin, it took only one deadly explosion and an uncontrollable oil leak to remind everyone why moving away from oil (whether you believe in global warming or not) is something...
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Updated posts may be few and far between these next few weeks as my final finals prep is underway. Thanks for you patience. In the downtime, feel free to visit any of the great blogs on the side bar —–>
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Is McCain Playing With a Full Deck? McCain’s Maverick Move: Senator McCain proved today that he is the ultimate in maverickness. Only a maverick would say he’s no maverick when in the past he’s clearly been a maverick. What could have caused this lapse in a desire to go rogue? Is his memory slipping? ...
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