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POLL: Will Sen. Scott Brown become a case study of lobbying influence in Washington, DC?
Tue Feb 9, 2010 10:16 AM EST
Newly elected Sen. Scott Brown claims he is independent and his senate seat belongs to the people of his state. I believe people all across the nation have an opportunity to witness exactly how a new senator adjusts to political life in Washington, DC.
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POLL: Is Sen. Shelby the poster child for congressional dysfunction and what is obviously wrong with Washington, DC?
Sat Feb 6, 2010 12:31 PM EST
Here is a perfect example of how broken our political system has become. When a sitting U.S. senator can openly blackmail congress by holding up 70 political appointees because a pork barrel spending project has not been funded for that senator's state is simply irresponsible.
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POLL: Should Americans band together and launch a civil law suit against each individual wall street executive?
Thu Feb 4, 2010 3:35 PM EST
The premise is simple actually. If a valid lawsuit claiming each wall street executive intended to take inappropriate risk on faulty financial derivatives, knowing the U.S. tax-payers would bail them out.
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POLL: Which is worse: Discrimination or Being Gay?
Tue Feb 2, 2010 6:53 PM EST
Peter Sprigg speaking on behalf of the Family Research Council (FRC) publicly announced the organization's openly discriminatory policies and agenda towards gay Americans during a live television broadcast of Hardball with Chris Mattews today, that include:
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POLL: Did the Republican response to the State of the Union address send the wrong message to you?
Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:02 PM EST
First. What is the problem with the Republican party and their poor track record of response to a presidential address lately? First it was Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, and now Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
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POLL: Should the New Orleans wire-tap suspects be subjected to enhanced interrogation methods to find who they work for?
Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:35 PM EST
episode # 43 - Whatever it takes to Win Starring: James O'Keefe With guest appearance by Sen. Mary Landrieu
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POLL: Could some one at Fox News be the mastermind behind the Sen. Landrieu wire-tap attempt?
Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:19 AM EST
It is pretty widely assumed that entities like Fox News will go to any length to get the political news scoop on its competition, but, wire-tapping a United States Congress-woman would not be fair or balanced.
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POLL: Should the 31 House members sponsoring a resolution honoring James O'Keefe walk it back?
Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:12 PM EST
James O'Keefe was among four people the FBI says have been charged in a scheme to allegedly wire-tap the telephone phone system in the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La..
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POLL: Should America as a matter of national security move to nationalize the American petroleum industry?
Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:18 AM EST
America now imports more oil than it produces and the United States is in the middle of the greatest transfer of our wealth in our nations history.
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POLL: Should America turn its focus from global warming to energy independence?
Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:24 PM EST
The End of Global Warming The story of man-made global warming is over. In reality it never existed except in the minds and hearts of grant-seeking scientists and academics, ratings-obsessed television networks and their misinformed viewers and opportunistic eco-activists.
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POLL: Do you favor Bill: S.1285; The Fair Elections Now Act?
Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:43 PM EST
OFFICIAL SUMMARY: Status--Introduced. Fair Elections Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to:
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POLL: Did the Supreme Court give our country away to Corporate America today?
Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:36 PM EST
In a landmark ruling today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that it was unconstitutional to restrict anyone including corporations from spending any amount of money to campaign for or against a federal or state political candidate.
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POLL: Cheating is cheating, should Mark McGwire be banned for life from baseball?
Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:08 AM EST
Honestly, I do not see the difference between betting on baseball or using a banned substance to enhance your personal performance; both are cheating, to advance yourself. So why should only Pete Rose be banned for life from baseball for cheating and not Mark McGwire?
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POLL: Did Sarah Palin take the Fox News job for the wardrobe allowance?
Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:46 PM EST
It is pretty much common knowledge that according to Sarah Palin, God meant for her to have a complete wardrobe make-over which is why she was picked to be Sen. McCain's GOP presidential running-mate.
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POLL: Since many greedy corporations are screwing America, why not pull all our money out of the Wall Street pyramid scheme, and start investing in our local, state and national infrastructure instead of funding the corporate profiteers?
Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:29 PM EST
I think Americans could send a pretty obvious message to corporate America if we all re-invested our money in our country instead of the very corporations that are ruining our country.
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POLL: Who is Sen. Dodd fooling besides himself, is he cashing-out to the lucative private sector to avoid an ethics probe?
Sat Jan 9, 2010 12:29 PM EST
It is pretty much common knowledge Senator Chris Dodd got caught with his hands in the cookie jar, shortly after Sen. Dodd championed the Wall Street bailout, information surfaced about a Dodd sweetheart home mortgage deal with a major player in the sub-prime mortgage crisis.
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POLL: Is RNC Chairman Michael Steele under attack because he has out-lived his politically 'token' usefulness like Sarah Palin; forget job qualification, think voter demographic?
Fri Jan 8, 2010 11:27 PM EST
Does anyone else see a pattern with the GOP that involves utilizing gender and ethnic members of our society as political props in order to score political points?
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POLL: Will Americans have to remove their underwear at airports to board airplanes now?
Fri Jan 8, 2010 1:48 PM EST
After the plot was foiled of terrorist master-mind Richard Reid, a.k.a. the shoe bomber because he had hidden explosives in his shoes.
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POLL: Should voters in Minnesota's 6th congressional district be evaluated for mental competency after re-electing Michelle Bachmann?
Tue Jan 5, 2010 3:21 AM EST
Minnesota's 6th congressional district proves yet again that there are a majority of voters with questionable judgement that may need to be evaluated for competency before the next congressional election.
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POLL: Has the guilt caused Dick Cheney to begin loosing his mind?
Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:04 AM EST
What is with the former vice president? The former VP is breaking all the rules of political decorum and degrading his future presence as a former high ranking member of government.
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POLL: Would America be better off in the next decade without Rush Limbaugh?
Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:26 AM EST
Oddly enough the number 1 far right-wing conservative talk-show opponent of President Barrack Obama reportedly suffered from chest pains while golfing during a vacation and was ' rushed ' to the emergency room in the state of Hawaii on the very same island where the birther movem …
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POLL: Have Republican Senators Earned their Salary this year?
Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:39 AM EST
I am less interested in party politics and more interested in actual problem-solving and smart policy, that being said.
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POLL: Is Sen. Jim Demint a Dimwit in Disguise?
Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:48 AM EST
Senator Demint continues to block the senate confirmation hearing for top spot in the Transportation Safety Administration [TSA] department.
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POLL: Is Pete Hoekstra Fit to be Govenor of Michigan?
Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:45 PM EST
Bungling Republican congressman Pete Hoekstra re-affirmed his inability to assume the highest elected office of the state of Michigan, with yet another in a long list of political failures.
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POLL: Is President Obama missing in action during YOUR health-care reform policy debate?
Fri Dec 18, 2009 6:44 PM EST
For most of us, whatever policy is enacted on health-care reform it is very serious legislation.
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POLL: Will Sen. Scott Brown become a case study of lobbying influence in Washington, DC?
Newly elected Sen. Scott Brown claims he is independent and his senate seat belongs to the people of his state. I believe people all across the nation have an opportunity to witness exactly how a new senator adjusts to political life in Washington, DC.
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POLL: Will Sen. Scott Brown become a case study of lobbying influence in Washington, DC?
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POLL: Will Sen. Scott Brown become a case study of lobbying influence in Washington, DC?
POLL: Will Sen. Scott Brown become a case study of lobbying influence in Washington, DC?
POLL: Will Sen. Scott Brown become a case study of lobbying influence in Washington, DC?
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