Even as a state senator, for Lieberman it’s always been about the money.

Here’s a fascinating piece about Joe Lieberman from guest writer, Frank Marafiote, who knew Lieberman when Joe was a Connecticut state senator.
With Joe Lieberman, it’s always been about the money.
Back in the mid-1970s I was working as a part-time PR writer for a non-profit day program for the elderly in Norwalk, CT, called Elderhouse. The [...]

Should Iowa, Wyoming Determine Health Care Policy for 300 Million Americans?

From The Village Blog today, a great post asking why we should let those two small states — and their reactionary senators, Grassley and Enzi — have such a major role in health care reform.

It sounds as if the Obama Administration is finally coming to its senses and is ready to dump the anti-reform tag-team [...]

As Obama and Jeanne Shaheen campaign together, Bill Shaheen’s drug comments about Obama are long forgotten.

Back in December, 2007, when it looked as if the Obama train was about to run over Hillary Clinton’s “sure thing” in New Hampshire, Bill Shaheen, Clinton’s NH chairman, did the unthinkable: he attacked Barack Obama.
Worse, it was a personal attack and it involved Obama’s past use of marijuana and cocaine. In an interview with the Washington Post, Shaheen commented:
“The Republicans [...]

Convicted felon managed Joe Biden’s New Hampshire presidential campaign.

According to local newspapers, James E. Ryan, 50, of 11 Crickett Way, Franklin, remains jailed after failing to pay the last $9,675 of the more than $35,000 in restitution he was ordered to pay in 1992 after pleading guilty to four counts of forgery and two counts of passing bad checks.
Franklin police arrested Ryan, who [...]

“Bad Boy Biden” Got 638 Votes in New Hampshire Primary.

With his inside-the-Beltway media friends singing his praises as a “heavyweight” pick for VP, you might guess that Joe Biden has a fantastic track-record as a vote-getting machine.
Once the fairy dust settles, it will become clear to Democrats that Obama could not have made a worse choice.
Let’s start with the plagiarism problem. It won’t go [...]