Must Read Blogs and Op-Eds — January 11, 2010
Health Care is the lead in most opinion pieces over the weekend. Is it going to cost to much? Who politically is going to win? Are the Democrats in an unavoidable catastrophic situation? Are the Republicans going to win big in 2010 because of the Democrats failure to do anything about “insurance costs”? The point [...]
Will Reid Survive?
The dialog on the morning talk shows was all about Harry Reid, and MSNBC was no exception. At issue is the release of the book, “Game Change,” by John Heilmann and Mark Halperin, and the controversial comment made by Senator Harry Reid (D-NV). Reid made comments about Barack Obama as being “light- skinned and having [...]
Dodd Out!
WASHINGTON – Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd, a five-term Democrat whose political stock began falling after the financial meltdown and his failed 2008 presidential bid, has decided not to seek re-election in November, Democratic officials told The Associated Press early Wednesday. Dodd was expected to make an announcement Wednesday. The officials who disclosed his plans would [...]
Is The Media In Love Again?
<a href=”http://www.defendyourvote.com/beta/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ford1.jpg”><img title=”ford” src=”http://www.defendyourvote.com/beta/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ford1.jpg” alt=”” width=”190″ height=”132″ /></a>The New York Times (article included) has put up an article about Harold Ford, Jr., who is considering a run against Kirstin Gillibrand for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s former senate seat. Although, I really have little love for Gillibrand, who seems to flow with the political breeze [...]
Obama to Announce New Airline Measures
Many are wondering whether or not the new measures being put into place to prevent terrorist attacks are actually an invasion of privacy and limitation upon freedoms. Although most of the security measures are put into place in mainly Arab countries, could we eventually see limitations upon US citizens. From Yahoo: WASHINGTON – President Barack [...]
Is the Democratic Party Demise a Media Myth?
The blood sport known as congressional elections rolls around in 2010, and already the mainstream media establishment is sizing up the landscape to decide how to market, promote, and seize ratings as the calendar pushes towards November. How much is hype and media spin and what is reality? Chris Cilizza wrote an interesting piece for [...]