In a few weeks a lot of attention is going to be paid to what the new GOP majority House does, and how the White House and the Dem majority Senate will react. This is understandable, but for the long run attention should also be paid to what happens in some statehouses. There are actions with serious consequences that happen outside of Washington, DC. This | Read More »
I am looking real hard for signs of good news. Signs that indicate an opportunity for the US to recover from the assault that has been occurring on our market based economy. I was looking for them in all the wrong places. It was an error on my part to look for them in Washington, DC. The conservative media hosts were all trumpeting how a | Read More »
It did not take long for the euphoria of a wave election to wear off. All it took for me is one of the first things the US Senate did in the lame duck session. They passed a 1.4 Billion dollar food safety bill that virtually makes all food a controlled substance like vicoden by greatly expanding the powers of the FDA. It was passed | Read More »
In 2010 we have 19 Ds and 18 Rs running for Governor. There are 7 Ds and 6 Rs who are not up for election this year. Will it be an awesome feat when the smoke clears and the Ds are down to 9 wins and the Rs have won 28? Yes it will be an awesome feat, and it is also a possibility of | Read More »
Currently the GOP has 24 Governor seats, and the Ds have 26 seats. In a real big wave election, after the November 2010 election the GOP could have 37 seats and the Ds could have 13. This is a huger wave than anything possible in US House and US Senate outcomes. Now admittedly part of the reason for this is that we are so low | Read More »
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