Posted on March 13th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The WSJ reports that Americans have seen 18% of their wealth vanish in 2008. That’s a rather conservative estimate because they go on in the piece to note some folks have lost upwards of 35% of their wealth. I’ve talked to friends who have lost 40% or more in the past few months.
Given this terribly [...]
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Filed under: Bill Clinton, Bush Admin, Consumers, Credit Crisis, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Pamela Leavey, Recession
Posted on January 14th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
President Elect Barack Obama broke bread last night with a group pf conservative pundits at George Will’s home. Among the pundits reported to have partaked in the bread breaking were the “Weekly Standard’s William Kristol, New York Times columnist David Brooks, and Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post.”
Sam Stein of the HuffPo reminds us that [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on August 20th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Everyone is buzzing about Obama’s pending announcement… Who will it be?
Biden the clear frontrunner for Veep
Biden on Obama’s VP Pick: ‘I’m Not The Guy’
Your VP, Senator. What Will “He” Be Like?
Speculation… Barack Obama chooses Kathleen Sebelius for Vice President
Nader predicts Obama to pick Clinton
“Caroline: Pull a Cheney!” An Open Letter to Caroline Kennedy (head of [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, John Kerry, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Joe Biden
Posted on May 21st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I have to say when I saw this headline from Political, I fully expected it to be a piece about the McCain campaign. You know, something where McCain tells the media that the current and former lobbyists working with his campaign are all “people too.” But it’s not about John McCain… No… It’s about the other candidate [...]
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Filed under: DNC, Election '08, In The News, John McCain '08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries, Republicans
Posted on May 17th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Senator John Kerry is reported to currently be at Massachusetts General Hospital with Senator Kennedy and members of the Kennedy family. Via my contact in Senator Kerry’s office, his press office has released the following statement in regards to Senator Edward Kennedy:
“Ted Kennedy is beloved and respected on both sides of the aisle in the Senate in [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, In The News, John Kerry, Liberals, Massachusetts, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Senate, State Politics
Posted on June 21st, 2007 by Michael van der Galien
Bad news for the Democratic-controlled Congress:
Just 14% of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in Congress.
This 14% Congressional confidence rating is the all-time low for this measure, which Gallup initiated in 1973. The previous low point for Congress was 18% at several points in the period of time 1991 [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Politics, Republicans
Posted on May 29th, 2007 by Robert Stein
After a humiliating retreat on Iraq funding and with abysmal approval ratings, Congressional Democrats go back to work for a war of attrition with the White House this summer.
Whatever else they do, Democrats should press Sen. Byrd’s effort to overturn the 2002 resolution that sanctioned the invasion of Iraq–for more reasons than one.
Strategically, if they [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Election '08, Iraq, Republicans
Posted on January 11th, 2007 by Javelin
I was hopeful that not only Democrats would heavily question Secretary Rice today but also some from the other side of the aisle, specifically the outspoken Senator from Nebraska…….
REPUBLICAN Senator Chuck Hagel went on the offfensive often AND early. Quote: “I think this speech given last night by this president represents the most dangerous foreign [...]
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Filed under: Foreign Policy, Iraq, John Kerry, Military, Politics, Republicans, Senate
Posted on October 11th, 2006 by Javelin
I just wanted to pause and thank our old friend Newt Gingrich, that light in the tunnel of political darkness, who once declared that the people of our nation owed it to themselves to elect men and women in Congress that would shake things up. He may be vilified by people on both sides of [...]
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Filed under: Congress, House of Reps, Politics, Republicans, Senate
Posted on September 9th, 2006 by mbk
By now, Sen. Kerry’s magnificent speech on national security is up on the web, along with a number of color photos of the event and in the news (here and here). No need, then, for me to post that speech again—only to urge people to read that speech carefully, and to look for the video [...]
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Filed under: John Kerry, National Security, Politics, Republicans, Senate, Veterans Issues
