US Politics

About that Supreme Court decision…

Sheila Liaugminas | 29 January 2010

The one President Obama misrepresented in his State of the Union address, to the dismay of Justice Alito (which the media focused on more than on the misrepresentation of it)…..

After Massachusetts… Illinois?

Sheila Liaugminas | 28 January 2010

Whatever ‘long-shot’ chances some upstart politicians may have had before in the upcoming Illinois primary, may have been significantly boosted by the major upset in Massachusetts when Scott Brown beat the Democrat for Ted Kennedy’s seat in the Senate.

Got change?

Sheila Liaugminas | 28 January 2010

Did those three election losses (New Jersey, Virginia and Massachusetts) tell Democratic leadership anything about the mood and will of the people at this point in time?

NOW they say the hype was unwarranted

Sheila Liaugminas | 20 January 2010

On the car radio a couple of days ago, I caught an interesting interview on Beeb radio with Tina Brown about media in decline and President Obama in….well, decline. Brown now claims he should have never been so built up in the first place.

All news is local

Sheila Liaugminas | 20 January 2010

At least Scott Brown’s historic victory in Massachusetts sure is. That election result going to change national politics from here forward.

Mass. upheaval

Sheila Liaugminas | 19 January 2010

The health care bill making its way through the Senate is named after Ted Kennedy. Of all the ways it may yet be dismantled, the unlikeliest just happened Tuesday evening.