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It's not uncommon in Utah to see Democratic candidates forego any indication that they're Democrats on campaign literature. It's a bold move, believe it or not, to put a donkey on yard signs here. The fear, or perhaps the well-documented fact, is that the biggest obstacle for a Democrat is the mere presence of a 'D' after his name.
Hatch's claim is ridiculous. In fact, it is right-wing politicians and pundits who keep on "warning" us that Democrats will attack Romney's faith -- and then use those "warnings" as opportunities to slam Mormonism themselves.
It was a similar crew of conservative justices on the Supreme Court that decided that their long-held beliefs on states' rights were irrelevant and made George W. Bush our next president in 2000. Now, they're back -- and they might decide yet another presidential election.
"We all do better when we all do better." Republicans don't ascribe to that. They want to set up a country where every person is responsible for every aspect of daily life, from ensuring drinking water is safe to reducing workplace hazards.
It has been a big week on the foreign policy front, with the death of Libya's dictator and President Obama's announcement today that all U.S. troops would be out of Iraq by the end of this year.
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last year -- or simply aren't a cocktail geek -- you know that the hottest trend to hit the mixology scene is barrel-aged cocktails.
The main reason that the tax rate in the United States for the rich is low is that being rich, many of the rich do not need to work.
Donations from big companies' charitable foundations are just one way in which funds flow to lawmakers' pet charities but remain out of the public eye.
With more than 30 years of experience in Utah politics, Orrin Hatch understands the political climate there better than anyone. Although his latest statements about the poor are perverse, insensitive, unreasonable, and extreme, he knows what it will take to win reelection.
An important debate flared this week -- one in which sides were chosen, positions staked out, and invective hurled. I will let that sentence stand in...
"Dinosaur" means "terrible, powerful, wondrous lizard." It perfectly defines the fossil fools who argue for the continuation of federal tax subsidies as oil tops $100 per barrel, gasoline at the pump passes $4 a gallon and oil company profits top $35 billion so far in 2011.
This isn't the first time we've had this debate. Again this week, oil executives were called before Congress to justify excessive profits. For the past 40 years of oil crises, oil wars and oil-induced recessions, it has been Groundhog Day on Capitol Hill.
The Balanced Budget Amendment is not just about economic conservatives. We must balance our national budget for the sake of our children's future.
What Orrin Hatch chose to do in speaking of the health care law as he did not only belittled him personally, it illustrates what intelligent and perfectly reasonable public servants have to do in this political climate to continue to serve.
A drug addict who has their state assistance cut off probably isn't going to rationally reexamine their life, quit cold turkey, run out to secure a minimum wage job, and open a college fund for their kids.
