Jack & Jill Politics

Congrats, Justice Sonia Sotomayor!

Woo Hoo!

Congratulations Judge Sotomayor.

Felicidades Justice Sonia Sotomayor! Whoo Hoo! :-)

Congratulations to a wise Latina woman!

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Change has come to America!

Awesome!

Great day for Justice Sotomayor and for the Bronx! Woo! =D I hope young kids gowning up there will see that hard work and smarts can get you places. It's not easy but it's worth the struggle.

SECOND AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP

She's getting sworn in on Saturday by Roberts. I would love to have a front row.

Congratulatons Justice Sotomayor!

Hope he don't mess this one up too..with his 'intelligent' ass.

It's a private ceremony.

And, just so you know, there are TWO ceremonies. One is private, the other is not. The one that is not private is a longer swearing in (it is the Constitutional swearing in.) The judicial swearing in is private and much shorter.

That is correct.

I think Roberts should start practicing right now.

Yeah, maybe after he swears her in, he can ask her what a judge does. You know, since he hardly did and she did it more than anyone else in over 100 years.

At least he knew enough to nominate the right person who did more than anyone else in over 100 years. You know, let the professionals do their jobs.

Yep. Now let's have 3 more women..who else is close to retiring?

Go Obama...be transformational...turn the SCOTUS into a female dominated bench.

That will definitely be CHANGE coming to AMERICA

O
YES
WE
CAN!!

Hell yes. Made a brotha all teary eyed and shyt when he heard the news.

Wow!

She got confirmed by a wider margin than Unca Clarance (he was confirmed 52-48).

So there were at least eight Republicans with some damned sense. Eff the others, including Senator Country Last - he knows he's done in DC and just doesn't give a damn anymore.

He will mail in his representation until the next election. HAHAHAHA

Glad I wasn't the only one with tears in her eyes. I made sure to be near a TV as to witness the vote.

Only 9 Republicans voted yes. That is a damn shame, especially considering the fact that I don't recall any of them saying that she wasn't qualified.

Soooo, this is terrible news for Obama right? He's going to comment live in a few minutes.

I mean really this has very little to do with Obama. Frankly, I wish he WOULDN'T comment on it live. I mean, ugh, does he have to be on TV discussing EVERYTHING? He is commander-in-chief, not commentator-in-chief.

I mean really this has very little to do with Obama.

What an incredibly ignorant thing to say. This has EVERYTHING to do with the President. You really need to find yourself a government book, set yourself down, and start reading. Obama may be commander-in-chief; however that is simply one aspect of his job. He basically is CEO of this country. How else would you expect him to act.

You see, I could list my academic and professional accomplishments and tell you about how I teach what you might find in "a government book" at prestigious universities, but no need to go into that.

My point was, indeed, flippant. You are right it does have to do with him, but hardly everything. His role is hardly that of a CEO, and that analogy is not accurate.

You see, my government book--i.e. the Constitution--tells me that the president of the United States nominates justices to the federal judiciary, include the Supreme Court, that the Senate, in turn, is to advise upon and then consent. That is pretty much what the president has to do with Supreme Court picks. Those on the Supreme Court, after they thank the President for his nomination and say hello to him at State of the Unions, are pretty much done with the executive branch. The Supreme Court is an independent branch of government, whose greatest task is to uphold the Constitution and keep in check the other two branches in government. And they do that with having very little to do with the President.

You see, this is problem with comments on blogs. People like WordSmith rely on ad hominen attacks, as opposed to constructive criticism. The "commander-in-chief" part is HARDLY "simply one aspect of his job." He is not like a CEO, both in terms of his role, how he is checked, and how long he stays in office.

Well - I can be just as flippant without parading out my education, credentials, salary or whatever else I need for this soup.

I see you can use The Google. That's nice.

An insult, attack or criticism of some kind is NOT an ad hominem
attack, btw.

Actually, I did not need google for that. As one who specializes in early American political and cultural history, I know it quite well. I could even give you a lecture on the man who most responsible for developing federal polity in the way that we now know it.

And, btw, some insults, attacks, or criticism CAN PRECISELY BE AD HOMINEN.

Yes - that's very true. Some ad hominen attacks are precisely that. A qualifier would've worked nicely in there.

