John McCain Health Care Speech Transcript (As prepared for delivery)

I am going to attempt to outline this speech tonight.  Fingers crossed on that one! If anyone wants to help me go through candidate speeches please leave a comment and I will contact you for help.  Going through these speeches is important, so the information can be distilled down to a digestible amount, but the [...]

Stop the Gas Tax!

There is currently talk about halting the Gas Tax for the Summer. Today the President mentioned his support for Senator McCain’s idea that he put forward a couple of weeks ago.
I think this is a great idea. I also believe that Congress and Democrats in particular-with the addition of Sen. Chuck Grassley– should [...]

Farm Bill Politics

The Farm Bill is currently the topic of the day on Capitol Hill. I believe it was Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) that once said that there are two things that nobody should see being made sausage and legislation. Well, if you take that as the truth then the Farm Bill is the worst most [...]

Supreme Court Rules Regarding Voter Identification

The Supreme Court Ruled that states can require voter identification. Not the most surprising ruling, but an important ruling.
In a 6-3 decision, the justices upheld an earlier decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
Proponents of the Indiana law at issue in the case, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, said the [...]

Hillary Clinton’s Remarks to AFL-CIO April Transcript

Hillary’s Remarks at the Pennsylvania A.F.L.- C.I.O.
April 1, 2008
Thank you very much. Is labor in the house? I am pleased to be in the House of Labor.
I want to thank my friend and your native son, President McEntee, for that introduction and for more than - he hates when I say this - for [...]

Dean Asks a Candidate to Drop Out: Should Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama Drop Out of Race?

The Democrats have a problem. Should Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama drop out of the race for the Presidency? Howard Dean believes that one candidate should drop out by the end of June.
Why the big push? It is so that the Democrats don’t expose their hypocrisy. The Democrats claim to be the party of the [...]