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Can Obama change?
Listening to President Obama speak on election night, I thought of the moment in “The Lion King” when Scar took over Pride Rock. My sentiment for America was perfectly captured by the accompanying song, “Be Prepared.”
Be prepared, America, for…
There was no ‘tipping point’ in the 2012 election
There was no tipping point in this election. Former Gov. Mitt Romney simply made a number of strategic errors that cost him and the Republican Party the presidency, and any hope that they had of winning control of the U.S.…
Obama Shows That He Is No Clinton
President Obama’s speech last night was certainly not the game changer that many expected, and hoped, that it would be.
Indeed, if there was one message to take away from President Obama’s convention speech it was not the one of…
Rice leads triple-punch of heavy hitters in Tampa triumph
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice led off a crucial triple-punch combination that transfixed the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida on Wednesday night.
Hurricane Isaac thankfully hit the Sunshine State with a pale echo of Category 3 Hurricane Katrina…
Forget health care, it’s still about jobs, jobs, jobs for Obama and Romney
As President Obama sets off on his “Betting On America” bus tour through the key swing states of Pennsylvania and Ohio, both the Obama and Romney campaigns are anxiously awaiting the numbers from Friday’s monthly jobs report. As they wait,…
An Obama vs. Romney race poised to offer Bush v. Gore-style drama
The 2012 election has all the makings of the epic Bush v. Gore battle of the 2000 presidential election.
With less than 2,000 votes separating Gore and Bush when the polls closed on Election Night 2000, ; ; the final…
Threatening letters, powdery substance sent to congressional offices, Colbert and Stewart
UPDATE 2:00pm ET: Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer has just sent an updated e-mail to all Senate offices confirming that three total congressional offices have received threatening mails containing a powdery substance that has initially tested negative for containing…
Senator Cardin’s Wife & That Obama Phone Call
UPDATE: Sen. Ben Cardin signed the conference report to allow the payroll tax deal and unemployment benefits extension to go to a vote.
In the end, the deal requires new hires to pay 2.3 percent of their salary to their…
Cardin’s wife surprised by White House call in middle of night
Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin on Thursday signed off on a deal to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, a critical holdout to get the deal done, but it didn’t come until some heavy pressure from on high.
Cardin…
Democrats Drop Millionaire Surtax — For Now
Several senior Senate Democratic aides have confirmed Democrats have laid aside, for now, their attempt to pay for any extension of a package of benefits – including the payroll tax cut, jobless benefits, and a Medicare “doc fix” — with…