As a lover of early American political & cultural history, albeit not professionally - I'd be delighted to listen any lecture on such.

That man is... ALEXANDER HAMILTON!

So many opinions on what what President Barack Obama should and should not do and say. He did not get where he by not following his own judgement. I'm sure glad he has excellent discernment and will speak when he is guided to.

She was his nominee, and she's the first Hispanic woman, why wouldn't he speak?

Ok, fine. Speak on this. But get to work and speak a little less on everything else.

Sorry not your call. Its the Presidents call

It is my call and yours and yours. Just as when Bush was President, I could critique. Now that BHO is there I will continue to critique.

I just heard President Obama respond to Supreme Court Associate Justice Sotomayor's conformation and it was excellent. Thank Goodness he knows how to do his job well without the peanut gallery.

It was "excellent"? He didnt say anything! It was the same as before. Frankly, it was a standard response.

What would make it excellent in your book?

He is the friggin POTUS...anyone he recognizes is very well honored.

And that alone makes it excellent.

I C U.

Who does this muthasucka think he's fooling? Invisman52 needs to crawl back into that underground bunker, he has us confused with a group that doesn't recognize the ole "weapons of mass distraction" tactics.

lmao

Get to work? You MUST have him confused with George Bush.

Go Axel...break it down!!

And Bush did a LOT OF WORK--avoiding the Constitution, breaking the law, passing legislation with the slimmest of majorities, pulling the wool of everyone's eyes. Bush did a lot of "work."

LOL, true dat.

He has been working.When He came in the dow was heading to 6000 now its over 9000.He is winding down the clusterfuck that was in Iraq and focusing on Afghanistan.He stabilized the auto industry and gave it a shot in the arm with the cash for clunkers program.President Obama has change the tone on Iran,is weaning us from blind support of Israel and just freed two citizens from North Korea.All this and more in just 7 months of office.Now I know you have been condition after 8 years of incompatence but Jesus, what more can a brother do?

Wait a second. You cannot, NOT, give credit for the Dow going up and then ignore other economic indicators.

How is he "winding down" Iraq? Actually, it is much of a continuation of Bush policy and just pushed his own surge into Afghanistan.

Change the tone in Iran? How?

He "freed" two citizens in North Korea? Ok. If you say so.

He has also been a friend of the financials, with plutocratic bailouts with little teeth.

Look, I like Obama, but frankly his agenda has stalled greatly.

And with a name like yours so have you!

"You cannot, NOT, give credit for the Dow going up and then ignore other economic indicators."

O yes we can!! They blamed Obama when it was down so he is now a financial genius as it RISES under HIS administration.

All them other economic indicators are lagging based on EIGHT years of phucking up the economy by Bush!

"I like Obama, but frankly his agenda has stalled
greatly."

Ain't shyt stalled...this is a marathon...and Obama is just hitting his stride.

He is a Kenyan...the fleetest, swiftest, endurance runners on EARTH.

Keep your eyes on the finish line.

Well if you think this is a marathon, you are naively unaware of legislative realities and histories. Let's use health care: if it does not get down in the next several months, IT AINT GONNA GET DOWN.

The presidency is only a marathon inasmuch as it is composed of smaller sprints.

That is the reality because Congress is elected every two years and a simple turnover might clog things. Also, the public has very little tolerance for drawn out issues. (Granted, though, that is a problem.)

"They"-- I disagreed with them when they blamed him, and I disagree with you now when you give him praise--when it comes to the dow. You can have a thriving stock market and unemployment in the double digits. This is very problematic.

"Well if you think this is a marathon, you are naively unaware of legislative realities and histories"

I am not naive. How did Reagnomics get passed? Do you even know?

"I disagreed with them when they blamed him, and I disagree with you now when you give him praise"

O I disagreed too with the blame..but if you get the blame, cause it is YOUR administration only 15 days old...then you get the PRAISE for YOUR administration six months down the line.

Can't have it any other way.

Unemployment is problematic but like I said ...it is a marathon.

Keep your eyes on the finish line.

Well, since you asked, yes I know how "Reagonomics," was passed.

First off, "Reagnomics" was not passed. It is a series of legislation that, in toto, constitute Reagnomics. However, as I was arguing, what we call Reagnomics is made up by a bunch of "smaller" sprints. Many of these sprints did not involve large bills, but rather were executive orders or budget decisions.

