That’s what I hope to see in my local news paper Thursday morning. President Obama will announce his first State of the Union speech Wednesday night.  He is reportedly going to announce his new middle class initiatives and a limited spending freeze (instead of a hatchet as Senator John McCain wanted, he’s using a scalpel). I just

The Journal Gazette from my home town is taking a poll on how well President Obama has done during his first year in office. Please go take the poll: http://www.jg-tc.com/ Look on left side of home page.

State Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), the Republican candidate for the special U.S. Senate election Tuesday, voted against a bill to provide financial assistance to 9/11 rescue workers who had volunteered to rush to the site of the twin towers after the terrorist attack in 2001. The measure, which was opposed by only two other legislators

Rachel Maddow of MSNBC points out the obvious.  She asks the right questions.  So does MSNBC terrorism expert, Evan Kohlman. It would be interesting to see a listing of sorts, of just how many Muslims have been killed (along with so called infidels) by Al Qaeda. For example, the list should show how many Muslims were

Chris Matthews of Hardball hits it on the nail head: “What has the republican party done for us in the last 10-20 years, Matthews asks?” Hardball with Chris Matthews (Video) The GOP strategists has it wrong — it’s not the Bush record Democrats will go after in 2010, it’s the Republican Party’s record. Former President George W Bush was

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is at it again.  He must spend his every waking hour looking for something to attack the Obama administration with.  Now he’s claiming President Obama doesn’t know we are at war: “As I’ve watched the events of the last few days it is clear once again that President Obama is trying

It’s time to put the brakes on any filibuster that is set on stopping a bill from passing instead of putting the passing of the bill on hold long enough to let the country know what is in the bill. Senator Tom Harkin (D) of Iowa is talking about introducing a bill to do just that: “Today,

WASHINGTON — Home resales surged to the highest level in nearly three years, reflecting an extraordinary level of federal support that has pulled the housing market back from the worst downturn since the Great Depression. The National Association of Realtors says sales rose 7.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.54 million in November,

Democrats would never be a good sports team, whether in baseball, basketball or football.  They can’t play as a team because there are too many, “It’s all about ME” members on the team. I’m sure you’ve all seen at some time or another a game being played where one or two players seem to think the

A friend of mine sent this via email today: On Tuesday, the Senate health committee voted 12-11 in favor of a two-page amendment courtesy of Republican Tom Coburn that would require all Members and their staffs to enroll in any new government-run health plan. It took me less than a minute to sign up to