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Here I am, stuck in the middle with the GOP
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Lawn Care, Dry Cleaning and 7 Other Things More Money is Spent on Than Politics
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View ArticleVa Legislature: New Committee Assignments Out Today
Speaker Howell is out with the new Committee assignments. He writes: Following the opening of the 2012 General Assembly Session this afternoon, Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell...
View ArticlePaul Wells – still the best political columnist ever
Those of us who follow international politics – and by that I mean the domestic politics of various nations – are aware of three things: 1) The rest of the world views the United States – still – as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Friday Whine and Cheese: It’s a Tax!
The suspense was building up for weeks and when the Supremes finally released their 5-4 decision in favor of Obamacare, the responses were fast and furious. No wait that’s the story where the House...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Here I am, stuck in the middle with the GOP
We’ve all heard and read and seen the stories of the um…spitting contest, going on between Kentucky Senator Rand Paul and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. It’s just early theater for the 2016...
View ArticleThe Most Important Mid-Terms in Election History: #4
The Second Party System may be the least understood of the three, yet it will have two elections in this list – of course, both hastened its demise. The first one makes the list largely because of...
View ArticleThe Most Important Midterm Elections in American History: #3
The cracks in the Second Party system that were revealed in Massachusetts in 1850 became chasms four years later. The Kansas-Nebraska Act essentially destroyed the Whig Party in the South. In the...
View ArticleThe Most Important Midterm Elections in American History: #2
Midterm elections that have a dramatic impact in American History are rare, and it should be no surprise that a majority of them (including #1) are from the very tumultuous 1850s. However, the 21st...
View ArticleThe Most Important Midterm Elections in American History: #1
It really shouldn’t surprise anyone that the Illinois Senate Election of 1858 – the first midterm election to really be remembered – tops the list. However, it wasn’t the famous debates that put the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lawn Care, Dry Cleaning and 7 Other Things More Money is Spent on Than Politics
The Left, licking its wounds from its stunning defeat nationally last week at the polls, has gone back to incessantly complaining about the amount of money in politics. It is estimated that $3.7...
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