Obama's health care plan is a sprint. It was such a sprint that BHO put his own deadline on it (August recess); and that did not get done, either.

Reaganomics FUCKED everything that was RICH UP! But those crazy ass rednecks in rurals places was too stupid to see that. But as long as their ass was able to keep a gun and scream GOD IS WHITE they loved him. That's why half of WHITE AMERICA is on the TV newsw crying about HELP...HELP WHAT MOTHERFUCKERS???? REAGAN IS DEAD and so should he be!

DUMB ASS HIM YOU AND NANCY

"First off, "Reagnomics" was not passed. It is a series of legislation that, in toto, constitute Reagnomics."

Wrong. Go look it up. And after you do, maybe you WILL know why this 'sprint' is really a marathon that Obama holds ALL the cards for.

Hint: Obama told you how in his first address to Congress, the one where Michelle wore purple and had the student from SC sitting with here.

And when you listen to him, pay particularly attention to the GOP minority leader and his minions.

Notice, Boehners and Cantors faces as they grimace when he TELLS them his plan and they realize they are powerless to stop him!!

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, Reagan did it and so will Obama.

ARE YOU SERIOUS???? There is no bill called "reagnomics"--he lowered taxes in 1981, there was tax reform in 1986, there was lower domestic spending in budgets. These, in toto, constitute part of Reagonmics.

"there is no bill called "reagnomics"-

That's riiiiight!

Now how did Reagan do it? How did he force those changes on the country.

Seee, that is what I mean..

it's called reconciliation.

Look I am so left that my friends call me Karl.LOL.PBO has done a lot.Have he went as far as I want, that would be a big fat no.But I also understand the politics that he is up against and for just to be in office for just 7 months he gets a A PLUS FROM ME!!!!

A+??? Come on. He has been particularly absent on black and brown (and urban) issues. His handling of the Gates affair was problematic. He is losing clout on healthcare reform; many of the bailouts were ridiculous. Employment is going up; he has not been transparent; and he is on pace to match Bush on signing statements. Obama is an avowed CENTRIST. My grade: B-/C+

Black and brown issues are intertwined with the national economy...can't separate the two.
He has lost no clout on healthcare, other than from doubters, like you. He is winnng or they would not be so vociferously opposing him!!

He is AS transparent as all other administrations and in many cases more so.

Obama is a centrist...and my grade is A double PLUS!

Is your name an homage to the War of the Roses? If so, then I like the color you chose! The Yorks were much cooler than the Lancasters.

"Black and Brown issues are intertwined" you say? OH COME ON! Would you call the War on Drugs anything other than a black and brown issue. Yes, some are intertwined and some like disparities in health care, education, death penalty sentencing, wealth are not.

"Is your name an homage to the War of the Roses"

No. White roses symbolize friendship.

"Black and Brown issues are intertwined" you say? OH COME ON! "

Yeah, COME ON. Dare you, to prove otherwise, come with some facts to rebut that, double dare you.

"Would you call the War on Drugs anything other than a black and brown issue."

The AG Holder, Obama appointed is already ON THAT!! He is already recommending that they change those draconian laws. Didn't you know that or are you too busy blaming and not being informed about what IS happening? Pay attention, this is a marathon. Obama has multiply changes happening simultaneously. The media can't keep up, just like you. They busy pointing fingers, and can't see ALL that is transpiring as they focus in the wrong direction. Or whine about his interviews, and press conferences, cause he has it ALL on his plate and he is not just having an appetizer. He has ordered a 6 course meal and he is consuming it ALL..2 wars, a phucked up economy, drug war, health insurance reform, racial profiling, auto industry bankruptcy, TARP reform, not to mention israel/palestine you just can't keep up. You bewildered like the media. You don't know where to look so you try to lash out and blame. But Obama is moving full spead ahead and making all of them look like asses..

"some are intertwined and some like disparities in health care, education, death penalty sentencing, wealth are not."

They are ALL inextricably intertwined. This nation is one common humanity and what changes that is the FOCUS. Obama is focused, laser focused.

You need to be as well.

He is playing chess with all the pieces on the board, not just the King...,he is using rooks, pawns and knights.

Pay attention.

