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Brutal Senate Ratings

U.S. Senate 2008 Democrats – 54 Republicans – 44 Independents – 2 Tossup – 0 REPUBLICANS NOT UP FOR RE-ELECTION (26) SAFE REPUBLICAN (6) Ala. (Sessions), Tenn. (Alexander), MS-A (Cochran), S.C. (Graham), WY-A (Enzi),...

I dread packing

So, I have been at the Funds, my employer for almost six years. Through 2 promotions, staff upheavals, a reorganization, and the shuffling of staff into a team structure, I am one of the...

John the Maverick

Here’s what I’ve noticed about John McCain in his current iteration: 1) He wants the benefit of being a POW, without the baggage of being called out for using it as a crutch. 2)...

The Hail Mary Pass That Missed

My sister is a small-l libertarian who has voted for President Bush and President Clinton in the past (and she voted for Libertarian Harry Browne in between). She is now a registered undecided voter,...

Roy’s “Standing Up For You” Again

Eileen Roy, a former IB English teacher at Eastside High School, won a second term on the Alachua County School Board on Tuesday in the biggest landslide of the county’s election night (about 2-1)....

America’s Power

“People around the world have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.” – Bill Clinton, endorsing Barack Obama on Day 3 of the Democratic...

Dem Confab Half Over

My sister, a small-l libertarian, has been watching the conventions with me. She doesn’t like Obama’s economic policies, but she finds a lot of problems with McCain too (especially in how he handles his...

Partners in Crime?

“John McCain calls himself a maverick, but he votes with George Bush more than 90% of the time…that’s not a maverick, that’s a sidekick.” ~ Senator Bob Casey Jr., on Day 2 of the...