Readers who have followed the New START treaty developments learned last night a key Senate Committee postponed until September a vote on the revamped Start arms-control treaty with Russia. Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney wrote a July 6th Op-Ed in The...

Charleston Daily Mail reporter Ry Rivard has done some interesting research about self-funded campaigns.     This approach to financing a campaign in the special election to put someone in the Byrd seat may be the only way.  Time is short and money is always hard to...

A point well made by The Inter-Mountain (Elkins) in an editorial. This is a most important and strange political season in the Mountain State.  Campaigns normally expand over a period of year – and more often than not much longer.  Thus, there is adequate time for...

Heading Home…..today starts the congressional recess for House Members…..both parties are loading up members with talking points, ideas, themes…..the loud town meetings of last summer…..will be replaced with active schedules. GOP members were sent packing with a...

Regardless of where you turn someone is offering an opinion about President Obama, his policies and approach to government.  Two nationally known Democrat pollsters who have worked for President Jimmy Carter and President Bill Clinton penned an op-ed in The Wall...

Since Governor Romney’s last piece appeared in The Washington Post he has written another article appearing in NATIONAL REVIEW.  It takes a look at some of the recent arguments supporters of the New START treaty have made since his initial op-ed in The Washington...

Everyone knows the President can reach anyone at anytime.  Well here is a fun read about how effective President Obama is at communications.

Community development is a growing need throughout the Mountain State.  Towns are looking for ways revitalize, fill empty property and create jobs.  For some time I thought one way our political leaders and decision makers could assist was by moving appropriate...

It was a quite meeting…..despite a nasty race for state chairman which included paid consultants…..friends against friends…..new versus old…..but it may have been noisy in the backrooms……only the parliamentarian  Roger Hanshaw knows. Mike Stuart who advanced an...

An important foreign policy issue is now under discussion.  Governor Mitt Romney has written an Op-Ed which appeared in The Washington Post.  This is being shared for those who may not have seen his piece on President Obama’s New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty...