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Hillary Clinton and Ann Coulter, Buddies?
Now that Ohio and Texas are over, it’s time to take a deep breath and have a snack. We will probably need lots of energy to keep up with the escalating attacks between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Of course, Wyoming has their Democratic caucus on Saturday, but that’s only 18 delegates. And you may [...]
Brokered Political Conventions
The appearance of GOP Continual-Candidate Mike Huckabee on Saturday Night Live was very entertaining and showed Huckabee still has a good sense of humor, especially his remarks about relying on Super Delegates. His “I’m not a math man, I’m more of a miracle man” line has been quoted elsewhere, but he delivered it again with style.
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Primary & Caucus Slugfests!
Mike Huckabee started out this morning in his race for the Republican Presidential candidacy with 214 pledged delegates. John McCain, frontrunner and presumptive winner, started out with exactly 500 more delegates than Huckabee - 714 of the 1191 needed for the nomination. So McCain needs fewer delegates to WIN the nomination than Huckabee needs just [...]
Dirty or Smart Politics on Super Tuesday?
As the votes started pouring in from the long-awaited Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, the West Virginia caucus was the first state to announce a winner for the GOP side of the ticket. Final score was: Mike Huckabee 52%, Mitt Romney 47% and John McCain 1%. Did I just write 1% for John McCain? How [...]
What does Super Tuesday mean?
Tomorrow is the long-awaited Super Tuesday that everyone is talking about, but what does it really mean?
Well, for one thing, for the first time in a presidential campaign, twenty-four states will be holding their primaries on the same day. The last Super Tuesday in 2004, there were only ten states voting. So the stakes have [...]
Coasting into Kamloops
Provincial New Democrat legislators will be jetting up to Kamloops next Tuesday for their first caucus meeting of the New Year. The meeting is scheduled to take place at the Coast Canadian Inn, which Canada Select has rated as city's only four star hotel. Legislators will also be participating in community outreach activities during the one day meeting.
Swearing-in Puts CT Delegation to Work
It's official. Connecticut's delegation is all sworn in and ready to get started in the 111th Congress today. The House floor filled with people by noon, the members and enough of their children to start a youth congress. (The state's only incoming freshman, Rep. Jim Himes, sat with his two young daughters, who got out of school for the event.) As the new chairman of the Democratic caucus, Rep. John Larson was the first member to rise at about 12:40 p.m. to nominate Nancy Pelosi as the chosen
Cleaver: This cannot be a ‘black seat’
Deirdre Walsh, CNN - Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, the new vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Tuesday President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat should not viewed as ‘the black seat.’ “Mr. Burris will be seated or won’t be seated on the basis of what happens in a court. I don’t think it’s in the people of Illinois’ interests for us to color that seat,” Cleaver told reporters on Capitol Hill. “That seat can’t be the black seat. If that happens we begin to lose the progress we ma
New Congress convenes, without Illinois appointee
New Congress convenes, without Illinois appointee by The Associated Press Tuesday January 06, 2009, 12:22 PM The Associated PressHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California (right) greets Rep Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., as members of the Congressional Black Caucus are sworn in during a ceremony today in Capitol Visitors Center in Washington prior to the start of the opening of the 111th Congress. The Associated PressIllinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris leaves Capitol Hill in Washington today a
Audio: Rep. Frank McNulty on state House GOP leadership
In an interview with FTS Radio, state Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, says he expects a leadership election in the GOP caucus sometime this legislative session. Listen to the interview here.
Cleaver: This cannot be a 'black seat'
(CNN) – Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, the new vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Tuesday President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat should not viewed as 'the black seat.' “Mr. Burris will be seated or won’t be seated on the basis of what happens in a court. I don’t think it’s in the people of Illinois’ [...]
Today's Web Grab
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Blurry, Yet Clear
by Kevin Ganster The Wall Street Journal has a story today about how blurred the battle lines could be over major issues in the new Congress because neither the Democratic caucus nor the business community are unified. There are many fault lines on energy, for example, where some industries strongly favor cap-and-trade or carbon taxes while other oppose them. Energy and climate change also divide the Democrats, mainly along geographical lines, with coal states against new regulations pitted ag
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