Yesterday, I posted in Blue Ohio about an ad U.S. Chamber of Commerce ran for Steve Chabot, congressional candidate from Cincinnati. The ad credited Chabot with voting for the Medicare changes that took effect the first of the year. The ad was pulled off because Chabot actually voted against the bill. The same ad is […]
If we are tritely facing “world war 3”, then this should indicate the battle lines that are being drawn. All of this has occurred over the last week. 1. Putin plan to shut out US oil giants President Vladimir Putin is set to keep US oil companies out of a lucrative gas field in the […]
I openly admit I am not a religious person. I consider myself an Atheist and, as much as people try, will not change my views unless something happens in my life to make me change. Having said that, I find what the religious right is doing to America today is despicable. We all know that […]
I wonder if Hannity will accuse the New York Times of “torturing” Lieberman now: Mr. Lamont, a wealthy businessman from Greenwich, seems smart and moderate, and he showed spine in challenging the senator while other Democrats groused privately. He does not have his opponent’s grasp of policy yet. But this primary is not about Mr. […]
That is the number of Lebanese children killed in an Israeli air strike this morning (or Bush’s moment of “opportunity”): An Israeli airstrike killed at least 50 people — more than half children — in a southern Lebanese village Sunday, the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice postponed a visit […]
This Week with George Stephanopoulos Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, on the status of diplomatic efforts to end the violence in the Middle East Daniel Ayalon, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., on the growing battle against Hezbollah. ROUNDTABLE: Fareed Zakaria, Jay Carney, Claire Shipman, and George Will. Meet the Press Israel’s […]
This is how incompetent the Republicans in Senate are: When angry Democrats briefly shut down the Senate last year to protest the slow pace of a congressional investigation into prewar intelligence on Iraq, Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) claimed a rare victory. Republicans called it a stunt but promised to quickly wrap up […]
If there are any indicators of why we need a blue Ohio this year, then this should be it: In a rare move, a member of the Ohio House yesterday took the stand to rebut accusations that lawmakers illegally plotted behind closed doors to eliminate a proposed one-time window for the filing of lawsuits by […]
Is it any wonder why each of these people face criticisms from their own parties? Two summers ago, on a Congressional trip to Estonia, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton astonished her traveling companions by suggesting that the group do what one does in the Baltics: hold a vodka-drinking contest. Delighted, the leader of the delegation, Senator […]