Posted By jwilkes - Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 4:52 PM   |   Report Abuse  |   RSS Feed As former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs considers what to do with the abundance of free time he has since resigning the position he held for the better part of the last 30 years,... Read Full Story

Recent Blogs Sen. Byrd Becomes Longest Ever Serving Member of Congress Marijuana Decrim, Frank Chopp, and the Case of the Missing Balls Former Rep William Jefferson (D-LA) Sentenced to 13-Years GOP Scrambles to Strike Abortion from Own Health Plan Related Blogs Sen. Byrd Becomes Longest Ever Serving Member of Congress Former Rep William Jefferson (D-LA) Sentenced to 13-Years GOP Scrambles to Strike Abortion from Own Health Plan Army C... Read Full Story

Posted By jwilkes - Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 10:42 AM   |   Report Abuse  |   RSS Feed After 56 years and 320 days, Robert Byrd, the longtime Senator and former Congressman from West Virginia, has surpassed all others to achieve the longest record of u... Read Full Story

According to multiple, well-placed sources (both inside the Legislature and those observing), Chopp, through a lack of political will and leadership, is the legislator most responsible for the death of marijuana decrim in the last session. A reliable inside source, in a position to know, tells me Chopp doesn't want to force a "controversial" marijuana decrim vote by the entire Legislature, because he doesn't want to force fellow Democrats (in the majority) to vote on pot any time be... Read Full Story

Posted By jwilkes - Saturday, November 14th, 2009 at 6:34 PM   |   Report Abuse  |   RSS Feed Former Louisiana Democratic Representative William Jefferson, who was convicted in August on federal corruption charges including conspiracy to solicit bribery, has be... Read Full Story

Posted By jwilkes - Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 11:15 AM   |   Report Abuse  |   RSS Feed Just one day after a report from Politico.com that the employer-provided health plan extended by the Republican National Committee to its employees covers "electiv... Read Full Story

Recent Blogs House Passes Health Care Reform Bill New York 23 Demonstrates Real Trouble for Republicans in 2010 Dems Win Big in NY, GOP Wins Big in NJ The Other Special Election: Garamendi Winning Big in CA-10 Related Blogs House Passes Health Care Reform Bill New York 23 Demonstrates Real Trouble for Republicans in 2010 Dems Win Big in NY, GOP Wins Big in NJ The Other Special Election: Garamendi Winning Big in CA-10 Read Full Story

Posted By jwilkes - Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 12:13 PM   |   Report Abuse  |   RSS Feed Late Saturday night, the House of Representatives passed its own version of the health care reform bill that has formed the centerpiece of the Obama Administration'... Read Full Story

Posted By jwilkes - Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 1:47 PM   |   Report Abuse  |   RSS Feed If Democrats seem to have really lost anywhere in the off-year elections on Tuesday, it's mostly in public opinion.  Major media outlets and blogs alike have been ci... Read Full Story

Posted By jwilkes - Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 1:38 AM   |   Report Abuse  |   RSS Feed Interpreting the election may be more difficult than even the most seasoned political pundit may be willing to admit.  Democrats won huge in New York 23.  Re... Read Full Story