Nancy Pelosi took over as Speaker of the House in January, 2007. The U.S. national average for regular conventional gasoline was $2.13. On Sunday, September 14, the national average is $3.82 – an increase of $1.69 a gallon. Here’s the chart. Good work, Nancy. We’ll keep up with this figure in the sidebar to the [...]
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Here’s an email I received from the former Acorn community organizer Help your friends Vote for Change You’d be surprised how many people you know aren’t registered to vote. Registration deadlines are coming up soon, and we need every single vote we can get to win this election. Tell your friends, family, and neighbors to [...]
Jake Tapper of ABC News reports on a speech that Senator Obama gave this morning. The Democratic presidential candidate was speaking before the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers when he said: “So, when American workers hear John McCain talking about putting ‘Country First,'” Obama said, “it’s fair to ask –- which country?” Astounding. [...]
Moxie has a post showing how one citizen supports John McCain with a large yard banner. The City of Los Angeles has ordered him to take it down, but the City itself has a similarly large sign promoting itself just a few yards down the street. Go read it.
Barack Obama seems to have a problem with women. This issue was first raised by Hillary Clinton supporters, and I put it down initially to campaign bitterness. Then it got worse. Now the Republicans have nominated a woman, Sarah Palin, to be vice president. And we see the strange spectical of Barack attacking her more [...]