From the Denver Post: Clear Creek sheriff’s deputies on Thursday arrested a rafting guide for swimming to a stranded young rafter who had tumbled from his boat on Clear Creek. Ryan Daniel Snodgrass, a 28-year-old guide with Arkansas Valley Adventures rafting company, was charged with “obstructing government operations,” said Clear Creek Sheriff Don Krueger. “He […]
This is one comparison I am really getting tired of: The Obama Administration needs to recall that George W. Bush’s first nominee, Harriet Miers, was withdrawn after twenty-three days under not dissimilar circumstances: insufficient evidence in the nominee’s record to encourage his political base to become enthused about the nominee. First off, John Roberts was […]
From WLWT-Cincinnati: Police arrested a Carthage man accused of beating a homeless man and issued warrants for three other suspects in the attack. Investigators said Michael Hesson and three other men, who police said were active-duty military personnel, went to a homeless camp near West Mitchell Avenue and ordered a homeless man and his girlfriend […]
How dare you lose your job in the Republican created economy!
This exchange between David Shuster and some tea bagger this afternoon on MSNBC pretty much sums up the whole problem; that the tea party refuses to take responsibility for their rhetoric. To make it even more interesting, the tea bagger goes on to blame the rash of vandalism against Democratic members of Congress on Democratic […]
I’ve been reading more on that Gallup poll from yesterday that shows more Americans now supporting health care reform than opposing it. For a refresher, here’s the results: What’s interesting is the headline accompanying this poll: By Slim Margin, Americans Support Healthcare Bill’s Passage I don’t really remember pollsters considering a 9% margin “slim”. Perhaps […]
Chris Matthews proved again tonight that he in no way should have the job he does. First off he gets into with Alan Grayson, who is supporting the plan for the House to pass the Senate bill and then “patch” it through reconciliation. Matthews accuses Grayson of not being from the “real world” and instead […]
From TPM: The message delivered at today’s tea party protest of the Detroit Auto Show: protecting American jobs beats telling Democrats to “keep their hands off” the economy. A group of Michigan tea partiers successfully shut down a protest of the Detroit Auto Show arranged by the National Tax Payer’s Union today on the grounds […]
If this keeps up then we might finally get rid of Lieberman in 2012: More than 80 percent (81 percent) of Democrats now say they disapprove of the job Lieberman is doing with only 14 percent approving. Among Republicans, 48 percent disapprove of the senator with just 39 approving. And among independents, 61 percent disapprove […]
I had a political calendar during the 2008 election season and finally decided to update it and bring it back. I have all the primary dates for the 2010 election season. You can view the upcoming events in the sidebar and view the full calendar by clicking the “Political Calendar” link at the top of […]