By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson If Arkansas Community Theater (which I just made up) ever puts on The Wizard of Oz, I nominate Blanche Lincoln as the Wicked Witch of the West. If they time it right, I’ll bet she’ll accept the call – and totally miss how appropriate she is for the part. She should [...]

Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Election 2010, Healthcare Reform, Senate | No Comments »

by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Every time I hear the bleating heads on cable news and NPR say the Massachusetts special election to fill Teddy Kennedy’s seat resulted in the Democrats losing their super majority in the Senate, I want to throw up. Or throw something. The Democrats never had a super majority, the 60 votes [...]

Posted on February 16th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Election 2010, Fiscal Crisis, Healthcare Reform, House of Representatives, Obama, Senate, Senate, US Congress | 2 Comments »

President Obama reflects on the Massachusetts election results and his vision for creating a better America.

Posted on January 25th, 2010 by DebbySKoz
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By Al Cross Republican Scott Brown won the Massachusetts U.S. Senate special election Tuesday and dealt a serious blow to the Democratic health-care reform bill, but he didn’t win on the strength of the rural vote. Democrat Martha Coakley, the state’s attorney general, won the counties with both the most rural and urban populations, while [...]

Posted on January 21st, 2010 by DebbySKoz
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by Matt L. Barron When Al Franken finally takes his seat later this year, Democrats will have reached the magic total of 60 votes in their caucus with the move across the aisle by Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Talk about Christmas in April for Harry Reid. Sing it out loud and proud. Cloture, baby, [...]

Posted on April 29th, 2009 by DebbySKoz
Filed under: Election 2010, Senate, Senate Races, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »