Posted on January 6th, 2006 by Pamela Leavey
The senior Senator from MA, Ted Kennedy, has an OP/ED in Saturday’s WaPo, on Alito credibility problem. I except Kennedy to hit hard with questions for Alito when the nomination hearings start next week. Alito’s Credibility Problem By Edward M. Kennedy Every Supreme Court nominee bears a heavy burden to demonstrate that he or she [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, In The News, OP/ED's, Politics, Senate
Posted on January 6th, 2006 by Pamela Leavey
I reported earlier today, that John Kerry held a press conference today in Boston heralding Masha’s Law, bipartisan legislation thatr will dramatically increase penalties for anyone who downloads child pornography off the Internet. The Boston Channel has a great print story and a video on the press conference. You can watch the video by clicking [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, In The News, John Kerry, Politics, Senate
Posted on January 6th, 2006 by Pamela Leavey
As a small business owner who supplies products to small retailers, I feel the Wal-Mart Pain. While Bush is out today painting a rosy picture for the economy, the fact is it is not so rosy for many, especially small business owners. In response to Bush’s speech today, Harry Reid said, “While some corporations are [...]
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Filed under: Economy, House Of Reps, In The News, Senate
Posted on January 6th, 2006 by Pamela Leavey
A new poll AP-Ipsos taken this week on the heels of Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleading guilty to tax evasion, fraud and corruption charges shows that Americans are leaning more toward giving back control of Congress to Democrats. The poll found that Democrats are favored 49 percent to 36 percent. President Bush’s job approval remains [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Democrats, House Of Reps, In The News, Politics, Republicans, Senate
Posted on January 6th, 2006 by RonChusid
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen someone out to sell a book bend the truth a bit. Today Kos, who was on the Dean campaign’s payroll to improve Dean’s perception in the liberal blogosphere, provides an “alternate history” as he does some selective reporting with fund raising totals, and more importantly mischaracterizes those who [...]
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Filed under: John Kerry, Politics
Posted on January 6th, 2006 by Pamela Leavey
John Kerry held a press conference in Boston today to speak about his recently introduced legislation that would increase penalties for anyone who downloads child pornography off the Internet. ‘Masha’s Law’ is named for Masha Allen, who was adopted from a Russian orphanage at age 5 by an American man who began sexually abusing her [...]
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Posted on January 6th, 2006 by RonChusid
The most significant must read article of the month will, unfortunately, only be seen by a small number of people, being hidden in Research in Review Magazine from Florida State University. They interviewed Lance deHaven-Smith, an independent who wrote The Battle for Florida on the 2000 election. Liberal bloggers such as Kevin Drum concentrated on [...]
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Filed under: Politics, Republicans
Posted on January 6th, 2006 by Pamela Leavey
John Kerry was on Air America’s Rachel Maddow Show this morning. Among the issues discussed were the current culture of corruption with the Republican party, the recent coal mining accident in West Virginia, Kerry’s position on Foreign Policy and Iraq (which Maddow noted she is a fan of), his upcoming trip to Iraq and the [...]
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Filed under: In The News, Iraq, John Kerry, Politics
