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The Wall Street Journal describes him as;
The Republican Barney Frank.
Yes, you read that right.

From Norm Coleman;
Dear Friend,
The news has arrived from the Minnesota Supreme Court and the conclusion to the 2008 United States Senate election has been reached.
I want you to be among the first to know of my decision to congratulate our newest Senator, Al Franken, for his victory. And, I ask you and [...]

Will the Supreme Court finally end McCain-Feingold’s attempts to stifly free speech? A despairing ultra-liberal certainly thinks so:
If Republicans were wondering how their 2012 presidential candidate is going to compete against President Obama’s $600 million fundraising juggernaut, the Supreme Court seems poised to provide an answer: unlimited corporate spending supporting the Republican candidate, or attacking [...]

The Catastrophic Energy Tax Bill (AKA Cap and Trade) will face tough going in the Senate. Jay Cost does the math.

Francine Busby is the perennial challenger to Congressman Brian Bilbray in California’s 50th Congressional District. Her 2006 campaign blew up when she publicly encouraged illegal aliens to campaign, if not vote, for her.
Her 2010 campaign is off to a rip-roaring start:
A fundraiser for Francine Busby, who is running for Congress, ended in chaos Friday [...]

On March 19, 2009, I wrote about the results of Darden Restaurants;
My grandfather did not fare real well in the 1930’s and I remember him telling me what his family had to eat. A red lobster was not on the menu in his house.
The only thing in a state of depression at Red Lobster is [...]

The must-read article of the year is Matt Taibbi’s Rolling Stone expose of Goldman Sachs. If you want to know who’s getting rich at your expense, and at the expense of future generations, it’s Goldman Sachs bankers. There’s a revolving door between Goldman Sachs and Washington D.C., and when in Washington, the [...]

The vote was ever so close;
8 Republicans voted yes. 43 Democrats voted no.
If not for these eight, “cap and trade” would have failed;
Republicans voting yes: Bono Mack; Castle, Kirk, Lance, LoBiondo, McHugh, Reichert, Smith(NJ)
How can these particular republicans justify voting against a finite cost “stimulus bill” but then vote in favor of a bill [...]

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, on the prospects for an immigration amnesty this year:
“We know the votes aren’t there right now.”

I was amazed that Governor Mark Sanford thought he could live a life without the microscopic lenses of both friend and foe alike, and journey to ARGENTINA for six days.
Amazement has now gone to complete astonishment, the plan was TEN DAYS;
On or around the day his wife asked him to move out, South Carolina [...]

Apparently, the Obama infomercial for government-run healthcare had few viewers:
President Obama’s town hall meeting on health care delivered a sickly rating Wednesday evening.
The one-hour ABC News special “Primetime: Questions for the President: Prescription for America” (4.7 million viewers, 1.1 preliminary adults 18-49 rating) had the fewest viewers in the 10 p.m. hour. The special [...]

E-mails between Mark Sanford and his lover are available here.

A colleague of mine had this to tell me about the GOP and Sanford;
The bad news is that two GOP Senators have been outed for having affairs this week. The good news was that it was not with each other.
I guess we have to be thankful for the small things in life.
“Dr Dog” in the [...]

Days ago;
Senator John Ensign apologized to Republican senators today for his nine-month affair with a campaign staffer.
Hours ago;
Columbia, S.C. — Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday he’s been having an affair with a woman he visited on a secret trip to Argentina and said he’ll resign as head of the Republican Governors Association.
Sanford, a rumored [...]

AP:
“No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people,” Obama said Monday, addressing the American Medical Association. “If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period. [...]