A few days ago, I was graciously allowed to submit a few questions to Mary Fallin, Republican candidate for Oklahoma Governor. One of the questions has to do with her yes vote on TARP. Because that vote has been one of the harshest criticisms I have heard about her, I felt it fitting that...
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There has been a lot of talk in the news in the past several days about the ongoing war between the Tea Party and the NAACP. This war is primarily over the claims of the NAACP that the Tea Party is racist and their demand that the party rejects anyone who acts in a...
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Perhaps the biggest political development to come out of the events of the past couple of years is the birth and rising up of the Tea Party movement. I seriously doubt there is anyone who will read this post that does not know what the Tea Party is and what they stand for. Suffice...
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What is it about Republican politicians that makes them want to stick both feet in their mouth? If you are wondering what I am talking about, it is the fact that yet another member of the GOP has resigned due to infidelity, ie. Indiana Representative Mark Souder. What makes this even worse is how...
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There is one thing that has always caused the United States of America to stand out, head and shoulders above the rest of the world. That one thing has been the way we handle our politics. No coups or government overthrows, but just the odd 300,000,000 people going to the polls and either voting...
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Well, back to the grindstone this week and back to discussing health care reform once again. As I was driving into work this morning, NPR’s Morning Edition was discussing that this is the week when health care reform is likely to come to the floor of the House and subsequently to an up or...
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There has been some interest in the jobs bill and the 13 Republican Senators who crossed the aisle and voted for the measure. The most prominent of those Republicans is probably Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, but Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma also voted for the legislation. While I am not sure I agree that...
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First, there was the multiple health care reform plans put forth by the different committees in Congress. Those plans were then molded, melded, and otherwise shaken down and pressed together into the plans that came out of the House and the Senate, respectively. Now that those two plans are being hashed together behind closed...
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I guess you could say I am writing this post with my eyes wide open. I know full well that I am about to get myself into trouble with a lot of conservatives, especially those of you who are big fans of Sarah Palin. Having read Mike’s excellent and somewhat humorous article about Palin...
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On February 25, President Obama has scheduled a discussion on health care reform to take place at the White House and has invited Democrats and Republicans alike, as well as health care experts, to come to the meeting and talk about their proposals to overhaul our health care system. His stated purpose for the...
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