Political Equinox

I’m doing something I haven’t done in a long time - respectfully, yet diametrically disagreeing with Neil.

In order to understand the failure, we should first look at where this plan originated - the Bush Administration. This was a brokered bill; nonetheless, the original framework for the bailout was crafted by the Administration, lead by Treasury Secretary Paulson.  Like virtually anything that could had had a chance of passing the Untied States Congress,  the final iteration of the bill was a compromise through and through. In order to get behind the bill, Dems got executive pay limits added for companies selling their mortgages to the government as well as the ability to have controlling shares of some companies, and the Administration …

Tags: Bush, Congress, Democrats, george bush, IRS, president, republican

Lacking Experience?

No! Not Joe Biden, he’s got more experience than math has numbers. It’s his running mate, who even he has expressed concerns about.

Joe Biden has been on record stating that Barack Obama doesn’t have the experience necessary to become the President. With his most recent ad John McCain clearly will begin to make this a focal point of the campaign. Obama is going to have to work unbelievably hard to dispel this belief that apparently even his running mate agreed with McCain on this one.

Now one could argue that Biden made the statement trying to defeat Obama in a heated primary, that’s certainly true…but he still made the …

Tags: Barack Obama, Bush, george bush, IRS, joe biden, John McCain, obama, president

This is Third District Democratic Congressional Candidate Michael Montagano’s first commercial. Here’s some reasons why it is effective in fulfilling its objective:

Increase Name Recognition

Mike’s a great guy and will make an excellent congressman - but he needs to up his name recognition throughout the district. He’s been everywhere during the last few months – from the many festivals that take place in almost every Hoosier town during the summer to the various Democratic Party gatherings all over the district, he has diligently went out and met with the people and introduce himself personally to residents of the Third District (something his opponent has not had the …

Tags: Barack Obama, Bush, candidate, Congress, george bush, hoosier, IRS, obama, republican

Political statement or algorithm? I’ll give Google the benefit of the doubt and say algorithm.

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Although referencing Romeo and Juliet is incredibly trite, it nonetheless underscores an important point - it shouldn’t matter in picking the leader of our country. In politics it helps if your name is Bush, Roosevelt, Kennedy or Rockefeller or is alliterative (Ronald Reagan, Hannibal Hamlin etc). But unless your shtick is railing against elite political families or hating repetitive letters and sounds, names usually do not have a negative affect on a politician.

Enter the 2008 presidential race. Although the McCain camp has done a good job denouncing the practice, some of his supporters have selectively chosen to insert Senator Obama’s middle …

Tags: Bush, candidate, Hussein, Kennedy, New York Times, obama, president, Rockefeller, Romeo and Juliet, web