Archive for January, 2012

The Only Birthday Present I Wanted Was You

Posted by on Tuesday, 31 January, 2012

If this doesn’t make you misty eyed, you’re either 1. A Commie 2. An Islamist 3. A ginger with no soul.

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The Only Birthday Present I Wanted Was You


Joe Lieberman: Senate May ‘Smother’ Stock Insider Trading Ban

Posted by on Tuesday, 31 January, 2012

Three months after “60 Minutes” exposed that members of Congress and their staffers are not specifically forbidden from inside trading (and that some may have Read more… (http://blogs.investors.com/capitalhill/capitalhill/index.php/home/35-politicsinvesting/6941-lieberman-senate-may-smother-stock-act)

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Joe Lieberman: Senate May ‘Smother’ Stock Insider Trading Ban


Hoyer: Keystone XL cannot be rushed

Posted by on Tuesday, 31 January, 2012

The Keystone XL oil pipeline “has merit” but shouldn’t be approved without thorough study, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) argued Tuesday. Read more…

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Hoyer: Keystone XL cannot be rushed


Swing States to Obama: We Don’t Approve

Posted by on Tuesday, 31 January, 2012

Gallup has released Obama’s average job approval rating for 2011 in all fifty states . The numbers are pretty lousy-to-awful in most of the swing states. Keep reading this post . . .

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Swing States to Obama: We Don’t Approve


Rick Santorum Will Drop Out, Just Not Yet

Posted by on Tuesday, 31 January, 2012

Over at the predictions market InTrade, ex-Sen. Rick Santorum is given an 80% chance of being the next candidate to drop out (http://bit.ly/A41KSD) of Read more… (http://blogs.investors.com/capitalhill/capitalhill/index.php/home/35-politicsinvesting/6940-rick-santorum-wont-exit-race-after-florida)

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Rick Santorum Will Drop Out, Just Not Yet


Heading into the Florida GOP Primary, Obama Hits 51 Percent Approval

Posted by on Tuesday, 31 January, 2012

Mitt Romney seems to have succeeded in raising enough doubts about Newt Gingrich to secure a comfortable win in Florida, but his attacks and his prospective victory coincide with a majority of Americans thinking President Obama doesn’t look too bad.

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Heading into the Florida GOP Primary, Obama Hits 51 Percent Approval


House Dem leader Hoyer slams GOP’s federal pay-freeze bill as ‘not justified’

Posted by on Tuesday, 31 January, 2012

The House minority whip Tuesday panned the pay-freeze bill, saying it would “disadvantage” federal workers. Read more…

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House Dem leader Hoyer slams GOP’s federal pay-freeze bill as ‘not justified’


Voters Getting Duplicate Ballots in Florida?

Posted by on Tuesday, 31 January, 2012

Campaign Spot reader Chuck in Pembroke Pines, Fla. shares a tale of voting this morning that is not all that surprising, and hopefully not too widespread, but dispiriting nonetheless: Florida just can’t get it right… what a surprise, huh?