The Cincinnati Enquirer is preparing to rank President Obama’s first hundred days. In doing so they listed how local lawmakers have voted with the President. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio: 100 percent Rep. Steve Driehaus, D-Ohio: 86 percent Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio: 71 percent Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio: 43 percent Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.: 41 percent […]
I posted about California’s GOP punishing some of its members for voting for tax hikes the other day. It looks like that notion is picking up steam as the RNC’s Michael Steele is now talking about punishing senators Collins, Specter and Snowe for their support of the stimulus. (h/t AmericaBLOG) Something we used to hear […]
And now we have an Attorney General who is in lockstep with the White House: In his second day on the job, Attorney General Michael Mukasey leaped into the political fray, telling a key Democratic senator he opposes his electronic surveillance plan and would recommend the president veto it if it is passed. In a […]
The flack between Sharpton and Obama is nothing more than that – flack. Kos posted earlier about Sharpton’s criticism of Obama and I have to agree. Obama is out talking about his anti-war stance, so why did he support Joe Lieberman? Lieberman has been out blasting Democrats for trying to stop the war and even […]
Now the talking points on this should be very interesting: Senate Democrats reacted angrily yesterday to a report that the U.S. commander in Iraq had privately presented a plan for significant troop reductions in the same week they came under attack by Republicans for trying to set a timetable for withdrawal. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) […]
Or not, depending on your point of view. Before I launch myself on another one of my patented unfocused rants, I thought that introducing myself might at least be the polite thing to do. So, without further ado…. My name is Jack Cluth, and as the sole proprietor of the (not so) world-famous The People’s […]