In sharp contrast to his tough talk about ethics reform in government, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., approached a well-known Illinois political fixer under active federal investigation, Antoin “Tony” Rezko, for “advice” as he sought to find a way to buy a house shortly after being elected to the United States Senate.
Read More...It’s a current cliché to opine that Republicans aren’t happy with their field of presidential candidates, but the Iowa results reinforce the concept, regardless of what happens in New Hampshire. The Republican Party is perilously fractured.
Out went Mitt Romney, one of the important establishment guys—and in came Mike Huckabee, the most outsiderish of the lot. Even if Romney recovers in New Hampshire, a die has been cast that suggests even more problems for the Grand Old Party.
To wit: all the candidates were either badly wounded or exposed serious sores that will be rubbed raw in the general election to come.
Huckabee’s incredible gaffes and displays of ignorance will not garner him the independent or crossover Democratic votes he would need in what is already an unlikely year for Republicans. Yes, he was able to inspire evangelicals and just enough traditional Republicans in Iowa to make the numbers look ... Read More...
Great minds think alike, fools seldom differ I suppose, but couldn’t one of the guys write something that wasn’t spoon fed to them by the Obama PR staff?
As Christopher Hitchens chides "There's something pathetic and embarrassing about our obsession with Barack ... Read More...To jumble, mix and butcher a couple of metaphors, the upcoming Feb. 5 contest for Democratic ward committeeman in the 41st and 50th wards is about the shelf life of the occupant of a job which is barely worth a bucket of warm spit.
A long-ago vice-president, Texan John Nance Garner, who served 1933–40, opined that his job “wasn’t worth a bucket of warm spit.” That was back in the days when spittoons were still in use. Without city, county or state patronage, a contemporary Chicago committeeman’s job is the equivalent of Garner’s, and the occupant is often mistaken for a spittoon.
But the two wards’ incumbents, Ralph Capparelli (41st) and Berny Stone (50th), are still saleable, well-known commodities. They’ve been political fixtures for almost 40 years. And even though both are septuagenarians – Capparelli is 82 and Stone 80 – their political shelf life has not yet expired.
Amusingly, ... Read More...
