PrintOctober 25, 2009
All the News That's Fit
Trying to follow the news can be like drinking from a fire hose. It's a climate summit one day, Iran testing yet more rockets on another, and balloon boy on a third day. What is wheat and what it chaff?I'm going to play New York Times today and tell you what is newsworthy. Here then, are some news items to catch you up on 2009.Politics. The President of the United States is a Democrat. Democrats hold 256 of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives - close to a 60-40 advantage. Democrats hold 60 of the 100 hundred seats in the Senate - not only a majority, but a "filibuster proof" majority. Republicans on their own cannot pass or stop any legislation. Any legislation that happens, or doesn't happen, is entirely due to Democrats.Here is how the top Democratic leaders scored in 2007 according to the National Journal. Barack Obama (now President) was the most liberal Senator. Joe Biden (now Vice President) was the...(Read Full Article)
