Political Equinox

Let me start this post by saying I hate pork projects. I hate them with a passion. I’d go as far as putting the line item veto in place to stop all those meaty projects. That’s why I have a problem with Ron Paul saying he never votes for pork.

Ron Paul touts himself as a fiscal conservative. No doubt he is, but he goes to the extreme of condemning all spending that isn’t in direct correlation with The Constitution. Ron Paul seems to be posting himself as the poster boy for the anti-Pork proponents. Surely, he would be my candidate.But Paul cannot escape his own statement unscathed.

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Today was a big day, and we had big ambitions for the day at its advent. We planned to go to three different Caucus related events – one for Senator Hillary Clinton at the Gateway Hotel, one for former Senator John Edwards at Iowa State’s Memorial Union and one for former Governor Mike Huckabee at the Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines. Each spot gave us unique opportunities to interact with candidates as they scratch out every single possible vote from caucus goers. In each case, we were successful in our venture.

Senator Clinton - From Boondoggle to Benefit
We arrived …

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Patrick McAlister, co-editor

After spending a year or two reading and commenting on various blogs, I am thrilled to finally be co-editing one.

I am a junior at Wabash College, with a major in Political Science and minors in History and Theatre. As you can probably see from my major and minors, political discussion is one of my passions. Wabash is a fantastic place to discuss political views of all types, as there are some people to the left of Eugene V. Debs and to the right of Otto von Bismarck. You get all flavors of thought, and (I am told) emerge from the college with quite an interesting political palette.

Aside from studying and discussing politics, I …

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