Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton

by Adam Brickley The Governor is in the hospital after delivering her son Trig, but she appeared over the weekend in a taped interview on the PBS political program "To the Contrary" to discuss diversity in the Republican Party as well as balancing family and politics. The subject of the Vice Presidency came up even with her pregnancy. (Note - if you hadn't heard yet, Gov. Palin was at a GOP conference in Texas last week when she went into labor, but rushed back to Alaska for delivery... Read Full Story

Now wait a minute. The Republicans are always going on and on about supporting business, get government off the back of business, more tax breaks for business, what's good for business is good for America. Well then...what better way to put money in the pocket of your average CEO than to give this woman the keys to her Corvette! What's the first thing you do when you win a Corvette? Pay taxes on it! Ka-ching! What's the second thing? Put gas in it! Premium! Ka-ching, ka-ching! But wait... Read Full Story

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It was a tiny tweak to the tax code that gave Republicans the opening they exploited to snipe the District of Columbia voting representation bill. Read Full Story