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As window closes on DREAM Act, Colo. Democratic Party Chair rallies support

By | 11.30.10 | 4:10 pm

Although the DREAM Act began its life a decade ago as a Republican proposal and has enjoyed broad bipartisan support, Republicans and key conservative Democrats are now lining up against it, a move Colorado Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak…

Why does Obama hate strippers and card sharks? They got mortgages too

By | 02.03.10 | 9:56 am

A latest dispatch from the the land of political foolery comes from Mike Lillis today at the Washington Independent. It involves Pres. Obama in New Hampshire. It involves Las Vagas. It features demands for an apology. It has a…

Dueling GOP views on health reform constitutionality

By | 12.22.09 | 10:33 am

Nowhere in the Constitution is Congress empowered to require Americans to buy health insurance, Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) charged today.

“I am seriously concerned that the Democrats’ health reform bill violates the Constitution of the United States of America,” Ensign…

C-Street Christian house in D.C. loses evasive tax-free church status

By | 11.18.09 | 11:33 am

The C-Street townhouse that serves as a home away from home to conservative Christian lawmakers and that has been the site of recent high-profile sex scandals has been registered as a Church by its owners as a tax dodge for…

Wadhams’ candidate in Nevada embraces disgraced Sen. Ensign

By | 10.06.09 | 12:39 pm

Colorado GOP Chairman Dick Wadhams has been dabbling in the early-stages of the Nevada race to unseat vulnerable U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Wadhams’ candidate of choice, Nevada GOP Chair Sue Lowden, is already leading Reid in polls…

‘C Street’ Democrat: Don’t ask me, I just live there

By | 07.23.09 | 5:05 pm

The Michigan Messenger caught up today with Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), who lives at the “C Street” house made famous of late by several current and former residents, including Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.)…