by Denis Campbell
In a firestorm of repudiation against Republican special interest backed ‘Astro-turfing’ (covering over real issues with pretty green carpets) and shouting down Democratic Congress members in boisterous town hall meetings, the just released Gallup National Poll shows only 5 states in the US can be listed as solidly or leaning Republican while 37 [...]
Tag | Mississippi
Texas Now in Play? Is That a Typo?!?
Posted on 06 August 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (2) | Tags: Alaska, Ann Coulter, Birthers, crazy, FOX News, Gallup National Poll, Gallup Poll, Glenn Beck, Idaho, K Street Lobbyists, Medicare, Michael Steele, Michelle Malkin, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, President Obama, Red State, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, socialist, South Carolina, Tea Parties, texas, Utah, wing-nut, Wyoming
Senate Dems Race to 60 Seats
Posted on 15 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 1/3 of the 100 member, 51 Senator majority coalition, 6-year termed Senate seats. up for re-election, 60, 7th 6-year term at age 85, Al Franken, Alaska, Alaska’s current Governor and Republican Vice President, Anchorage Mayor, Bill Clinton, Bruce Lundsford, caucus with the Democrats, colorado, constitutional tie-breaking vote for the Republicans, Democrat Jeff Merkley, Denis Campbell, equally critical to whoever becomes the new President, former KS Senate majority leader, George Bush, Georgia, Governor Barbour, Governor Bill Richardson, Governor Jeanne Shaheen, governor Ronnie Musgrove, huge repudiation defeat for Sarah Palin, important number, Jim Gilmore, Jim Jeffords of VT, Joe Lieberman of CT, John Sununu, Kentucky, long-time Republican Senator John Warner, Maine, Mark Begich, Mark Udall, Mark Warner, McCain, Mike Gravel in 1974, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mitch McConnell, Mo Udall, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Norm Coleman, North Carolina, obama, Oregon, Pete Domenici, race for control of both houses of the US Congress, required to halt/prevent crippling filibusters, Roger Wicker, Senate, Senate Dems Race to 60 Seats, Senator Elizabeth Dole, Senator Gordon Smith, son of the former Bush Sr. Chief of staff, state governorships, state Senator Kay Hagan, strained by Lieberman’s very public support of John McC, Susan Collins, Ted Stevens, Tom Udall, tough fight from Tom Allan, Trent Lott resigned suddenly, two Independent Senators, very angry, Vice President, Virginia, VP candidate Bob Dole, Wayne Allard
by Denis Campbell
While the Presidential contest gets the most press, the race for control of both houses of the US Congress and state governorships is equally critical to whoever becomes the new President. 60 in the Senate is such an important number because that is the number of votes required to halt/prevent crippling filibusters which [...]
Placid Lake Woebegon Begets A Nasty Police State
Posted on 31 August 2008 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: 1st Amendment right to protest during the Republican Na, 25 officers barge into a house wearing masks and black, aided by local police goon squads dressed in riot gear, arresting nine people, cell phone number of the St. Paul convention office of, chilling accounts of police conducting wholesale warran, civil liberties, clubs, congenital sense of justice and equality, cronies, cultural cons, Dept. of Homeland (In)Security, directed to the police (651.291.1111), Edina, Garrison Keillor, George Bush, Guthrie Theatre, Homeland Security (202.282.8000), in town to protest at the convention, Lake Woebegon stories, large semi-automatic rifles, mansions, Midwestern kind of mild social democracy, Minneapolis, Mississippi, Nasty Police State, old money, only crime, Placid Lake Woebegon, police just burst into a house looking for ‘photographs, PR woman for the cops said I had to talk to the Secret, refused to answer any questions but asked for the spell, repeated calls were not returned, St. Paul, St. Paul Mayor’s Office, Summit Avenue, the Bill of Rights, the Buttermilk Biscuit Co, the Secret Service, they were charged with having too many people live in a, three Norwegian bachelor farmers, tossed into the Mississippi mud, Twin Cities, University of Minnesota, unmarked cop cars with sirens screaming are chasing all, Walker Art Centre
By Charley James
I grew up in the Twin Cities, a prosperous and bucolic community hard on the banks of the Mississippi, the last major metropolitan area until you Lewis-and-Clark yourself over the Rockies.
Minneapolis and St. Paul are filled with wide, tree-lined streets, good schools, close-knit families, a welcoming spirit, pride in a deep civic commitment, home [...]
Hillary’s W in WV – Yawn, Real Story is Red State Mississippi
Posted on 14 May 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 3 am attack ad, :eahy, blues states, Bob Barr, clinton, control of house and senate, Democratic Convention, filibuster busting, Gingrich Revolution, John McCain, Libertarian Party, Lieberman, Mark Penn, middle ground, Mississippi, Newt Gingrich, obama, red states, Republican Convention, Ron Paul, Ronald Reagan, Tip O'Neill, veto-proof majority, West Virginia
338,000 people voted to assign 26 delegates or .6% of total delegates in play and captured the media spotlight for a week as the Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton steel cage match went another breathless round, while reddest of Republican states Mississippi, ignored the personal campaigning of Vice President Dick Cheney as the Democrat Travis Childers won [...]
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