Eric Florack on February 12th, 2009

I have wondered openly in answering feedback mail and in comments sections on other blogs, over the last few days, if the electorate were not being intentionally overwhelmed by the issues being thrown at us by the Democrats. Object being,

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davidl on February 12th, 2009

I don’t for a minute believe this speech was written by a twelve year old. But it is stunning in its presentation and delivery, video:

Hat tip:  Cassy Fiano.

Just think, in just twenty-three years, she will be old

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davidl on February 12th, 2009

I will not, will not say that the folks at CNN are slow:

(CNN) — Thousands of villagers in rural Alaska are struggling to survive, forced to choose between keeping their families warm and keeping their stomachs full,

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davidl on February 11th, 2009

From Fox Sports:

The brief Brett Favre era in New York is over.

Favre has informed the Jets he is retiring after 18 seasons in the NFL, ending a record-setting career in which he was one of the NFL’s

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davidl on February 11th, 2009

Earlies today, Eric rambled:

FAILURE: With all this going on, is it too early to call Obama a failed presidency, yet?  Remember, gang, the Democrats already had Bush so labled, at this point, relative, and with far less in

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Eric Florack on February 11th, 2009

ramblemineWelcome to the most intense nightly read on the ‘sphere: Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

Once again, we at Bitsbog are presented with a target -rich environment. Let’s get some of it.

  • IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS THE PLAN: So, Geithner’s plan

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Rasmussen :

When it comes to the nation’s economic issues, 67% of U.S. voters have more confidence in their own judgment than they do in the average member of Congress.

Nineteen percent (19%) trust members of Congress more, according to

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Eric Florack on February 11th, 2009

I can’t say that I’m sorry at all to see a new Quinnipiac University poll, that reports Chris Dodd is in even more serious electoral trouble than we thought before:

 

A total of 42 percent of voters say they

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davidl on February 11th, 2009

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleGeithner:

Administration officials were greeted with sarcasm and laughter Monday night when they briefed lawmakers and congressional staff on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s new financial-sector bailout project, according to people who were in the room.

The laughter was at

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davidl on February 11th, 2009

Statement from the Institute for Energy Reserach:

“Less than 24 hours ago, the president urged Americans to support his plan to spend over $700 billion in taxpayer dollars to fight our economic downturn. Meanwhile, the Department of Interior this

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Eric Florack on February 10th, 2009

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Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

Obama’s press conference. What can be said? Nothing, and yet everything. It’s a target rich environment, as I said this monring, and

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davidl on February 10th, 2009

Walt Minnick, Idaho First, has a better alternative to the Pelosi/Reid/Obama Porlulus bill,  DC Examiner:

While President Barack Obama goes on the road to shore up slipping popular support for the $1 trillion stimulus porkfest that he ordered

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Eric Florack on February 10th, 2009

Time to let your voice be heard… loudly and repeatedly.
Here’s where.

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davidl on February 10th, 2009

Gleen_GreenwaldAs a candidate Barack Obama created a terrible box for himseslf.  He could placate his leftard base and abandon an effective war on terror, or he could placate his base, and thus imperil both the nation’s safety and his own

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Eric Florack on February 10th, 2009

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — Republican Senators are questioning whether President Barack Obama‘s stimulus bill contains the right mix of tax breaks and cash infusions to jump-start the economy.

Tragically, no one from either party is objecting to the health

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