“He is, in his gut, a fiscal conservative. There is a Blue Dog Streak in him.” – David Plouffe in The Price of Politics, by Bob Woodward IF YOU haven’t read Bob Woodward’s latest book, The Price of Politics, you may not appreciate the documents below fully. We’re about to see Obama’s “excessive pragmatism,” as [...]
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Claire McCaskill’s Opponent Thinks Rape Victims Have Self-Aborting Body Properties
“First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” – Todd Akin [Gawker] AS SOMEONE born and raised in Missouri it’s simply unacceptable to think that my home state could elect [...]
Missouri Republicans Hand Claire McCaskill Her Best Hope
Republicans on Tuesday pinned their hopes of winning back a Senate seat in Missouri — and perhaps control of the chamber — on Todd Akin, picking the conservative congressman to take on endangered Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in November. If the Republican Party is to win the four seats it needs to take the Senate, [...]
Why Should Any Democrat Attend a Convention in an Anti-Union State?
MINORITY LEADER PELOSI makes a different excuse for Blue Dog Democrats, because she won’t stand up for unions any more than Pres. Obama and the Democratic Party will. We saw that in Wisconsin, where even Democrats didn’t choose the union candidate to take on Scott Walker. Of course, that hasn’t kept unions from being the [...]
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