The news broke an hour or so ago tonight… Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy will not run for re-election. Kennedy will “retire after eight terms in office, bringing an end to his House career just months after his father, legendary Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, passed away.”
“My father instilled in me a deep commitment to public [...]
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As readers here have no doubt noticed I have been MIA here for some time now. I do spend what free time I can posting links to my Twitter Feed, however, I just don’t have much time to write here. I wanted to chime in today though and share this email just received from Senator [...]
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Senator Arlen Specter’s short days as a Democrat have filled with a lot of turmoil and now “MoveOn.org , is resisting efforts to clear the Democratic primary field for Republican-turned-Democratic.”
The group expressed concern over Specter’s vote against President Obama’s $3.4 billion budget just one day after defecting to the Democratic Party. MoveOn also cited comments [...]
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Note to Norm Coleman… Give it up:
Democrat Al Franken yesterday increased his small lead over Republican Norm Coleman in the protracted dispute over the race for a U.S. Senate seat representing Minnesota, but it remains unclear when the five-month legal battle will end.
It’s time for Norm to concede. In fact it’s way overdue.
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U.S. officials announced on Monday that Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will lead a delegation to Sudan’s Darfur region, “in a possible sign of a growing willingness to engage with Khartoum.”
The U.S. diplomatic source said Kerry, a Democrat, would lead a Congressional delegation to Darfur, and would meet senior Sudanese [...]
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Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius who was an early Obama supporter is apparently President Obama’s top pick now for Secretary of health and human services. If Sebelius is nominated she brings “eight years of experience as her state’s insurance commissioner as well as six years as a governor running a state Medicaid program.”
The NY Times reports, [...]
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84 year old Alaska Senator Ted Stevens was found guilty on all 7 counts of his indictment. He said, ‘This isn’t over yet’ according to CNN. All 7 counts were for some sort of financial corruption.
He sat expressionless as the seven verdicts were read out at the end of his trial, less than a day [...]
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I’ve been a Communications Director. I’ve been in the back of the room restating my candidates words to best effect. I’m good at it. Sorry. That’s not modest yet I believe it true. I’ve sure had a lot of practice trying to bring voters to my candidates point of view or candidacy either in an [...]
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This one speaks for itself. While Mary Landrieu is no favorite of many ‘progressives’, she’s the Democrat we can get elected in the simply nutty political system of Louisiana. I love this attack ad just released.
Good for her. She’s not only holding her own in that crazy Republican state she’s once again winning.
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Darrell pegged it below, Hillary Clinton’s speech tonight was “amazing.” I was working late and missed it. But, I’ve just finished watching and in a word, it was awesome.
Hillary introduced herself a “proud mother,” a “proud Democrat,” a “proud American” and a “proud supporter of Barack Obama.”
“Whether you voted for me, or voted for Barack, the [...]
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