So, here we are, after a week of the Republican National Convention and I didn't cover all of it. Sadly, after watching a night or two, I knew each night wouldn't be quite enough to make in and of itself without getting nitpicky, so we go with the overall. And I'm glad I waited. Clint Eastwood provided what can only be called the touchstone moment ( Read more... )

The Republican National Convention was scheduled to start Monday, but has been postponed for a day because of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Issac. The storm also disrupted plans for Vice President Joe Biden to tour Florida in a counter-programming attempt. Being that the convention is in Tampa and this is the height of hurricane season for that part of ( Read more... )

Most of the political news this week was focused on Missouri senate candidate Todd Akin and his declaration that legitimate rape rarely causes pregnancy and his decision to stay in the race. What got missed by many of the media was the predicament that Minnesota State Representative Kerry Gauthier who had to drop out of his own race after he was ( Read more... )

In what can only be called an effort to torpedo his own campaign, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), running for the Senate in Missouri said that "legitimate rape" leads to "the female body [trying] to shut that whole thing down." Comments are here and the video of the morning show he said this on is available here. Yes, he said that women who are raped rarely ( Read more... )

While everyone has been focused on the presidential race, especially after Romney declared Ryan to be his VP pick, there have been a lot of things happening. The Tennessee race got interesting because the Democrats have officially renounced the candidate who won the primary there. Tonight, Tommy Thompson won the Republican Senate primary race in ( Read more... )

In a move that surprised no political pundits who had been paying attention, Mitt Romney picked Rep. Paul Ryan to be his running mate in the upcoming election. Ryan, currently representing Wisconsin's First district, has been serving since 1999 and has long been a leader on fiscal responsibility and budgetary issues. Paul Ryan, long seen as a ( Read more... )

Early Wednesday morning, it was confirmed that Rep. Todd Akin won the Republican senatorial primary, and will go forth to challenge sitting Senator Clare McCaskill. This was a three way race between Akin, currently a member of the House of Representatives and a Tea Party favorite, John Brunner former CEO of health and beauty care giant Vi-Jon and ( Read more... )

Last week, on his way out the door, Sen. Reid claimed that someone told him that Romney paid no taxes for 10 years. Reid himself said he was unsure of this information, but that didn't stop him from going forward to the media with it. And given he's in his home state for the rest of the month and not up for re-election this year, this was a pretty ( Read more... )

Earlier this year, President Obama pushed for, and actually got, Congress to pass stricter rules about members of Congress using special knowledge to make moves on investments. For just about everyone else, this was already illegal under insider trader regulations, but now there are stricter regulations that apply just to Congresscritters. The bill ( Read more... )

Earlier today, Senator Harry Reid said that he was told that Romney paid no taxes for the past decade or so. He says he was told this by a former Bain Capital investor who worked closely with Romney. He also said that Romney's personal fortune is much more than what he is putting forth (around 250 million dollars). This report happened late enough ( Read more... )