Posted on October 13th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I’ve spent the entire weekend packing for my move back east next week. I leave Los Angeles on the 19th and there is so much to do. I’ve barely had a chance to read the news, but this caught my eye during my late night browse:
Barring a dramatic change in the political landscape over the [...]
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Posted on October 12th, 2008 by Walter Brasch
by Walter Brasch
The Sunbird Conservatives, a student group, put out some pro-McCain literature at a recruiting table at Fresno Pacific University a week ago.
Seemed innocent enough. The conservatives weren’t harassing anyone, nor were they blocking any sidewalks.
But, administrators at this Christian-based college didn’t like it. A dean told the students to either [...]
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Posted on October 11th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The latest NEWSWEEK poll shows Obama opening up a double digit lead over John McCain and ”An astounding 86 percent of voters now say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States, while a mere 10 percent say they are satisfied.”
That’s the highest wrong track/right track ratio ever recorded in the [...]
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Posted on October 10th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Christopher Buckley, son of William F. Buckley, announced today on his blog, The Daily Beast that he is voting for Barack Obama. Buckley said:
Let me be the latest conservative/libertarian/whatever to leap onto the Barack Obama bandwagon. It’s a good thing my dear old mum and pup are no longer alive. They’d cut off my allowance.
Buckley [...]
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Posted on October 10th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
It’s official…. “A legislative investigation” in Alaska “has concluded that Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power in pushing for the firing of an Alaska state trooper who was once married to her sister, or by failing to prevent her husband Todd from doing so.”
The report by investigator Steve Branchflower was made public late this afternoon [...]
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Posted on October 10th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
That headline comes from a communications professional, Kimberly Krautter, publisher of The Body Politic.
“When the chips are down for a candidate, he often cries foul when his opponent airs an ad that challenges his record and turns the candidate’s words or votes against him. Frankly, in the world of advertising and marketing, that’s considered fair [...]
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Posted on October 10th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Well folks, as you sit down with your morning cup of coffee and you prepare to delve into the financial headlines you might want to pour a stiff shot of something to sweeten that coffee, that is if you can afford the price of a good bottle of liquor. Here’s a round of the early [...]
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Posted on October 9th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
If the predictions are on the money, the signs are all there for a trainwreck for the GOP, come November…
Chris Cillizza has pieced it all together on The Fix, noting “a column from Stu Rothenberg who, along with former Fix boss Charlie Cook stands atop the congressional handicapping game in Washington, in which Stu declares [...]
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Posted on October 9th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Rednecks for Obama are back in the news again today. I wrote about them back in late August. Here’s the latest:
Tony Viessman, 74, and Les Spencer, 60, got politically active last year when it occurred to them there must be other lower income, rural, beer-drinking, gun-loving, NASCAR race enthusiasts fed up with business as usual [...]
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Posted on October 9th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
“In my neighborhood, when you’ve got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.”
– Sen. Joe Biden, quoted by NBC News, pressing Sen. Barack Obama’s challenge to Sen. John McCain for next week’s debate. Biden added a “personal touch to the idea that McCain wasn’t [...]
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Posted on October 9th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
The Dow closed at a loss of 678 points. The pain may have just started. While the markets continue to correct based on the days trading 401K’s and other retirement accounts continue to shrink. People are fearful. When will it stop?
Jim Cramer of Mad Money on CNBC has advised on The Today Show and Hardball [...]
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Posted on October 9th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
The sister’s Sanchez have had days of waiting as their brother and his companion were missing. Today the Los Angeles Times has the story of his boat being found and both bodies being on-board.
I’ve met Loretta Sanchez. She’s a strong willed person who will stand up to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Yet think of the horror [...]
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