What are they thinking???? We all know they will continue to spend and the current rate, housing prices and income show no signs of any substantial increase over the next 12 months and for most of us average taxpayers who depend on a few extra bucks at the end of the year, will now be screwed with either nothing….or a debt to the government. How are these criminals in government making the populous think they are heroes for bailing us out in troubled times. All they are doing is loaning me my own money that I am going to earn next year so they look good next year and doing so in a way that makes me believe they are giving me a free gift.

If that is their solution, and they are in agreement, that is fine. But it needs to be presented that way to the American people and they need to have easy access to a way to choose NOT to receive the refund if they want a normal tax return next year. If that doesn’t work for our economy then maybe the prima donnas in Washington can cut some of their excessive spending on entitlement programs, pork projects in their home states or stop wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars passing legislation that allows banks to charge me more money to transfer funds between my savings and checking account. Their obligation is to find that money somewhere, not borrow it from my income next year. I think your net work needs to make this a top story until it becomes a front line issue like the war in Iraq or the election. This effects citizens far more immediately that either of those situations

http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog/2008/01/animation_super_tuesday_blowou_1.html

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Seeing Mayor Gavin Newsom on the national stage with former president Bill Clinton on Monday night is a reminder of how political winds can change. On the eve of the biggest night of the presidential primaries, Newsom shared the spotlight during a town hall meeting staged and broadcast on cable TV and satellite radio by the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign.

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“I gave a fundraiser, at his (Obama’s) request at the Waterfront restaurant,” said former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. “And he said to me, he would really appreciate it if he didn’t get his photo taken with my mayor. He said he would really not like to have his picture taken with Gavin.”

Today, of course, Obama’s people are backpedaling away from that account like crazy. His deputy campaign director, Steve Hildebrand, who lives with his partner as an openly gay man, calls it “a ridiculous story.”

“Barack Obama gets his picture taken with gay people all the time,” Hildebrand said. “Including me, his deputy campaign manager.”

But insiders at City Hall, both current and former members of Newsom’s staff, recall the incident well. And you can bet that Newsom hasn’t forgotten it either.

“He was p*ssed,” said one former staffer.

More:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/05/BAM5US1B5.DTL

the posting should be easier in the new thread, this one has too many in it and running slow.

http://housley.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/02/05/american-ballot-box/#comment-23087

COLUMBIA, S.C. — People filing for public office would also have to submit to drug testing if legislators concerned about the fallout of former state Treasurer Thomas Ravenel’s admission of cocaine use of have their way.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,328380,00.html

37 Hours of Straight Campaigning Means Bad Case of Bed-Head for Romney

The overnight flight left Romney with a bad case of bed-head, but 30 seconds in the forward lavatory with a comb and some water and — Shazam! — he was good as new.

http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/SuperTuesdayDelegates.pdf

Romney won the first round of voting…..

Then McCain supporters threw their votes to Huckabee.

The winner - Huckabee.

(per Martha McCallum on Fox)

Meanwhile, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson blasted McCain on the Laura Ingraham radio show Tuesday morning, saying, “I cannot, and I will not vote for Sen. John McCain, as a matter of conscience … Should John McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for president in my lifetime. If these are the nominees in November, I simply will not cast a ballot for president for the first time in my life.”