More importantly as the ol folks say,

Get to GETTIN. Get out there, call your representaive, be active and fulfill your civic and citizenship responsibility.

If you don't wanna do that, then you do not deserve to live in this democracy and you might want to think about just leaving this country.

Cause we need ACTIVE citizens. Not folks who think the President can ACT withOUT the WILL of the PEOPLE.

now..I gotta listen to some jazz for a minute...

Do your thing, wrb!

*applause*

Church lady waving that fan.

Let the church say Aman and Amannn!

Amann!

First off: What jazz? Did you know Miles' Filles de Kilimanjaro? Great shyt!

Second off: Ok, if you think AG Holder is "on it," you are mistaken. Whether or not the AG is telling people to change draconian laws, many of these need legislation. Obama hasn't talked about it at all. Thus it is difficult to get popular support for it.

See Glenn Loury's recent bloggingheads tv post on this. He is right and Obama is silent.

"In a major policy change, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has indicated that the Justice Department will end raids on pot dispensaries in California and allow states to set its own marijuana laws without further interference from the federal government."

http://jonathanturley.org/2009/03/01/attorney-g...


"Attorney General Eric Holder sought support Wednesday for erasing the gap in prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine crimes, a disparity that hits black defendants the hardest."
http://blog.taragana.com/n/attorney-general-cal...

http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/06/post-31....


I like capitol jazz

Miles is cool but I really like Koz, Culberton, Najee etc

www. live365.com

I will go check out what you are talking about with Loury.

or you can provide a link

: )

Yes he need sto speak. Thats what he is elected to do. You just got used to an absentee president - this is what a President looks like. especially a moment as significant as this.

Real talk.

Ok, fine. On this point, granted he needs to speak. Maybe: I mean what he is going to say that we did know he would say.

But you realize that being elected President does not mean you have to fall in love with every camera you see. Actually, an absentee such as W. Bush was actually quite adept at getting the legislation he wanted passed. (I recognize some of that had to do with a post-9/11 milieu.) I mean Obama needs to study how Presidents such as LBJ got stuffed passed by working behind the scenes, and not in front of every microphone. The brother can talk, but he cannot necessarily get legislation done.

He needs to follow LBJ's back-door strategy from the Civil Rights Acts for his health care stuff. AND OBAMA HAS MAJOR MAJORITIES, too. POTUS: stay away from cameras, get the Dems in line, and bring some (healthy) change.

"But you realize that being elected President does not mean you have to fall in love with every camera you see"

He ain't in love with the cameras. He is in love with the US Constitution and the American people. This is OUR MOMENT. He has to take his message directly to the people, cause the corporate media, LIES.

'I mean Obama needs to study how Presidents such as LBJ got stuffed passed by working behind the scenes, and not in front of every microphone."

LBJ was fine, for HIS time. But he was not living in the the new millenium of cable, internet and YouTube. Obama is doing fantastic with the way he is governing in the NEW Millenium.

"He needs to follow LBJ's back-door strategy from the Civil Rights Acts for his health care stuff."

No he don't. Obama is not LBJ, he is no Southern and his party is not majority Dixiecrats as LBJ's was. Obama does not know where all the bones are buried like LBJ did, as the MASTER of the Senator.

Ted Kennedy was supposed to lead the healthcare insurance reform. But 'the LION' of the Senate is sidelined. Yet Obama promised him he would take on health insurance reform, and he is doing precisely that, despte not having Ted in the Congress to spearhead the issue.

I repeat. This is a marathon. Obama is a Kenyan,....and this race has JUST begun!!

If you think that going on interviews will mobilize Congressmen, then you are sorely mistaken.

Oh, because he doesn't have "bones" that means he should be working behind the scenes? Come on, Presidents need to pressure CONGRESS, not the American people happy by being on Good Morning America.

"Our moment," yeah right. Tell that to the guy who can't feed his family or the woman who can't afford her health care. Obama on TV has nothing to do with "us."

"If you think that going on interviews will mobilize Congressmen, then you are sorely mistaken."

