Okay so it's been awhile! I have a new campaign ad it's good to see a positive attitude. Will it catch on?

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/governors/the-best-positive-campaign-ad.html


Have you found any similar ads to share?

Polital Ads: Take 1

http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2010/07/the_list_top_ten_bizarre_polit.html

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the way of the election "funmercial"

Historical Perspective

In today's (7/6/10) Washington Post an article by Michael Leahy discusses the history of rancor in the House and Senate, including an incident (in 1850) where one Senator was beaten unconscious by another with a cane.

Back then, it was not uncommon for guns and knives to be carried in both the House and Senate. With the recent Supreme Court ruling, will it be long before someone revives that tradition?


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/05/AR2010070502339.html

The article profiles the role of the House historian, Fred Beuttler, who shares a few historical anecdotes and discusses precendents. It is a good article.

Today's "good news"

On the "Political Animal" blog at Washington Monthly, a good piece by Steve Benen
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_06/024491.php

John Boehner is must be delusionally prescient if he thinks he has a corner on what the American people think. He should spend less time in front of a mirror and more time talking to real people in Ohio

At news90 we have many headlines, including the Wall St bailout....
http://www.news90.com/politics/delay-looms-as-wall-street-bill-seen-as-too-big-to-fail/5378

I don't know news90...yet... but it seems like a good place to read!

A little older news, some people with enough spare time on their hands to debate where the Gulf oil spill ranks in U.S. calamities (long before any resolution....):

"Gulf spill sparks debate over worst U.S. calamities"

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012175172_oil22.html


May the Lord say us from ourselves!
JQP

Voter Anger? Apathy? Angst? Great WashPost article

Chris Cilizza's article, "Anger doesn't tell whole story of 2010 election season," is a good piece in understanding the frustration of voters regardless of political persuasion.

This is a very good for understanding why there are so many of us angry, frustrated and confused as to why Congress doesn't start solving problems instead of blaming each other.

Read it- share it!


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/27/AR2010062703155.html?referrer=emailarticle

Is Jib Jab right about the news?

You decide.

http://sendables.jibjab.com/originals/what_we_call_the_news

It's the economy, stupid!

James Carville said it when Bill Clinton was running for president: It's the economy, stupid!

This is the worst economy in nearly 100 years, and no one seems to be doing anything about it, except raising the volume. Unemployment and foreclosures are at 40 years highs.

Today, more than 20 years later, the volume of politics is so loud that you can't hear a clear message from any candidate. The louder it gets, the further away we get from solutions to the many problems we face.

It is far easier to blame the "other party" than to try to solve complex problems. Turn up the volume, get some attention. And the problem is still there, probably worse.

Is it too much to ask to get both parties addressing the issues instead of blaming one another?