Signs of GOP Resurgence in N.E. Districts
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 15th, 2010 5:31 am by HL
Signs of GOP Resurgence in N.E. Districts
Brian Mooney, Boston Globe
It was another week, another telltale of the turbulence besetting New England Democrats.One of the party’s biggest names, US Representative Patrick J. Kennedy of Rhode Island, announced he will not seek reelection, 37 days after Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut did the same. In between, a little-known Republican, Scott Brown, knocked Washington off-kilter by winning the Massachusetts Senate seat of Kennedy’s late father, Edward M. Kennedy.In some of the most reliably Democratic states in the nation, well-known Democrats are suddenly vulnerable. And the GOP,…
US Debt to Keep Growing Even with Recovery
Tom Raum, Associated Press
It's bad enough that Greece's debt problems have rattled global financial markets. In the world's largest economic and military power, there's a far more serious debt dilemma.For the U.S., the crushing weight of its debt threatens to overwhelm everything the federal government does, even in the short-term, best-case financial scenario “" a full recovery and a return to prerecession employment levels.The government already has made so many promises to so many expanding “mandatory” programs. Just keeping these commitments, without major changes in…
Obama Should Reverse Course on Terrorists
Michael Goodwin, NY Post