Political Equinox

Because of the fiscal juggernaut that is the Obama campaign, The NY Times recently reported that John McCain’s campaign is mapping out a campaign strategy that is closely tied with the Republican National Committee. This after his campaign finance co-chair resigned because of a conflict of interest based on new campaign rules regarding connections to lobbyists.
From the Times:

“Mr. McCain, who abandoned public financing in the primary but has indicated he would employ it in the general election, is aggressively building a joint fund-raising operation with the Republican National Committee and state party committees in four battleground states. These committees can raise money far in excess of …

Tags: campaign finance, Congress, Democrats, environment, finance, John McCain, ny times, president, republican

I’ve decided that I can’t keep bashing the Democrat’s Universal (Socialized - you can call it whatever you like, but it is what it is) Healthcare Plan without offering up a solution of my own. Now let me start by saying that I’m open to changing this plan. In fact, I’m all for scrapping the entire plan or at least large parts of it. But this the best solution I’ve been able to come up with that continues on with the free market American way (controlled with a standardized plan, mind that) and maintains the high-quality of healthcare in this country.

I’m come up with a plan that mixed the current system with some of the elements I feel are the …

Tags: controller general, david walker, Democrats, financial, health insurance, healthcare, IRS, medicare, ny times, social security, socialized medicine, Universal Healthcare

Pretty scary when this guy gets going into his charts, graphs, facts, and figures. It’s not like he’s an activist either - he’s the government’s top accountant.

Tags: controller general, david walker, federal budget, federal deficit, medicare, social security

Today was a hard day - my first primary election and my card reads, “17 Year Old Democrat.” I nearly cried.

No, but seriously - I felt my vote was best served selecting the best candidates on the other side. (As I will admit, they do have good candidates - just not as good.) And since nobody showed up to challenge my Democratic declaration, I didn’t have to refuse to sign the affidavit.

For the Office of President: My vote was Barack Obama. I feel he is the 2nd best candidate for President (actually, the 3rd, but Mike Huckabee is out). I see Barack as the best leader from the Democratic ticket. I don’t see Hillary as an effective leader, so I won’t …

Tags: Barack Obama, Don Duff, Henry Clay, huckabee, Indiana Primary, IRS, Jim Schellinger, Mike Huckabee, president

As we edge closer and closer (hopefully) to having a Democratic presidential nominee, I cannot believe how close this election cycle has (so far) ran to perhaps the greatest TV series of all time…I’m talking of course of the West Wing, the a series that garnered both critical and public support in its storied 7 season run.
The last two seasons of the show dealt with (primarily) the decision of who would become the next president after the much beloved Democrat Josiah Bartlet left office.
This is where the show and reality overlap. In the show on the Democratic …

Tags: Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, IRS, president, republican, west wing