Financial Rescue and the House Vote

Yesterday vote must have been difficult for each of our representatives. Do they listen to their constituents or not? Do they follow their political ideology or not? Do they buy into or ignore the politics of fear? Do they vote to protect or jeopardize their upcoming re-election? Let’s face it, our representatives are politicians, they [...]

Read Full Post »

A Moderate’s Dilemma

The race for the presidency is inside 40 days. Although polls remain close, the independent undecided voters are going to determine the outcome. Some independents have a preference, but they also know that is subject to change. As the list below shows, the choice for independent moderates isn’t easy.

Too conservative vs. too liberal
One special interest [...]

Read Full Post »

They’ve Earned It Rankings: Week 5

For new readers, this ranking system uses an old-fashion approach: Who played and who won. Factors as expectations, traditions, and numerous other meaningless factors don’t count. For more information about the criteria, visit Week 1.
Meanwhile, this was quite the week as USC, Georgia, Florida, and Wake Forest were the cause of that resounding THUD heard [...]

Read Full Post »

Upcoming Debates

The first day of the first debate has arrived, yet there’s uncertainty on whether it will take place. I guess all of us will learn the answer as the day unfolds.
Nonetheless, if I were running the debates, here are some of the rules I would enforce.

If the candidate doesn’t answer the question, turn off their [...]

Read Full Post »

Real Change

There’s no doubt in my mind that we overestimate the value of a presidential election as well as the president’s job; and at the same time, underestimate Congress’s importance. Doesn’t Civics 101 tell us about the three branches of our government and how they intertwine?
At the present time, our Congress has a lower approval rating [...]

Read Full Post »