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Posts published in “Year: 2010”

Kn@ppster: Debunking a Scott Brown myth

Posted by Thomas Knapp at Kn@ppster:

“Scott Brown is the only person who can stop ObamaCare by being the 41st vote against cloture.”

That, or some variant of it, is the latest excuse I’m hearing from the usual suspects who come up with a MOST IMPORTANT REASON EVAH!…

New York Times: ‘3rd-Party Candidate Named Kennedy Could Tip Senate Race in Massachusetts’

By MICHAEL COOPER
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/us/politics/15massachusetts.html

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — In most elections, a politician calling himself the Tea Party candidate would cheer Democrats, raising hopes that he would siphon votes from Republicans by attracting some of the disaffected anti-Washington, anti-Obama electorate.…

LibertySlate 2010 Endorses Joe Kennedy for Senate; only non-Republican included in the Slate

H/T Aaron Biterman on Joe Kennedy’s facebook fan page: http://libertyslate.com/candidates/candidates-by-rank/

LibertySlate 2010 Endorses Joe Kennedy for Senate; only non-Republican included in the Slate

LibertySlate 2010 ranks non-incumbent candidates based on five fundamental issues in regards to spending, debt/economy, foreign policy, civil liberties, and entitlement programs.…

Pro-Secession Party Formed for Vermont

Ballot Access News:

A group in Vermont has formed the Vermont Independence Day Party, which believes that Vermont should secede from the United States. It plans to place nominees on the 2010 ballot for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and 7 State Senate seats.…

Wayne Root: ‘The Obama Death Panels: UNIONS!’

Obama Will Choose to Save Unions, and Destroy Small Business.

Obama: The First President Owned by Unions.

Obama Models USA after Michigan and California- Government Employee Unions Gone Wild.…

Ribeiro and Shanfield face off in Illinois’ 9th congressional district

The Green Party primary in Illinois’ ninth congressional district got some coverage from the suburban Chicago Journal & Topics newspaper group.  There is little difference on the issues between Simon Ribeiro and Moe Shanfield, says the article, but Shanfield hopes to push the Democratic Party in a progressive direction, while Ribeiro plans to run a “vigorous campaign” against the incumbent (and unchallenged in her primary) Democrat Jan Schakowsky.…