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Pressing the “Re-START” Button

December 23, 2010
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Pressing the “Re-START” Button

Well, that was interesting.  While I was flying home for the holidays today, the Senate decided to actually get stuff done and, you know, be productive.  When you think about peace on Earth, “good will toward men”, and so on this holiday season, you just gained another reason to believe in the possibility of those…

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Equality Wins While A Dream Dies

December 19, 2010
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Equality Wins While A Dream Dies

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The Tax Cut Gamble

December 13, 2010
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The Tax Cut Gamble

Last Friday, something remarkable happened on the floor of the United States Senate; we came as close as we’ve come in years to having a real, stand-up-and-talk-incessantly filibuster.  It was done by the guy above, Senator Bernie Sanders (I- Vermont), in response to the rotten deal the middle class seems to be getting with President…

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Let Them Eat Cake!

December 4, 2010
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Let Them Eat Cake!

For those of you who are keeping track, Congress is now 0 for 2 on helping the people who really need it this week, mostly thanks to the Republicans.  Of course, this statistic changes over the course of this past year, but then again, I didn’t have much hope for this lame duck session of…

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Playing With Fire

July 9, 2010
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Playing With Fire

Ah, another Congressional recess without addressing the unemployment benefits crisis.  According to the Huffington Post’s count, it’s now been 37 days since the impending specter of that final benefit check was hung over the collective heads of the millions of unemployed Americans.  I hate to say it, but it doesn’t look like it will be…

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Brief Thoughts: Just Who the Hell is Alvin Greene?

June 14, 2010
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Brief Thoughts: Just Who the Hell is Alvin Greene?

Oh, South Carolina, just when we thought you’d given us all the political scandals you could muster, you just keep them coming.  One of the more interesting developments out of the primaries last Tuesday was the shocking win of Alvin Greene over heavily favored former state lawmaker Vic Rawl.  Okay, so upsets happen all the…

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And They’re Off! General Election 2010 Gets Underway

June 11, 2010
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And They’re Off! General Election 2010 Gets Underway

Well, this week another big set of primary elections was settled.  Other than a few remaining primaries and run-off elections, the field for the 2010 midterm elections is now set.  Sorry this post took so long to come out; there are so many different narratives that emerged on Tuesday, both new and ones we’ve seen…

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The Rise of the Challengers

May 19, 2010
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The Rise of the Challengers

[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=*&iid=8844925" src="3/6/d/b/Arlen_Specter_Campaigns_f753.jpg?adImageId=12907492&imageId=8844925" width="500" height="348" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Yesterday, in case you didn’t notice, was being called Super Tuesday by political pundits, most of the mainstream media, and just about all the campaigns involved in the various primaries being held around the country.  Technically, it wasn’t the “Super Tuesday”, as that refers…

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place

April 24, 2010
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place

[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=News&iid=8600751" src="5/b/1/6/Senate_Democratic_Leaders_afb7.jpg?adImageId=12639988&imageId=8600751" width="500" height="349" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Well folks, there is still about another week or so at a minimum before I can resume something resembling a normal post frequency, but I found snippets of time here and there to draft up a condensed version of this for my regular column…

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Healthcare Reform’s Days Are Numbered

March 7, 2010
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Healthcare Reform’s Days Are Numbered

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