The jobless claims bill finally passed the Senate 62-36 with little Republican support. The bill will make it possible for hard hit states to lengthen the unemployment checks received by workers for up to 99 weeks. This length of time is quite long and points to the problem in obtaining employment. The bills cost was $149 billion, a small amount by today’s standards. The Bill now goes to the... 

Karl Rove has written a new book about his life and years as President Bush’s guru. He is making the rounds promoting the book and has made comments on the “Tea Party” movement. Mr. Rove has stated that if the Tea Party starts promoting third party candidates the Republican Party will be damaged, as 3rd. party movements usually hurt one of the major parties in an election. Mr. Rove... 

Promoting his book, “Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight,” Karl Rove, former political strategist for the George W. Bush presidency appeared on the Today Show. There he defended his record, saying the tricks attributed to him were either media distortions or the work of others. Rove claims that his reputation as a ‘down and dirty’ political campaigner is... 

Sarah Palin: God wrote on his hands, too Call it a spirited defense. At an Ohio Right to Life fundraiser Friday, Sarah Palin quoted Isaiah 49:16 to justify her habit of writing crib notes on the palms of her hands. “In that passage he says, I wrote your name on the palm of my hand to remember you,” the former Alaska governor told a cheering crowd of nearly 3,000. “And I’m like OK, I’m... 

Charles Rangel (D) of NY stepped town “temporarily” from his chairmanship of the powerful position on the Ways and Means Committee. This is the Congressional committee that plays a great part in determining the tax bill for the average taxpayer. Rangel has represented his New York district for four decades. It seems the congressman did not report his corporate sponsored trips to the Caribbean... 

The cry of, “Jerry Brown for govenor” has not been heard in California since Jerry Brown held the office of Govenor of California from 1975 to 1983. On Tuesday, the 71-one-year-old Brown announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination. Even though California law sets a limit of just two terms as govenor, Brown is exempt because the law was passed after he was govenor. He is now the... 

Who says one man’s voice in the Senate can’t alter history? Or at least delay unemployment checks for 400,000 people? The bill before the Senate was a stopgap measure designed to keep highway funds and unemployment benefits flowing for another month until Congress passes more comprehensive legislation. For five days all that prevented it from passing was Republican Senator Jim Bunning from Kentucky.... 

After a week which saw a historical national healthcare summit with President Obama and the President’s constant cries of passing such legislation, the movement towards passing a healthcare reform bill is still at a standstill. The Senate portion of the healthcare bill was on display during the healthcare summit where amongst the group was called nothing but a political ploy. The House of Representatives... 

MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann has now found himself face to face with a national political movement. The talk show host has been invited to attend a Dallas, Texas Tea Party rally for anti-tax laws. The Tea Party group have become frustrated with comments that Olbermann has made on his show ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’. The controversy started when Olbermann was accused of making comments... 

The deep chasm between President Barack Obama’s aspirations for a radically revised U.S. health-care system and opposition Republicans’ concerns about his plan’s long-term effects on the economy could not have been more stark than in a 7 1/2-hour public debate Thursday. Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee whom Obama defeated decisively, called attention during the ballyhooed...