While Ron Paul may have a national following of supporters, apparently he’s not so popular in his home state, Texas. The Hill reports, “Paul finished third in a straw poll of 1,300 Texas Republican activists who had been delegates to recent Republican conventions.”
The congressman corralled just 17 percent of the votes cast, trailing California’s Duncan […]
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The Hill had a quip about Bruce Springsteen’s show in Washington, D.C. on Monday night that included a shout-out to John Kerry as the band queued up to play “Last to Die.” “Last to Die” from Springsteen’s latest, Magic, was inspired by John Kerry’s Senate Committee on Foreign Relations testimony on April 22, 1971.
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A melancholy Wednesday morning…at least, outside it is. At least, there is a reason for the cold now that it’s (finally) snowing. Got plenty ‘o coffee and tea to get me through, even if it gets really bad outdoors.
At least, I got my first morning cuppa out of the way before I noticed the white […]
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Oh my… Chris Dodd issued a virtual slap down on Tuesday to John Edwards that really packed a whallop in my opinion. Dodd issued the statement after it was reported in the N.Y. Times that John Edwards “would not commit to support Hillary Clinton, should she be the Democratic nominee for President.” Hmmm…. Chris Dodd said in […]
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As we inch closer to the Iowa caucus, a new poll shows that the top Dems are deadlocked in Iowa:
Democrats and Republicans are both headed toward heated showdowns in Iowa, where, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll, Hillary Clinton holds a statistically insignificant lead over John Edwards and Barack Obama, and GOP […]
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On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said “Democrats won’t approve more money for the Iraq war this year unless President Bush agrees to begin bringing troops home.”
By the end of the week, the House and Senate planned to vote on a $50 billion measure for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill would […]
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