Posts under ‘2008 Election’

From my favorite liberal, Mickey Kaus:
The home “weatherization” jobs in the stimulus bill were subjected to Davis-Bacon wage regulations–a favorite of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department–under which federal Labor Department officials establish “prevailing wage” rates that must be paid…a year was wasted on mindless, union-demanded bureaucratic attempts to disingenuously replicate the labor market. Did Obama not know this [...]

The RNC resolution Gabe blogged about at Ace yesterday has just arrived in my hot little hands.
WHEREAS, the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee have recently supported primary or special election candidates who professed allegiance to the Republican Party but who, as their circumstances changed and to [...]

New York Magazine is running an excerpt from Game Change by John Heilemann, about the John Edwards Disaster. Remember this juicy heads up I gave you in August 2008?  And now, for the rest of the story.
There was nothing legitimate…about Hunter’s behavior. It was freaky, wildly inappropriate, and all too visible. She flirted outlandishly with [...]

Continued from yesterday.  So I signed the petition to recall Sen. Max Baucus - it’s the thought that counts! - but I have my doubts. It seems the campaign to recall US senators is being promoted by these expert networkers. They deserve MoveOn points for chutzpah, but I’m afraid it won’t fly.
The Montana Recall [...]

The Missoulian editorial writer rises in defense of Max Baucus.
…contrary to the video headline’s assertion, Baucus was probably not drunk when he spoke on the Senate floor last week and he certainly did not shout down Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. There is no evidence at all that he had been drinking.
Baucus may have been angry [...]

As it is, he’s never been that coherent, but now this - ?  Ace speculates - judge for yourself!

The Senate version of the Abominable Bill has passed.
Discuss.

From a 2001 essay by Theodore Dalrymple comparing modern Britain with Italy.
The vast and seemingly benevolent state has completely eroded the proud and sturdy independence of the British population, once remarked upon by visitors. Forty percent of Britons now depend on government subsidy, receiving direct payment from the public purse as part, or all, of [...]

Seems I missed this story from the AP last December 3 (related to this).
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Very few of the growing number of Montana lawmakers taking state jobs appear to be complying with a largely forgotten ethics law requiring proof that such arrangements don’t lead to double-dipping, a survey by The Associated Press has [...]

As someone who voted as soon as I was eligible, I don’t get this.
Emily May, vice president of the Associated Students of the University of Montana, who spoke against closing the University Center polling place, asked the commissioners not make their job any harder.
“I don’t know how often you talk to freshmen,” she said, “but [...]