When Alabama Congressman Artur Davis voted against the health-care bill that passed the House earlier this month, he probably expected some grief from fellow Democrats. But he couldn't have anticipated being accused of selling out his race.
Mr. Davis was the only black Member' [...]
Proof that Indiana is not out of the political mainstream — we have imaginary congressional districts, too!
The imaginary 00, 10th, 11th, 14th, and 18th Congressional Districts of Indiana have, according to recovery.gov, made a tax dollar windfall of about $5.3 million, and ‘created or saved’ 9 jobs - all [...]
Some interesting information has been brought to the attention of this blog about PAC's, PAC money, hypocrisy and a 5th Congressional challenger.Libertarians in Lake County gathered last night for their annual convention to elect new officers. Jeff Duensing was elected as Chairman of the County Party. Duensing has served as Vice Chairman for the County Organization for the last term, as well as running for Congress in District 1 and as Central Committee Representative. [...]
Presented for your consideration, two interesting items.
The first, a news article this past week from the Courier-Journal:
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana General Assembly would wash its hands of legislative and congressional redistricting, leaving the job instead to an independent commission, under a constitutional amendment Senate Republicans will propose.
The amendment could [...]
Via Congressman Burton’s latest presser:
Burton to Obama: Somebody Messed With Joe
Indiana’s Imaginary 00, 10th, 11th, 14th, and 18th Congressional Districts Make $5.3 Million Tax Dollar Windfall, Create Or Save Just 9 Imaginary Jobs
President Obama to Congress on 2/24/09, “That is why I have asked Vice President Biden to lead [...]
My latest post is online over at New Geography. It is called “Reducing Carbon Should Not Distort Regional Economies“.
Here is a map of proposed compliance costs by quintile for the pending cap and trade bill in Congress put together by the Brookings Institution:
As you can see, [...]
By DAVID M. McINTOSH
WASHINGTON - Last week was a watershed moment for the Obama administration and Congress – Republicans won the off-year elections, unemployment topped 10 percent and despite the tea parties, the House narrowly passed the President’s health care bill.
Historically off-year elections serve as a [...]
By JACK COLWELL
SOUTH BEND - Political columnists and commentators, as well as candidates and campaign strategists, seek now to evaluate what the election results mean for prospects of the party of “no” in 2010 races for control of Congress.
Their forecasting is as risky as efforts of [...]
In the past couple of days, I’ve started to hear a new rumor among the Indy insiders and among a few in the 9th District.
The rumor goes like this: Mike Sodrel isn’t going to run for Congress. People wanting him to run for Congress just [...]
In the past couple of days, I've started to hear a new rumor among the Indy insiders and among a few in the 9th District.…is being hosted today by Michael Bailey, who filled 9th District airwaves with ads like this when he ran for Congress last in 2000:
Click here to view the embedded video.
Young can be forgiven for not remembering Bailey’s campaign; he still claimed residence in Carmel when Bailey ran for Congress [...]
*UPDATE* – Jim Shella from WISH TV has confirmed that Sen. Gard has indeed pulled her endorsement.
Looks like McVey is falling behind.
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So this 5th Congresssional District Race is going to be a barn burner. With five candidates in the race, each of them is fighting for votes and endorsements [...]
A special election in New York to fill a vacant seat in Congress that normally would have flown under the radar instead became a battle for the soul of the Republican Party. After the GOP establishment picked a Leftist to fill the Republican spot on the ticket, Doug Hoffman decided [...]
"This is no way a reflection of Islam any more" [...]
HOUSE DEMOCRATS PASS GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF NATION’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
I blogged late last week about an email that was sent out by Dee Dee Benkie, Indiana’s national committeewoman on the Republican National Committee, and Larry Shickles, the former 9th District chairman, for a lunch for Congressman Mike Sodrel.There were quite a few highlights during Saturday’s health care debate. But before the outcome was determined, Congressman Mark Souder took the time to put a sappy Nancy Pelosi in her place.
Click here to view the embedded video.
(H/T – @daltonsbriefs via Gateway Pundit)