No, you are mistaken, and seriously misguided about how this democracy functions if you think so. Obama is the leader, it is HIS JOB to inspire the masses. WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT. WE the citizenry are the ONLY ones who CAN make a difference. WE have to stand up and support him. Surely, you know this, as it is Civics 101. The Presidency is only one person...he is EMPOWERED by US..the citizenry...which is why Obama speaks out and gives interviews to take his message DIRECTLY to the people, since the media either fails to or distorts and misconstrues the message because the media is coporate owned.

"Oh, because he doesn't have "bones" that means he should be working behind the scenes?"

No. It means he can't. Which is why Kennedy was so critical to moving this issue. It is his baby, he knew where the bones were. Not Obama.

"Come on, Presidents need to pressure CONGRESS, not the American people happy by being on Good Morning America."

Completely wrong. And if you do not understand we have there CO-EQUAL branches of government, then you need to LEAVE this country. Because obviously you are failing your citzen duties by getting out their and pressuring Congress to do your WILL. WE have the POWER, not OBAMA to get Congress to do our will.

"Our moment," yeah right. Tell that to the guy who can't feed his family or the woman who can't afford her health care. Obama on TV has nothing to do with "us."

O yes it does. And that guy who can't feed his family needs to be an activists and gathering other citizens to galvanize Congres to do their WILL.

This is OUR MOment, this is OUR Country and ONLY WE can change it.

Don't you know anything about how this country functions as a democracy? Or are you just another one of those sadly misinformed individuals who neglects their civic duty and just trys to blame the President?

GMAFB!

I am NOT blaming the President.

I am fully aware of how democracy is SUPPOSED to operate. But it simply does not work that way.

If you think that the branches are co-equal, then you are wrong.

I think we should, and I do, lobby Congress. I am saying Obama has so much leverage and will that he (really his minions) can do so much in items such as health care.

I know fully how our government is composed--and frankly I know quite well the intellectual and polity precedents and examples that the founders used. (In case you are wondering, Jefferson and Madison were mostly influenced by the French and Montesquei and Hamilton, greatest of them all, was mostly influenced by British common law, British jurisprudence, and Anglo economics and moral sense philosophy--i.e. Smith, Ricard, and Hume).

I like how you think, but it is naive and based in some strange world.

YeAH, well if you know, why you blaming the President? You know Hamilton
but not Democracy? You know history but not your civic responsibility. History is great but it is only through ACTION by the WILL of the PEOPLE that we MAKE history.

Yes, this country is encumbered by all the corporate lobbyists, but there is only one way to change that. As Hamilton said:

"WE THE PEOPLE will call our own corrupt member of Congress home from doing the bidding of wealthy individuals and powerful groups who own his activities behind the scenes"

Active citizenry...what are you doing to make a difference, how are you ACTIVELY engaged in change?

Am I naive, or are you just, as a student of history, UNWiLLINGLY to DO what HISTORY tells you is the ONLY route to an EFFECTIVE Democracy?

Don't make excuses, this democracy is only as strange as the citizen is uninformed and INACTIVE.


BTW, please explain how the 3 branches are not CoEqual...you being a student of history and all.

Constitutionally.....Enlighten me.

If you think all that bluster during the hearings wasn't a proxy attack on Obama.....well, you'd be wrong.

Giving the serious side eye to all your complaining about Obama in the public eye, too.

Come on, EB. Can't we be critical of those who we like and those who lead us. He has given more interviews than any other President at this point, by a large margin. I mean, really, EB: he has these big majorities and is getting hammered on health care and the economy.

Why can't you be critical of those you love? Ugh.

Just, for once, be frank: Obama can speak and give good interviews (unless it deals with race) but is not a good legislator. If he wants to follow in Lincoln's footsteps, that is what he needs to learn. Lincoln got stuff done; wasn't a great speaker (and public speaking was just as important then). I care for Obama's agenda, not his mellifluous cadences.

"Can't we be critical of those who we like and those who lead us"

Sure we can. You are entitled to your own opinion but not your facts. Your opinion is not backed with valid evidence. It is sheer speculation and conjecture.

" Lincoln got stuff done"

Did he? What was Lincolns great legislative accomplishment other than the Emancipation Proclaimation? And that required a CIVIL WAR!! Stop talking smack and base your criticisms in realities.

"I care for Obama's agenda, not his mellifluous cadences"

Is that right? Well I guess, you need to tune out then and tune back in 2012.

