January 31st, 2008 by Democrat News
The state will eliminate up to 2,700 jobs, close two mental hospitals and limit other spending in an effort to reduce a projected budget deficit, Gov. via Akron Beacon Journal
January 30th, 2008 by Democrat News
“The economy has been subject to something of the perfect storm here. It has been hit by the housing slump the credit squeeze, the subprime slime and stock price declines on Wall Street”
The economy nearly stalled in the fourth quarter with a growth rate of just 0.6 percent, capping its worst year since 2002. via NWI Times
January 29th, 2008 by Democrat News
“I can’t tell you how angry we all are and how frustrated we all are. Nothing angers me more than when we don’t do the right thing”
Posted on 01/28/2008 5:48:48 PM PST by NormsRevenge ST. LOUIS – Substandard care at a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital may have contributed to 19 deaths over the past two years, a VA official said … via Free Republic
January 28th, 2008 by Democrat News
“When we take someone’s life or we take their freedom, we want to be certain that we’ve done everything we can”
Ohio’s DNA testing program for inmates seeking to prove their innocence is deeply flawed, with police routinely discarding evidence after trials and court-ordered tests never getting done, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Judges also ignore requests for DNA testing, leaving inmates in legal limbo, and nearly a third of the denials examined by The Columbus Dispatch failed to cite a specific reason, as required by state law. In other cases, there’s no indication that anyone even read the inmate’s request for DNA testing, the newspaper reported. Read more
January 27th, 2008 by Democrat News
Illinois Democrats close to Sen. Barack Obama are quietly passing the word that John Edwards will be named attorney general in an Obama administration. via PittsburghLIVE.com
January 25th, 2008 by Democrat News
“There is a point at which you just realize that you, look, you accept it, that it isn’t going to happen and you move on”
Democrat Dennis Kucinich, whose second White House bid yielded only tepid support, now faces a fight to keep his job in Congress.
Kucinich scheduled a news conference for noon Friday to announce plans for ‘transitioning out’ of the Democratic presidential primary race, according to a brief news release.
His decision was revealed in an interview Thursday with The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
January 24th, 2008 by Democrat News
Obama was up; now he’s down. Even though Obama seems to be harnessing the South Carolina black vote that will give him that state’s delegates, he has been feeling the brunt of the Clintons’ mastery of the tactic of polarization, taught decades ago to Hillary by Saul Alinsky.
Obama is being forced into the position of being the black candidate. Successfully polarizing Obama, who has attempted to run as the anti-polarity uniter, a man in the middle, has not been a lazy-day walk in the park for the Clintons, and surely would not have been attempted if Obama hadn’t trounced them in Iowa.
January 23rd, 2008 by Democrat News
“She really cares about moving this country forward”
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Wednesday he is backing Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, a key endorsement in a delegate-rich state that could be critical if the race remains unresolved after Super … via CBS News
January 22nd, 2008 by Democrat News
“The reality is if I decided not to fight for earmarks, tax dollars paid by residents of my district would not go to pay off our national debt”
A growing number of lawmakers in Congress are voluntarily giving up one of the biggest perks of office _ at the risk of alienating their constituents.
More than 20 members of the House and Senate have vowed not to seek any new earmarks for their districts, saying they won’t take advantage of a system pilloried for wasteful spending on projects such as the Alaskan ‘bridge to nowhere’ and a teapot museum in North Carolina.
January 21st, 2008 by Democrat News
“As far as I’m concerned, direct payments are still on the table”
Congress, White House spar over details. By MARY CLARE JALONICK The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Farm-state lawmakers say tough negotiations lie ahead for the five-year farm bill passed by Congress last year, … via Hawk Eye
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