Ken Is Speaking Blog

The Budget Isn’t a Toy

In the Washington Post recently, they reported that Bush has rediscovered the principles of fiscal discipline. And just in time for a Democratic Congress! Is it just me, or do the Republicans only ever...

Sweet (Work) Alabama

So, my employer is sending me to a layoff meeting next week in Bessemer, Alabama. Over 480 coal miners are being laid-off just as the current contract with the United Mine Workers of America...

“Total Crap”

149-86. Steny Hoyer beat back a challenge from Jack Murtha for House Majority Leader today. This was a much wider margin than expected given that Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi endorsed Murtha over her once (and...

Decisive Results

I never got around to making the “Why the GOP Will Lose” argument – basically thinking that failures to accomplish anything on the major issues of this year (ethics/earmarks, port security, etc.) coupled with...

My Ballot

For Campaign 2006, I am voting in Alexandria for the first time in my life. For 2000, 2002, and 2004, (and local and primary elections in between) I voted either in person or by...

Obama Bomb

Okay, so the other day I was watching on C-SPAN the rally in St. Louis for Claire McCaskill. A number of local Democrats, many of the energetic and excited, bumped up the crowd. Claire...

Hating the News?

On Friday, I was walking to work on 22nd Street when I saw a knocked down newstand. I’ve seen those before and assumed it was due to wind knocking it over. (Don’t ask me.)...

99% Negative

The GOP is increasingly worried about its tenuous hold on the U.S. House in the wake of the Foley scandal. Just on Friday, the NRCC dumped another $9.3 million in independent expenditures in their...