Hillary and the female GOP factor

I agree with this article. Female GOP voters are likely to want to vote for the first ever female president. This really hit home when my mom, a die-hard republican, mentioned she would vote for Hillary if she is in the running. She is really disappointed in Bush, and is a Feminist at heart. I don't think her stance is an statistical outlier -- republican women are ready to show that a competent women can lead the US. So far, Hillary is navigating the Centrist political approach skillfully.

Drexal Debate

Watch the latest Democratic Debate.

The biennial veto

Every other year on average, W. Bush uses one of his most powerful presidential powers: the veto. He has thus far used this power at about 10% the rate of most modern presidents. Twice he used it to stop stem cell research. What is his hot-button issue this time? Childrens' health. He would have none of it. The excuse: to control spending. But what of the numerous bills that resulted in $4 trillion in net spending during his term? Why would a government chose to leave children without health care as the best way to meet the budget? To any rational leader, the most logical place to save money would be to trim down on the cost of war.

Barack Obama and Dick Cheney are cousins

Strange but true, Obama and Cheney are related.

Congrats Al Gore

Al Gore and a U.N body was awarded the Nobel Peace Peace Prize for work on facing the issue of global warming.


Having been bestowed what may be the highest honor possible for political efforts, this award should greatly increase the credibility of those scientists and orators urging the need to reign in human effects on the environment. It should become more difficult for special interests to deny that climate change is occurring and rapidly accelerating. Curious to see if, how, and when Gore could reenter politics -- Hillary's running mate? A go at his own? The later seems unlikely. Suggested mandate to remedy global warming: mandatory telecommuting.

$9 trillion and growing...

The US national debt has grown to over 9 trillion dollars. A wincing democratic congress was faced with raising the debt limit in March. Just servicing the interest on this enormous loan is the third largest expenditure for the federal government every year -- approaching 15% of the total budget each year. Tracking debt growth during presidential terms is interesting: Carter left office with a debt of around $1 trillion. Reagon/Bush quadrupled this amount in 12 years! Clinton slowed the growth to 33% over 8 years. Under W. Bush, it has increased by 57% over 7 years.