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Retroactive Romney

July 17, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Business, Campaigns, History, Humor, Ideas 2 comments

Mitt Romney may or may not be a job creator, but he [or his campaign team] sure knows how to create a hot new

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The message battle in Missouri

July 16, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Civil Rights, Education, Labor and unions, Missouri region, Obama, Religion in Politics, Sports, States, Voting/Elections One comment

Republicans seem to own a combination of political phenomena which are extremely injurious to the country. They have the worst of ideas, largely insensitive

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So, this is how pollsters get their information

July 11, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Missouri region, Politics, Voting/Elections 3 comments

They had me at caller ID. The screen said, “Opinionology ,” but it was the location that made me pick up for what was

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Russ Feingold: Supreme Court is arm of corporate America

July 10, 2012 Madonna Gauding Campaigns, Corporations, Courts, Health care Leave a comment

What they have clearly become is a partisan arm of corporate America. This is a real serious problem for our democracy. It’s essentially a

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Romney’s VP options: Exciting vs. boring

July 5, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Immigration, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

For Democrats, the third week of June 2012 was a good one, as Republicans floundered over their Vice-Presidential sweepstakes. Consciously or sloppily, presumptive Republican

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Republican logic fail

July 3, 2012 Stacy Mergenthal Campaigns, Charity & Justice, Consumer issues, Corporations, Economy, Employment, Government, Taxes Leave a comment

Something I don’t understand about GOP logic, if it can be called that, is the idea that public workers are just a useless drain

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Leo Burnett changes the conversation from “anti-tax” to “public good”

June 21, 2012 Madonna Gauding Campaigns, Good government, Politics, Voting/Elections 2 comments

I never thought I would be writing in praise of an advertising agency, but Leo Burnett of Detroit deserves credit for its Effie award-winning,

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Term limits? Why not office limits?

June 12, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Congress, Good government, Politics, Uncategorized, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

In St. Louis County, Missouri, there are approximately 45 elected political offices.  (The exact number is  difficult to determine and varies among  jurisdictions). If

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Democrats are nicer than Republicans, or are they?

June 8, 2012 Arthur Lieber Business, Campaigns, Corporations, Economy, Financial reform, Government, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Conventional wisdom is that Democrats are more pleasant individuals than Republicans. In numerous ways, it’s clear and obvious that this adage is true. When

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Frank Wills [Watergate,1972 ] vs. George Zimmerman [Florida, 2012]

June 5, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Civil Rights, Crime/Violence, History, Police, Politics, Violence, Voting/Elections One comment

June 17 will mark the 39th anniversary of the infamous Watergate break-in by robbers and schemers sympathetic to President Richard Nixon. A security guard

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