The rest of us are going to act like citizens and get behind him and support him, his policies and his exhortations to the citizenry to be ACTIVE.

First off, the Emancipation Proclamation was NOT a legislative accomplishment. It was an executive order (actually it was two in one). Moreover, I am not going to list legislative and other non-legislative accomplishments here. I mean I could, but there is no need to wax my academic bona fides; just know that 19th century political and cultural history is my speciality.

Moreover, there is a weird syllogism in your final statement. You can act like a citizen and NOT be behind someone or support him. You see, I don't support everything Obama does, just as I did not support ANYTHING Bush did (except maybe Pepfar in Africa AND his funding of HBCUs--funding that your beloved BHO CUT! Defend that.)

"First off, the Emancipation Proclamation was NOT a legislative accomplishment."

Glad you understood what Proclamation meant. Now tell me what was/were Lincolns legislative accomplishments? If you can't name them, then you can't say 'Lincoln got things done'....cause I am calling you on that BS. Gave you an out. You didn't take it now get to naming what you were basing all your BS bluster on criticizing MY President and claiming Lincoln did so much!

"You can act like a citizen and NOT be behind someone or support him. "

Sure you can, but you can't blame him when you don't work for the policies he supports and all you do is whine and play a blame game. Get busy being an active citizen. Stand up for the policies you want, tell the President what they are ...and like LBJ said to all the protestors...I agree with you ...now convince the public of that!! SEEEEE
THAT's how DEMOCRACY works...why don't you get that?

"You see, I don't support everything Obama does, just as I did not support ANYTHING Bush did"

Great. Your job is to make sure that you are active and having elected a President who has said he WILL stand WITH you...you need to make sure he can exercise all that power by making it possible. Through citizen activism.

Sounds like you jsut a blamer to me. You have some misguided notion that the President works for you, instead of you being the citizenry who empowers him to ACT!

All I do is complain? You dont know WHAT I do. I am just commenting a blog.

Oh, the Emancipation Proclamation was a "trick"? Yeah right.

Lincoln's legislative accomplishments: The Homestead Act, US Department of Agriculture, Transcontinental Railroad, not to mention the bills regarding the Freedmen's Bureau, and bills regarding funding and treatment of the confederacy.

UGH, I hate showing people why they need not challenge Invisman52.

I said BLAME not complain. Some folks get them confused cause they sound alike when folks are expressing their angst.

But you blaming, for sure.

And, you never know what types of mind you are dealing with on a blog.
Like you said, I don't know you.

Now that I know what you are speaking about.

Obama has been in office 7 months. Only time will tell, what his legislative achievements will be.

What I do know, is he did a LOT as Senator..medical records, Lugar-Obama Non-Proliferation Act., Transparency in Government Act, Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2005,S.AMDT.390 to H.R.1268 – To provide meal and telephone benefits for members of the Armed Forces who are recuperating from injuries incurred on active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.


S.AMDT.1453 to S.1042 – To ensure the protection of military and civilian personnel in the Department of Defense from an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic.

S.AMDT.2301 to H.R.3010 – To increase funds to the Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program and to the Office of Special Education Programs of the Department of Education for the purposes of expanding positive behavioral interventions and supports.


He was no slouch as a Senator and I highly doubt he will be as a President.

Waaay too early to judge on that.

But here are a few:

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into Law

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

2009 Omnibus Public Land Management Act

A bill to reauthorize HUD's McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance programs. aka HEARTH

that sounds like a black/brown issue to me.

BTW, when you inivis.(.I take it that is short for invisible), you can't 'show nothing... you are unseen.

Glad to know you are aware legislatively.

Love this woman. Simply love her. And, I hope there are political ramifications for Southern and Southwestern Republican Senators for voting "no." One day they will realize that people of color can and do vote; moreover, the Latino/a community will certainly mobilize their voices to take these Senators to task.

I have said it before, but Obama's campaign brought together a lot of brown eyed people and their individual groups together. This truly had formed a big tent with a lot of people who used to look at each other worried that the other was going to get what little crumbs were out there. We have finally realized, we form a great big group together. The demographics have forever been changed.

"Mr. McCain: No"

in a state that is 30% Hispanic and in which he ALMOST lost to Obama in November. . .

He is toast.
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He can't be running again. Ugh.

Yes:)