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Winning Is the Only Thing

November 3rd, 2010

By Tom Carter “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.” That famous quotation from American football legend has been attributed to Vince Lombardi, but it probably came first from UCLA coach Red Sanders. Whoever said it first, it applies to politics even more precisely than to football or other sports. Why is winning the only […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: Angle, conservatives, election, O'Donnell, Reid, Senate, Tea Party, winning
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What Harry Said

January 13th, 2010

By Larry Ennis Another writer asked if Harry Reid should resign for comments he made about Obama in 2008. As much I would enjoy seeing Harry go down, I don’t see his comments as the vehicle to cause his demise. After all, his comments were true. We have in this country a segment of the […]

Articles written by Larry Ennis
Tags: Lott, Obama, Reid, resign, resignation
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Should Harry Reid Resign?

January 12th, 2010

By Tom Carter Apparently there’s no end to the political dust being kicked up by Game Change, the new book on the 2008 presidential campaigns by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Politicians left and right are being wounded by their own words and the assessments of their own staffs. As anyone who’s turned on a TV or opened […]

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Tags: Bush, Lott, negro, Obama, Reid, resign, resignation, Thurmond
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Good Old Harry

November 21st, 2009

By Larry Ennis As the time to vote for health care reform in the Senate speedily comes this way, we start to see and hear of different little sweetheart deals being cut by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and others to insure the passage of one of Obama’s favorites. One of the principle holdouts in […]

Articles written by Larry Ennis
Tags: health care reform, Landrieu, Louisiana, Reid, Senate
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