In Reuters today, Delaware Representative Michael Castle launches his effort to land a Senate seat next year by recasting himself as a Republican “moderate.” This effort is a more than bit strained: reporter Thomas Ferraro justifies the “moderate” label by noting Castle’s public willingness to state that no, President Barack Obama was not born in [...]
In June, Republican Representative Thaddeus McCotter was noticeably upset at the possibility that an accused criminal would be given the right to a trial: “The Manhattan federal trial of Ahmed Ghailani again proves the Obama administration’s ideological refusal to face the reality that terrorism is a global martial threat; not a domestic criminal matter. The [...]
In her campaign to be elected as Ohio’s 15th District representative to the U.S. Congress, Mary Jo Kilroy asked for help. On August 31, 2008, about fifty members of Columbus’ gay and lesbian activist community turned out in a Get Out the Vote operation for members of the Democratic Party up and down the ticket. [...]
Senator Boxer has a perfect score of 100. Next to her, the most liberal group in the Senate is a group of 7 senators who have each earned a score of just 67. Clearly, the Senate is not a very liberal place.
Apparently, pharmacists dominated personal contributions to Arkansas Representative Marion Berry’s campaign with simultaneous bundling associated with at least one PAC. These contributions came while Marion Berry was shepherding legislation through Congress of financial benefit to pharmacists. Democratic Radio Address by Rep. Marion Berry, March 2006: Today’s seniors helped this country through the Depression, fought two [...]
Just before he voted on June 20, 2008 for H.R. 6304, legislation that guts the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, Republican Representative Randy Forbes of Virginia took to the floor of the House to identify the real problem with America. What, pray tell, is the real problem with America? Could it [...]
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