Well I guess he really can’t lose something he didn’t have but now it is a guarantee he didn’t have it. Apparently Gov. Vilsack thinks Democrats are in danger of backlash for opposing Bush’s unwarranted wiretapping. Gov. Vilsack believes that if Dems can’t show that the wiretapping endangers our civil liberties we will [...]
Entries from September 2010
Vilsack Loses My Vote
January 31st, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: Civil Liberties · Democrats · Election 2008 · National Security
What Now?
January 31st, 2006 · No Comments
Since I’ve already done the-glass-is-half-empty, I thought I’d balance it with something a bit more cheerful.
The leftists are in major melt-down — leftists being the Daily Kos, Democratic Underground, MoveOn and Atrios loons who have been driving the Democratic agenda since before the 2004 elections. From the howling they’re doing now, it looks like one of two [...]
Tags: '06 · Conservatism · Election 2008 · Politics · Wackjobs
Barack Obama - Really, really not running
January 30th, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: Election 2008
Be The First!
January 30th, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: Election 2008
Another New Blog
January 28th, 2006 · No Comments
This morning’s new blog find is Delmarva Dealings
Tags: Conservatism · Election 2008 · Politics
Unfocused? Adrift? What Makes You Say That?
January 27th, 2006 · No Comments
FactCheck.org tells us that
A liberal, labor-funded group calling itself Americans United for Change (previously Americans United to Preserve Social Security) is running a $1-million national advertising campaign that makes some dubious claims and tries to imply more than it can prove.
Talk about rebranding! They used to be in favor of preserving the status quo, but [...]
Tags: Election 2008
Unfocused? Adrift? What Makes You Say That?
January 27th, 2006 · No Comments
FactCheck.org tells us that
A liberal, labor-funded group calling itself Americans United for Change (previously Americans United to Preserve Social Security) is running a $1-million national advertising campaign that makes some dubious claims and tries to imply more than it can prove.
Talk about rebranding! They used to be in favor of preserving the status quo, but [...]
Tags: Barbara Boxer · Election 2008 Live Team Coverage!
Clinton Tells Mayor’s Conference “You’re on your ownâ€
January 26th, 2006 · No Comments
Criticizing the Bush tax cuts, Senator Hillary Clinton (Democrat, New York) told the U.S. Conference of Mayors that federal budget cuts left them “on their own” in meeting local needs.
“Across the board, federal budget cuts are leaving states and cities struggling to make up the difference,” Clinton told a meeting of the U.S. Conference of [...]
Tags: Election 2008 · Potential Candidates · Presidential Election
Least/most desired Republican presidential candidates
January 23rd, 2006 · No Comments
John Hawkins took a survey of select bloggers (including yours truly) to find out their top three choices of least desired and most desired potential Republican nominees for president. He’s got the list posted here.
Sec. of State Condi Rice ranked as most desired candidate in ‘08 while Sen. John McCain ranked [...]
Tags: Election 2008 · Politics
Put the Kool-Aid Down and Back Away!
January 22nd, 2006 · No Comments
I see some bloggers are drinking the McCain kool-aid again, so let’s cover this one more time.
McCain isn’t just a RINO. McCain is one of the biggest supporters of great big all-powerful Federal government in the Senate. No matter what issue comes up, McCain is right there, demanding that we have another law.
Tags: Conservatism · Election 2008 · Politics
Laura Bush Would Love to See Condi Run
January 16th, 2006 · No Comments
The group Americans for Rice, which has the support of 4,000 volunteers picked up some even bigger support Friday - First Lady Laura Bush. Asked about a Rice candidacy during a CNN interview, Bush responded “I’d love to see her run. She’s terrific.” Meanwhile, Americans for Rice continues pushing the draft movement, hoping [...]
Tags: Election 2008 · Potential Candidates
Hillary Clinton’s Blog Dilemma: Are the Grassroots Burning?
January 4th, 2006 · No Comments
PolicyByBlog looks at Hillary Clinton’s non-campaign campaign for the Presidency and concludes that her attempts to appeal to the center risk losing core support from decidedly left-of-center Democrats. Specifically, political bloggers tend to come to blogging precisely out of frustrated idealism, so the rhetorical two-step is often seen by bloggers as politically sinful.
Indeed [...]
Tags: Election 2008 · Potential Candidates · Presidential Election
a (dark) horse of a different color in ‘08
January 2nd, 2006 · No Comments
ladies and gentlemen, massachusetts governor mitt romney.
from the atlantic monthly’s the holy cow candidate:
“I believe people who are in a position of visibility and leadership affect the character of young people and individuals who look to them as leaders. And in some respects just as important as their policies and positions is their character and [...]
Tags: Election 2008 · Republicans