Closing thoughts on Joe Biden’s VP debate — remember, one heartbeat away from the Presidency

By: politicalwoman (Diary)  |  October 15th at 03:09 PM  | 

The Twitterverse, blogosphere, and pundits have been in overdrive since last Thursday night’s VP debate.  For me, the tweet of David Burge @iowahawkblog summed it up, both before the debate and after: Drinking game: every time you realize Joe Biden is one heartbeat away from the presidency, drink. — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 11, 2012 Foreign policy, Mr. Biden’s raison d’être for the Obama administration | Read More »

A life-long Democrat asks, “what happened to my party?!”

By: politicalwoman (Diary)  |  October 12th at 02:25 PM  | 

These words were spoken to me this morning during my annual checkup by my optometrist, a life-long, Chicago North Shore, Jewish, liberal Democrat.  I’ve been going to “Dr. K” for at least 20 years, and we never let a checkup pass without discussing politics.  He knows my background, and three years ago shared with me that his son was interning for a Republican Congressman in | Read More »