Republicans are in trouble, except when they’re not…

For the last several days you have been hearing the media talk about how there is trouble in Republican Land. Harry Reid is saying how the speaker has to abandon the Tea Party (My latest in the Examiner on the subject is To Tea or not to Tea btw) Schumer is going on about “extremism” [...]

Meanwhile in Ca-36

I thought that politics in Massachusetts was Byzantine, then I read this piece by Ladd Ehlinger Jr. on the special election in the 36th. A sample: They are professional politicos, and make their living off both sides of the aisle. Ordinarily they screw things up for local constituencies in California, but they’ve got their beady [...]

How dare you refuse to spend money you don’t have Ann Marie Buerkle!

That’s what I get out of this article at the Syracuse “she’s down 12 and sinking fast” Post Standard: When four days and nights of debate finally ended in the early morning hours Saturday and it was time to vote, U.S. Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle had no trouble making up her mind. Buerkle had to [...]

Voices of the Candidates Congressman Allen West (R Fla-22)

Last year I saw Col West at the Pam Geller event, this year he was the Keynote Speaker, but before he gave his keynote he visited bloggers row. (Maureen Dowd was not invited) There were a lot of people in that room who would love to see this man on a national ticket sometime soon. [...]