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Profile: Tom Horner, Independent or Pragmatist?

October 31, 2010

From the land of Jesse Ventura, arises another Independent Party candidate for Governor of Minnesota, Tom Horner. In a move fairly reminiscent of a more pragmatist approach to governing, Horner’s candidacy is the possible bridge to overcome partisan gridlock between the legislature and the Governor’s office. In a state that has been considered a [...]

Tagged as: Dayton, Election 2010, Emmer, Governors Races 2010, Gridlock, Independent Party, Minnesota Governor's Race, Tom Horner

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Congressional Seat In Minnesota 8th District May Be Up For Grabs By GOP

October 27, 2010

Congressman James Oberstar, veteran career politician of 48 years is in trouble. He just lost the endorsement of the largest newspaper in his area, The Duluth News-Tribune, for the first time in 30 years. Citing the lack of financial restraint by the incumbent, The Duluth News Tribune emphasized Oberstar’s rubber-stamp of Obama’s policies on cap [...]

Tagged as: 8th District Congressional Race In Minnesota, Attack Ads in Oberstar Campaign, Contributions for Oberstar Largely From Outside Sources, Infrastructure Monies, Oberstar In Tough Battle, Oberstar Loses Newspaper Endorsement, Polls Tightening Race Between Oberstar & Cravaack, Special Interest Monies Flowing Into Minnesota 8th Congressional District Race, Trying To Win Transportation Projects

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Duh!

October 26, 2010

An appearance on the Charlie Rose Show this week involved a discussion about the Middle Class with Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post; Jacob Hacker of Yale University, Steve Pearlstein of “The Washington Post” and Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard University. The viewer can take away from that discussion that the media rats are deserting the [...]

Tagged as: Arianna Huffington Does About Face, arianna huffington's bias, Charlie Rose, ethics of mainstream media, Health Care, huffington post, Middle Class America, N.Y.Times, Obama's Media Jumps Ship, pbs, Washington Post, “Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream, ”

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Bed Of Liberalism–Minnesota Not Business As Usual For Career Democrat (VIDEO)

October 21, 2010

The blue state of Minnesota for many decades was of particular interest to political pundits and writers because of its’ alliance between the Democrats, the Farmers, and Labor. And one of the DFL’s favorite sons, U.S. Rep. James “Jim” Oberstar (DFL), puts the “career” in career politician. As the former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. [...]

Tagged as: Blue States Not Secure For Democrats, Career Politicians, Cravaack, Oberstar, Rowdy Debate Oberstar v. Cravaack, Video Oberstar v. Cravaack

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Enough Blame To Go Around…The Case For An Independents’ Party

September 29, 2010

Although the Tea Party has “party” in its’ title, it is a movement within the Republican Party, and not exactly a third party. Similar to the Anti-War movement that grew out of dissatisfaction of the decisions being made by a Democratic President, it’s main raison d’être is to protest the policies of the current administration. The [...]

Tagged as: Beyond Gridlock, Call for Independent Party, Coalition To Govern, GOP, Independent Party, Obama, Reformed Liberal, Second Revolution, special interests and govenment, Tea Party Movement, Third Party

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Recession Over In June 2009–How Come We Missed It?

September 22, 2010

The National Bureau of Economic Research stated that the 18 months recession that began in December 2007, ended in June 2009 when the economy started growing again. This has been the longest recorded recession since the Great Depression, and any downturn now would represent the beginning of a new recession. However, for most of us [...]

Tagged as: Democrats, Recession Ended June 2009, Reformed Liberal, Republicans, Status of United States In The World, Tea Party, The New Reality

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Mid-August Primaries May Stifle Third Party Movement

August 10, 2010

The August doldrums may ring the death knell for independent candidates or candidates less well known supported by the Tea Party going up against their better known or convention-endorsed two-party counterparts to become the Republican Party or Democratic Party nominee in the general election. Ostensibly, the change was made for those states that did not have a long [...]

Tagged as: August 2010 primaries, Challenge To Party Candidate Selection, Democratic Party, Democrats, early primaries affect Tea Party, Endorsements by Political Parties, General Election 2010, GOP, List of Primary and General Election Dates, Political Parties, Republicans, Summer Primaries, Tea Party, Third Party Movement

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“Get Out Of Our House” GOOOH New Political Movement?

March 2, 2010

GOOOH, which stands for “Get Out Of Our House,” wants to replace all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Read More…

Tagged as: Get Out Of Our House Movement, GOOOH, Political movement to oust all members of U.S. House of Representatives

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6 to 1

February 10, 2010

Is this the odds in Vegas on a sports event? No. Unfortunately, it’s the ratio of applicants for every job opening in the U.S. Could this have been avoided? Who knows given the mess that Wall Street, the Federal Reserve, and a benign government got us into. One thing for sure is that it could’ve [...]

Tagged as: job loss, Obama, political commentary on economy, recent unemployment figures, Reformed Liberal, unemployment

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Mainstream Media Finally Wakes Up?

January 29, 2010

It brings a warm feeling to the cockles of this writer’s heart to see Arianna Huffington, CNN, and others finally awake from their long sleep with the dark prince. ButAsForMe has been writing about Obama’s lack of substance and experience since 2007 and how did the fine, upstanding Obama-ites answer our concerns about his election? By [...]

Tagged as: arianna huffington, arianna huffington's bias, arianna' huffington's about face on obama, bias in reporting, ethics of mainstream media, huffington post, liberals, media turns on obama, obama-ites disillusion with obama, Reformed Liberal

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To Become A Real Player In Reform, Tea Party Should Make Term Limits Its’ First Order Of Business

January 12, 2010

The Ohio Valley Tea Party has announced its’ formation as a political action committee in time for the upcoming election year. This will enable the group to raise money and support candidates for office. Although it’s still in the development stage, the potential of becoming a political party is there. To grow this grassroots movement into [...]

Tagged as: Campaign Reform, citizen legislators, fiscal responsibility by government, grassroots campaign, Harry Reid, Health Care Reform, Lawyers and Government, lobbyists, Pelosi, Republican Contract With America, special interests, term limits, The Tea Party, Third Party, U.S. Congress