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*Fox News announced today that former Tea Party congressman Allen West has joined the network as a contributor, reports The Washington Post. Fox News’ Bill Shine said in a statement obtained by The Washington Post, “Representative West’s congressional and military experience along with his fearless approach to voicing key issues will provide a valuable point [...]
*President Obama and Democrats are in kind of a quandary. Since Susan Rice is not not a candidate for Secretary of State, the odds are that Mr. Obama will appoint Massachusetts senator John Kerry. That of course means he have to give up his senate seat and a special election would then be held to [...]
*Tuesday’s primary elections were again about President Obama. And from the look of things every election up to and through 2012 will also be about the president. And the elections will continue to put Obama in a Catch 22. He is duty bound by Democratic Party loyalty, ties, incumbency, tradition, and political need to support [...]
*The election of Scott Brown to the Senate seat vacated upon the death of Ted Kennedy apparently created a massive obstacle to healthcare legislation. Indeed this initiative was having a difficult time getting approved when there was a “super majority” of sixty Democrats in the Senate. But from a different perspective Brown’s election creates a [...]
*Following the death of Senator Edward Kennedy, Democrats in the Massachusetts state legislature rushed to change a procedural rule thus allowing Democratic Governor Deval Patrick to replace Kennedy with an interim and Democratic Senator. During the 2004 Presidential election this same august body had taken that power away from Republican Governor Mitt Romney fearing [...]
*Teddy Kennedy must be spinning in his grave over the republican win by Scott Brown yesterday for the Massachusetts senate seat. The Kennedy had enjoyed nearly 50 years in the seat until his untimely death August 25, 2009. The long standing democratic seat was to go to the “once-favored” Democrat candidate Martha Coakley. President Obama flew to Massachusetts to [...]
*In a stunning blow to President Barack Obama, Republican Scott Brown won a bitter Senate race in Massachusetts on Tuesday and promised to be the deciding vote against his sweeping healthcare overhaul. Brown’s win robbed Democrats of the crucial 60th Senate vote they need to pass the healthcare bill and sent shudders of fear through [...]
*Massachusetts voters head to the polls today (01-19-10) in a cliffhanger election for a new U.S. senator that could derail Democrats’ dominance in Washington and scuttle their top priority of sweeping healthcare reform. What looked likely to be a Democratic shoo-in to replace late party icon Edward Kennedy has instead turned into a [...]
*His agenda at risk, President Barack Obama fought Sunday to save a struggling Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and the critical 60th vote needed for his health care plan. The White House and congressional Democrats scrambled to find a way to pass the bill quickly if Martha Coakley loses a special election Tuesday. “Understand what’s at [...]
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