American politician (born 1946)
Joseph Simonson of the Washington Examiner reports on reaction among progressive Democrats to news that 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton could jump into the 2020 race. The nervousness among Democratic…
Asheville City Council’s discussion about Project X tonight began with a presentation by Economic Development Director Sam Powers. Unlike the folks at the Buncombe County Commissioners’ meeting, Powers refrained from…
My favorite candidate survey for this year’s city council election did not make it online. It asked dumb questions, like, “Name three famous people with governance philosophies similar to yours,”…
From Politico comes news of a lawsuit against the president over his action in Libya. Two members of the N.C. congressional delegation are involved: Rep. Walter Jones and Rep. Howard…
The Leftie favorite The Nation includes a feature on Rep. Walter Jones and his proposal to withdraw from Afghanistan. There’s also this interesting information about Jones teaming up with Rep.…
I’m happy to report that Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has settled his lawsuit against a House cafeteria operator. From Politico comes part of Kucinich’s statement: Though I would prefer to…
You can’t make it up. Politico reports that Leftie Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio is suing a House cafeteria over an olive pit and a bad sandwich wrap incident in…
I’ve always been mystified by the way guys can get kicked off the Greensboro City Council only to end up in the General Assembly. Earl Jones was one of those…
Has it really come to this? Dennis Kucinich is now the president?s lucky charm? The man who as mayor made Cleveland a joke to Detroiters is the man on whom…
Add Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s “yes” vote for the congressional health care bill to the stack of evidence for Duke University professor Dan Ariely, who so brilliantly has concluded that people…
Most conservatives would laugh if someone told them that President Obama had spent much of his first year in office trying to seek their support. Yet that’s what folks like…
I’m glad to see Congress is keeping busy these days. A House committee will consider July 25 one article of impeachment against President Bush. The article was, naturally, sponsored by…