It's Time for the Senate to Hold Its Nose and Seat Burris
What is the worst case scenario? Burris runs for re-election in 2010 and loses? If a Democrat loses a U.S. Senate race in Illinois, Roland Burris will be the least of the Democrats' problems.
What is the worst case scenario? Burris runs for re-election in 2010 and loses? If a Democrat loses a U.S. Senate race in Illinois, Roland Burris will be the least of the Democrats' problems.
I believe Barack Obama is thinking too small. Economic stimulants produce Bridges to Nowhere. Strategic investment in infrastructure produces a foundation for long-term growth.
The year 2008 is thus likely to go down in American history as an even more pivotal one than 2001, because the life of the average American is going to be shaped far more by the consequences.
Remember all those analyses a few months ago wondering whether we'd ever be able to make fun of a president again in an Obama world? How fast the curtain goes up on the political stand-up stage.
It was just over a year ago that at one presidential debate three candidates identified themselves as not believing in the theory of evolution.
Recognizing that poverty rates on reservations are twice the national average, Native groups called for support to "operate a new crop of renewable electricity generating infrastructure."
Gupta has embraced junk science, has questionable ethics and seems to have been chosen mostly because he is famous. Forget a Team of Rivals: this is the latest example of Obama's Team of Celebrities.
If the Obama administration is serious about fixing US intelligence, there is a compelling logic to putting Panetta in charge at CIA.
Mr. Clinton noted that pizza was no longer on the private-dining-room menu. Mr. Bush assured Mr. Clinton that if he wanted pizza, he could have pizza
She wants you to wish bad things happen to her. What she means to do is what she always says, "stir the pot." And she is getting what she wants -- book sales!
The Military Commissions to try Guantanamo detainees have rarely grabbed the media attention that a novel, flagship program to try "terror suspects" should have attracted.
Clearly, what the world desperately needs from America and its new president is a peacemaker, not another warrior.
Shouldn't we be counting our blessings right about now, and for longer than it takes to say the words "bankruptcy" or "foreclosure"?
By combining the affects of global warming and global dimming scientists have come to an alarming conclusion. It appears that global dimming has been "masking" the global warming problem.
Cut off from Wall Street, hordes of nuke lobbyists will descend like radioactive locusts on this gargantuan stimulus package. They must be stopped.
After back-slapping because the state's 27 electoral votes went for President-elect Barack Obama, not-all-too-polite political activity became the norm in the Peninsula State.
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you're just jealous republicans who ruined our country, leave with shame immediately
Upstaging?
Obama==blazing comet.
W=sack of potatoes.
Upstage Bush, hard to imagine.
Since when is "Thank you" an insult? Repugs are repugnant.
But try as they may, they can't kill my buzz.