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Obama's call for a college playoff seems to have gotten some serious attention in Congress. Joe Barton, R-Texas has been talking about a playoff in NCAA Division 1 FBS football for some time, but Orrin Hatch, R-Utah is now holding anti-trust hearings about the BCS in the Senate after Utah's ...
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Here it is, as proposed by Rush Limbaugh. Legislators' reactions are indicative of the change Obama is bringing.
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In November, Mitt Romney, who for years has helped failing businesses turn around and become profitable, called for supporting the free market and allowing the auto companies to go bankrupt.
On Monday an article hinted at labeling the bailout in a way that Washington refuses to acknowledge: nationalization.
I read two articles ...
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I was reading an article tonight about Blagojevich's scandal that erupted today. One part of the article quoted his election night speech in which, after having won the election for the Illinois governor in 2002, Blagojevich said,
Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, Illinois has voted for change.
I couldn't help but think of ...
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In reading a (clearly biased) editorial this morning, I came across this statement:
The Republican base already seems to be gearing up to regard defeat not as a verdict on conservative policies, but as the result of an evil conspiracy. A recent Democracy Corps poll found that Republicans, by a margin ...
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