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Insulting the electorate….

Is it a wise campaign strategy?  John Hinderaker comments…. He concludes… In 2008, millions of voters gambled on the hope that the Democrats might have something to offer other than their historic recipe of higher taxes and spending and more … Continue reading

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Associated Press Poll

Obama Supporters Defecting to GOP, Poll Shows It’s a wide enthusiasm gap that’s buoying Republicans, who are poised for big electoral gains, and worrying Democrats, who are seeking to hang onto majorities in Congress as well among governors. Obama’s party … Continue reading

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Payback

Bill Clinton back out campaigning ‘for everybody that helped Hillary run for president’ against Obama

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Foriegn Money: Say it ain’t so

House and Senate Democrats have received approximately $1.02 million this cycle from such PACs, according to an analysis compiled for The Hill by the Center for Responsive Politics. House and Senate GOP leaders have taken almost $510,000 from PACs on … Continue reading

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Sebastian Pinera: Trapped Miners vs. Barak Obama: BP Oil spill

The leadership of Chile President Sebastian Pinera, believing fiercely in globalization and free markets, and not believing in limits, seemed to make a critical difference. Pinera refused to shut out foreign expertise. As the world focused on Chile’s miners underground, … Continue reading

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Boulder County Open Space Tax 1B

There is a letter to the editor in Sunday’s Daily camera from Hunter Lovins and Paul Sheldon Hygiene encouraging the passage of the County Open Space tax, ballot issue 1B. I tried to respond on the papers comments section but it was too long.  Tried … Continue reading

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Elitism

Bill Whittle explains elitism.  Of course there are no elites in Boulder.

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Note to Boulder Progressives…

I CAN’T WAIT TO VOTE Boulder Progressives, if this doesn’t scare you, you haven’t been outside the 24 square miles lately. Will I make a difference in Boulder?  Who knows, but with 5 tax bills odds are that “I” and … Continue reading

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I Want Your Money

Certainly not a foreign concept to the Boulder Daily Camera, the Boulder Weekly or the typical Boudler Progressive.

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2010 Tax endorsments from local papers

When it comes to taxes, the Boulder Weekly and the Boulder Daily Camera move in lockstep. County Human Services:              1A    YES County Open Space:                   1B    YES City of Boulder   Public Accommodations Tax:      2A   YES City of Boulder    Utility Occupation Tax:           2B   YES … Continue reading

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Don’t even think about it…

Pension reform in France is not going well.

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On November 2nd they will ignore us no more

h/t to Powerline. They reference this comment from Michael Barone… Michael Barone comments: “I think this ad, from Colorado Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck and spotted by National Review’s Jim Geraghty, sums up one reason for the energy and enthusiasm … Continue reading

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Lawsuit Overturning Healthcare Reform can Proceed

Good news, the State’s lawsuit against Obamacare and the Federal government can proceed. The individual mandate is one of the 2 remaining claims in the lawsuit.Not surprisingly, the Fed’s state…Hmmm, like this hasn’t happened before when the tables were turned? … Continue reading

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21.4% Increase in spending in two years

The Wall Street Journal opines on the recent increase in spending by Congress.  This paragraph is particularly interesting… Once again domestic accounts far and away led the increases. Medicaid rose by 8.7%, and unemployment benefits by an astonishing 34.3%—to … Continue reading

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The Silver Fever continues…

Silver charts Gold charts

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Democrats “On the fringe”

In Boulder I’m sure that’s just where they want to be.  Not so much the rest of the nation, especially “flyover country”. Here are some highlights from The Hill 2010 Midterm Election Poll done by the polling firm Penn, Schoen and Berland : … Continue reading

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Green Bandits

Show them our money. The video.

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Word cloud on the Fed’s

What American’s think of the federal government.  From the Gallup organization. Wonder what a word cloud from Boulder would look like?  I can guarantee you the word “TOO BIG” would NOT be SO BIG.

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From Hope and Change to angry diatribes

The Democrats scramble to find enemies to demonize They’re just hoping that making the accusation will gin up their base. Recklessly swinging these accusations around won’t get them votes from the independents that they need to turn out for them. … Continue reading

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No Boulder Democrat

That’s for sure.

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