Aug 7, 2008 – The campaign did not get back to me on that by my deadline.) To hear Obama, the check is practically in the mail. … tax rates to 25 percent to create jobs. … learn to sacrifice.…

Aug 6, 2008 – When he tried to morph into an economic expert in time for the Ohio and Pennsylvania primaries, voters didn't buy it and voted for … So the question that hangs over the election is: Are we prepared to trust a new candidate with almost no experience and no claim to … to save the pension system.…

Aug 6, 2008 – For the past couple of years voters have paid little attention to anything the Republicans have said. … Voters pointed to a major Democratic victory this fall. Then along came the energy issue. … Blunt wants the contrast between the parties to be clear.…

Aug 6, 2008 – reword it to the following: Proposition 8 changes the California constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry. … He is trying to stack the deck. … Proposition 8 “changes the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry.”…

Aug 6, 2008 – When I teach writing, I always tell my students to make time for nothingness. To unplug and stare out the window. … Life and death, yin and yang, mother to child, child to mother, the circle. … And we've got work to do.…

Aug 5, 2008 – AP story points out Obama's hypocrisy on the energy issue: "In stumping Tuesday in this key battleground state, Obama sought to … He has tried to cast McCain as more concerned about oil company profits and drilling than an overall energy strategy. … However, Obama himself voted for a 2005 energy bill backed by Bush that included billions in subsidies for oil and natural gas production…

Aug 5, 2008 – Feminists want courts to uphold a woman's right to kick a man out of his home based on a woman's unverified accusations. … The New Jersey Law Journal reported that an instructor taught judges to be merciless to husbands and fathers, saying, "Throw him out … Once a restraining order is issued, it becomes nearly impossible for a father to retain custody or even get to see his own children…

Aug 4, 2008 – "Madam Speaker, yesterday the House voted on a motion to censure the gentleman from New York, Mr. Rangel," Rep. … Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, stood up to say last Friday, referring to Democratic Rep. Charles B. Rangel. … As a friend, I just did not want to see anything bad happen to him, or for his family to be burdened unnecessarily in any way."…

Aug 4, 2008 – Inasmuch as I agreed with the senator’s low opinion of the NEA, and as I have always opposed tax dollars going to fund art, I voted … To convince a liberal that something is art, I came to realize, you merely have to put a frame around it. … And I’m only sorry that I never had a chance to meet him and tell him so face to face.…

Aug 3, 2008 – Not to mention the change?  … They wanted to witness history.  … You see, not only was the chief executive going abroad to save the planet, he was, in fact, the first president up to that time to…

Aug 3, 2008 – I understand why John McCain wants to make permanent the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts, and Obama wants to retain the cuts for families … earning up to $250,000. … His proposal to lower the U.S. corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent is intended not to help "the fat cat," but to create…

Aug 1, 2008 – This is likely to be the only appropriations bill that we will see before the election, and the only chance Members will have to publicly … The Amendment failed by a vote of 350-63, to see how Members voted, click here. … It can take awhile for Congress to get a message. Keep sending them one.…

Aug 1, 2008 – risk of dipping below the 41 vote threshold to prevent passage and for that reason voters should pay close attention to this issue. … to the threat their policies comprise.  … prompt voters to contact their Senators and urge them to vote to defeat the EFCA. …

Jul 31, 2008 – The study found that the change resulted primarily from illegal immigrants leaving the country to return to Mexico. … Tom Feeny (R-Fla.) credited this trend to the failure of last year’s immigration bill to become law. … If you attempt to pass legislation to give them amnesty, they will take advantage of what you’re giving them,” he said. Sen.…

Jul 31, 2008 – to express his own.   … while Obama and the Democrat party tried to get us to cut and run.    … Take the decision to go to war.  Obama proudly claims he would have voted against the war had he been in the U.S.…

Jul 30, 2008 – By a mere one vote (213 to 212), the Democrats will be able to sneak out of Washington for the entire month of August without doing … anything to address our nation's sky-rocketing energy prices. … With gas prices over $4 a gallon, the Democrats have voted to give themselves a vacation at the same time gas prices are preventing…

Jul 30, 2008 – as more persuasive and attractive to Europe. … To publicly declare such a bold wish for an end to the Soviet empire, to denounce the Berlin Wall as a "scar" across Berlin, and a … He wanted to stand at the Brandenburg Gate like Reagan, grasping desperately for a chance to look presidential.…

Jul 30, 2008 – Unable to muster the 60 votes needed to overcome Coburn's opposition, Reid castigated the Republicans who had sided with the obstreperous … "You go home and explain to the next person you see in a wheelchair, 'I voted against you because Harry Reid was being a tyrannical … It's not hard to see why Reid wants to avoid that.…

Aug 17, 2008 – Mark Udall's message to Colorado voters is crystal clear: just tell me want you want to hear, and I'll say it. … He's voted to: € Block drilling for American oil in Alaska or off shore at least nine times. … Members of Congress - are smart enough to know that our laws do not apply to foreign oil companies…

Aug 17, 2008 – As a state legislator, Obama spoke out against, and voted down, a bill that would have explicitly extended legal protections to born-alive … committee, voted down a bill to protect live-born survivors of abortion — even after the panel had amended the bill to contain verbatim … Although it’s offensive that Obama spun false excuses to try to justify his vote, what ultimately matters most is that he voted ‘no…

Aug 16, 2008 – Have you ever voted to limit or reduce abortions?" … Couldn't say one time he's ever voted to limit abortion.Talked way too casually about embryonic stem cells. … There is going to be a price to pay in transitioning to a more energy efficient economy" and "if we pretend everything is going to…

Aug 16, 2008 – Before it begins and I start live blogging, I'd like to offer this piece of essential reading. … A friend also tells me he'd LOVE to see Warren ask Obama why he voted against a bill to protect infants born alive during abortion … Would love to have you guys leave your thoughts in the comments if you're watching, too!…

Aug 14, 2008 – Russia, with a population of 142 million and dropping, needs to take over Ukraine to reassert itself as a global power. … The Ukrainians have voted again and again for democracy and ties to the west. … demographics to justify a takeover.…

Aug 12, 2008 – You don’t have to be a non-Episcopalian to see that. … Mohler: Yes, and it was voted on. In fact I just looked that up to be sure and I find out that wasn’t binding either. … So I ask you to fast forward to 2018.…

Aug 12, 2008 – In that position, he voted to kill the bill. On the federal level, the bill passed the Senate 98-0, without a single opponent. … The members of his committee, Obama included, voted 10-0 to put the clause in before holding a final vote on the bill.  … Promptly after the clause was added, the committee voted 6-4 to kill it. Obama voted in the majority.…