The Associated Press has filed an excellent report detailing the arguments before the Supreme Court today asking for a special election for governor in 2011. Click on Associated Press to read the report. Another Charleston based organization West Virginia Watchdog....
Manchin Is On Watch List
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…..Sen. Joe Manchin is listed on USA Today’s lawmakers to watch list…..he is one of the six newbies listed…..and the only Democrat. Manchin is beginning to set himself apart from the Obama crowd…..West Virginians will keep a watch on that. A big...
In’s & Out’s 2011
In Out Tea [Party] Coffee Obamacare Obamacare Old Village...
Worst Year or Worst Leader?
Weekly there is a person named as having the worst week in Washington. Now as we near the end of 2010 Chris Cillizza editor of “The Fix”, a Washington Post political blog, presents “Who had the worst year in Washington?” The honor goes to Michael Steele, Chairman of...
No Show Joe
Last evening while reading a congressional newsletter about the day’s action I noted where newly elected Senator Joe Manchin was absent. I thought he must be seriously ill as Senators are never absent. There have been times when they arrived on stretcher to vote....
Romney Questions Tax Deal
Governor Mitt Romney has authored a thoughtful piece in USA Today regarding the tax cut deal now under consideration in Congress. He writes President Obama’s tax cut deal fails to deliver it full potential for creating lasting growth. Governor Romney believes a more...
Obama Outsmarts All
I could hardly believe my eyes upon reading Charles Krauthammer’s column today. Beyond the economic side of Krauthammer’s theory which will send most Republicans, Tea Party activist, conservative and independents off the wall is the political consequences of this...
Capito vs. Manchin
POLITICAL TIDBITS CATCH UP..... Capito vs. Manchin….The New York Times quotes Rep. Shelley Moore Capito saying”I’m continuing to look”…..NYT nor Capito indicated if her look goes beyond 2012… ..Senator Rockefeller must defend his seat in 2014. Readers of...
Confirmed: It’s Time to Go Michael
Last March www.phillipsbillboard.com said “It’s Time to Go Michael.” As each day passes it is even clearer this guy has to leave. The election of 2012 is at our doorstep. His own staff is revealing why he must depart. More important than Michael Steele departing...
Electronic Democracy
Ross Perot made “electronic town halls” a centerpiece of this 1992 presidential campaign. The idea eighteen years later may become a reality demanded by Americans. Today Rasmussen released a report that Americans want a chance to vote on deficit Commission’s...