Posts Tagged ‘chris dodd’

On Paul and Blumenthal

Two senate races continue to dominate the headlines nationwide. Kentucky was one of the states in which a primary was held on Tuesday. Connecticut features a senate race once competitive until the decision of Chris Dodd to retire at the end of his present term. Both U.S. Senate contests, however continue to generate much intrigue.

The Massachusetts Special Election Could Define the 2010 Cycle.

There has been and will continue to be much discussion regarding the surprise retirements of Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND) announced on Tuesday this week. Certainly, these retirements could completely reshape the Senate contests later this year in those two states. In the near term, however, the attention of Republicans should be on Massachusetts, where a [...]

Things learned in the debate over health care reform

With some form of health care reform poised to be enacted following the passage of a trillion-dollar, pork-filled boondoggle in the U.S. Senate on Christmas Eve, reflection on the course of this policy debate and its broader implication for the trajectory of the Obama administration seem warranted. Whatever results in the coming months on the issue of [...]

Arrogance, Incompetence, Greed

New Hampshire Democratic Congressman Paul Hodes attended a hearing Wednesday on the AIG bonus controversy wherein he claimed that for the American people, the acronym utilized by American International Group, AIG, stands for “arrogance, incompetence and greed“. However, such a description is rather more applicable to the current administration in Washington than the corporation said incompetents [...]