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“The Blueprint” Co-Author to be Keynote Speaker in Colorado Springs 8/3/10
Do you want to know how Colorado turned from red to blue? Do you want to know what YOU can do to flip it back to red? Do you want to know what to expect from the LEFT in the general election this year? You need to know their game plan from someone who knows. That someone is Adam Schrager, co-author of The Blueprint.
Tancredo Aims to be the Colorado Crist
Everyone knows that by running a third party ticket, Ross Perot gave us Bill Clinton and Teddy Roosevelt gave us Woodrow Wilson. Compelling as those third party candidates were, all they did was split the conservative vote. The last time a third party managed a win on a national scale was Abraham Lincoln in 1860 when the Republican Party replaced the Whigs.
TARP Criticism Misses the Point
When TARP Inspector General Neil Barofsky criticized the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) as being ineffective, he blamed the Treasury Department for not setting clearer goals for that part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
On Negative Campaigning
Having written about negative campaigns in the last couple of days, I’d like to close the topic with a few general observations. I wouldn’t be the political scientist I am if I didn’t.
Maine Eyes Social Security for Pension Bailout
Illinois recently claimed a savings of $300 million by making “adjustments” in benefits for employees who have not yet been hired! New Jersey’s pension plan will only be solvent provided its investment returns earn at least 8 percent every year from now on.
Norton Campaign Flails Desperately
On Sunday night I received a campaign email from the Norton campaign entitled ” KEN BUCK TRASHES TEA PARTIERS: Buck Dishes Out More Profanity, This Time at Tea Parties.”
No, Jane, No!
The negativity of the Norton campaign, which started back in April when Josh Penry was hired away from the McInnis campaign, has reached embarrassing heights.
Axelrod: GOP would Turn America Backwards?
Note from Jim Pfaff: This article originally appeared at The Daily Caller and was highlighted by Rush Limbaugh on his program. Heather Bachman is a regular contributor to Opinion Times.
Great Depression II: Here We Go Again?
The unremitting flow of negative news about the economy has finally caught the attention of the mainstream media, causing an increasing number of economists to make comparisons between today’s recession and the Great Depression
The Invisible Candidate
We’ve had the Joe G the Stealth Candidate and in this most unusual of election years I got a robo-call tonight from the Invisible Candidate, Walker Stapleton.
