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New GOP Straw Poll

Time for the latest GOP presidential straw poll - good luck finding someone worthy of your vote… (BTW - note the GOP Bloggers‘ afterword regarding the Ron Paul campaign)

Some of you may be wondering about the absence of Ron Paul from this months straw poll. Let me explain. After my decision to include Ron Paul […]

People think Washington is broken

New NBC / Wall Street Journal poll results indicate that “Washington is broken,” according to NBC News Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert.  Here’s the video for the story.
Biggest takeaway from this story is that 66% of the electorate is displeased with President Bush’s performance AND (according to NBC News, emphasis below is mine)…
Congress’ approval rating has […]

Reminder - vote on the AmericanMirror primary process

Hey just a reminder, we’ve still got the poll up for the AmericanMirror primary process detailed here. You can vote in the poll here

Do you favor using the AmericanMirror Primary Process?

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I would need to know more before making a decision

Free polls from Pollhost.com

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Do Nothing Congress, please

Last week we discussed Speaker of State Nancy Pelosi’s vehement disagreement during an appearance on ABC’s This Week that the 110th Congress which she oversees is a “do nothing Congress”. The question was framed by the lack of success Ms. Pelosi’s House has had in enacting anything of substance during her first 4 months in […]

A sane primary process

Confused and befuddled by the recent upheaval in the presidential primary schedule? Always wonder why Iowa and New Hampshire occupy the front-end of the line when it comes to determining the party nominees? Looking for a more realistic and logical way to set the candidates for the November general election?
Have I got a solution […]

Review: The Power of the Vote by Douglas E. Schoen

Warning if you are not a political junkie, do not read this book. But if you are…
you may want to consider adding it to your reading list of books that should be read before the end of the year.
Doug Schoen’s The Power of the Vote is the author’s memoir as it relates to his […]

I’m a little ticked at the McCain campaign

Somebody should explain to Charlie Black over at Team McCain that when a banner ad asks, “Outraged by Pork?” accompanied by the phrase, “Take the survey” that the click-thru should take you to the survey instead of landing you on the McCain home page.
I’ve gotten a couple emails from pissed off readers who said […]

New GOP straw poll


Thank God here come the Mormons!

Earlier this week as the candidates for president in 2008 started to release their fundraising results from this year’s first quarter, I already knew on the Republican side that Mitt Romney would be the leader. I knew this not because I had access to some inside FEC information or a leak from the […]

New poll about the BOE

I received a couple of emails recently that suggested I should apply for the vacancy at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. A while back Dave Harbarger asked if I was interested in one of the seats and I indicated that I didn’t think I could get the support necessary for selection. I […]