No One in the Obama Administration Knows How to Make Payroll Says…

By: Swamp_Yankee (Diary)  |  February 3rd at 09:15 PM  | 

Blanche Lincoln? Other outlets have picked up on the testy exchange between Blanche Lincoln and Obama, but this little nugget caught by Glenn Thrush went unnoticed: The seminal moment of this morning’s Q and A between Senate Democrats and President Obama was an extraordinary — and extraordinarily uncomfortable — exchange between Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Obama over the party’s left and right wings… Lincoln, | Read More »

Pro-Life Hero: The Real Kelly Ayotte

By: Swamp_Yankee (Diary)  |  December 21st at 05:52 PM  | 

Good post from Swamp Yankee in favor of Kelly Ayotte. — Erick Perhaps the most important Supreme Court decision regarding abortion in recent years was Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. Yes, that Ayotte, Kelly Ayotte. Another time, a more detailed diary on the legal merits of that case may be warranted, but a quick summary should suffice for now. At issue in | Read More »

New Hampshire Update: New Rasmussen Poll, Kelly Ayotte, and Ovide Lamontagne

By: Swamp_Yankee (Diary)  |  September 17th at 12:11 PM  | 

This may come as a surprise to some, but a senate seat in New Hampshire weighs just as much as a senate seat in Florida or Pennsylvania. Yes, it’s true. The first Rasmussen Poll on the New Hampshire senate race shows Republican Kelly Ayotte leading Democrat Paul Hodes 46% to 38%. She is extremely popular in New Hampshire and will be tough to defeat. Here. | Read More »