The Case for Senator Barack Obama for President

Through the primary season, I had a much difficulty deciding whether I would support Senator Clinton or Senator Obama.  On one hand, Senator Clinton impressed me with her policy knowledge, intelligence, and pedigree.  On the other hand, Senator Obama’s famous oratory skills, comparisons to Jack Kennedy, and the powerful endorsements had given me pause to [...]

“Joe the Plumber” – His Income Math Doesn’t Work, oh – and is he Real?(updated)

**two updates: 1) Joe would buy the business for 250K and 2) Joe has ties to Charles Keating (aka Keating Five).  As I mentioned to my wife, Joe was going to regret being in the spotlight, all his ghosts are going to come out**
The Daily Kos has an interesting mini-expose on “Joe the Plumber”.  Research can be [...]