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October 28, 2010 by Cato   Filed under Democrat Campaigns , Maryland , Worcester Politics Joel Todd seems to have a pretty unique philosophy of running for re-election: If you are running behind – LIE! If you get caught – Claim it was “JUST AN HONEST MISTAKE” If you get caught on that on – BLAME IT ON SOMEONE ELSE! Well, our incumbent State’s Attorney for Worcester County seems to have made it all the way to #3!  Worse – the person he’s letting hold the bag happens to... Read Full Story

October 28, 2010 by Cato   Filed under Obituary , Virginia , Virginia Politics Former U.S. Rep. Owen Pickett, a Democrat and lawyer from Virginia Beach, died Wednesday. Pickett, 80, served the 2nd Congressional District from 1987 to 2001 and was a member of the House Armed Services Committee. He was in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1972 to 1986, serving on the budget-writing Appropriations Committee. “Owen dedicated his life to public service,” Gov. Bob McDonnell said... Read Full Story

October 27, 2010 by Cato   Filed under Virginia , Virginia Politics Morgan Griffith seems to be peaking at just the right time.  Throughout his race to unseat 28 year incumbent Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), Griffith has trailed but trending up.  With a week to go, Griffith has pulled ahead. The latest SurveyUSA poll shows Griffith 1 point ahead of Boucher.  Boucher is only polling at 46% – a bad sign for an incumbent.  Historically, those undecideds will break in the challenger’s... Read Full Story

October 27, 2010 by Cato   Filed under Delaware , Delaware Politics Democrat senatorial candidate Chris Coons is lining up his “Republican” support.  At the head of the queue is a former Delaware Supreme Court justice and former congressman Tom Evans. Evans’ claim to fame?  He was ousted from his House seat thanks to a juicy sex scandal . Keep up the good work Chris!  Your falling in the polls and we’ll be glad to dig up a few more disgraced pachyderms to throw your way... Read Full Story

October 27, 2010 by Cato   Filed under Corruption , Democrat Campaigns , Maryland , Worcester Politics Worcester County State’s Attorney Joel Todd has decided that winning re-election is far more important than behaving in an ethical manner.  Running behind in his bid for another term, Todd recently sent out a series of mailings to voters in Worcester County.  In them he displays people as “supporters” who either are not supporting his bid for re-election or had not given their... Read Full Story

October 26, 2010 by Cato   Filed under Campaign Finance , Maryland , Maryland Politics Frank Kratovil wants us rubes across the Bay to think he’s “INDEPENDENT”.  Forget the fact that he votes with Nancy Pelosi almost 90% of the time.  Forget the fact that our energy bills will be rising thanks to his Cap & Tax vote or that many of us will lose our jobs because of it.  No … Frank’s “Independent”. I guess that’s why the Democrat big guns like Bill Clinton have been raising... Read Full Story

October 26, 2010 by Cato   Filed under Democrat Campaigns , Maryland , Maryland Politics With the election coming down to the wire, the campaign of incumbent Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD) seems to be getting desperate.  Hoping to capitalize on libertarian leaning Tea Party sentiment, targeted First District voters recently began receiving a mailing that implies it’s from Libertarian candidate Richard Davis.  There’s just one problem – the mailing did not come from Dr. Davis’s... Read Full Story

October 21, 2010 by Cato   Filed under Conservatism , Delaware , Delaware Politics , Environment , Fiscal Policy , Taxes I supported Mike Castle in Delaware’s GOP primary for US Senate.  So did many other conservatives including former Delaware governor Pete DuPont and current New Jersey governor Chris Christie.  There was no question that Castle’s primary opponent – Christine O’Donnell – was more conservative.  Unfortunately, the way her campaign was run and the fact that Castle... Read Full Story

October 21, 2010 by Cato   Filed under Conservatism , Economics , National , National Politics , Video In 1980 the United States was rocked by double digit inflation, double digit interest rates, double digit unemployment.  The Keynesian economic model, so popular at the time and the current favorite of Progressives who won’t publicly admit that they are socialists, stated that such “stagflation” wasn’t possible.  Reality was a different matter. Ronald Reagan and a conservative... Read Full Story

October 21, 2010 by Cato   Filed under Crime , Maryland , Salisbury Politics Salisbury has a new Police Chief .  Her name is Barbara Duncan.  We wish her nothing but the best.  Sadly, Mayor Jim Ireton has set Chief Duncan up for a colossal failure; and that’s no way to start in ANY position. How can a new Police Chief succeed when all of the evidence shows that his / her boss lacks the intestinal fortitude to back them up on even minor matters?  How can that person cultivate... Read Full Story