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West
- LA Mayor Villaraigosa tells business leaders that there will be 1200 to 2000 lay-offs in the city unless concessions are made with the unions.
- In the past month Tom Campbell has raised $700,000 for his bid for United States Senate in California.
- HHS tells Congressman Darryl Issa that tort reform in healthcare is not a priority.
- California State Senator Abel Maldonado did not receive the 41 votes needed for confirmation to be Lt. Governor of California. California State in disarray without a Lt. Governor, Schwarzenegger re-appoints Maldonado to the legislature to be confirmed.
- Governor Schwarzenegger carries the Olympic Torch in Vancouver.
- You can’t count John McCain out! McCain is a tireless campaigner and will be up for the challenge in the GOP primary.
Midwest
- White House sends out invitations to the White House summit on healthcare, 20 democrats and 17 Republicans. This summit appears to be just another photo opportunity for the President.
- Tea Party Activist are looking to fill County Commission seats in Ohio. It is a grassroots movement and will need local, state, and federal office seekers to be effective at the grassroots level.
- Former Governor IL Rod Blagojevich on the O’Reilly Factor, will not answer questions.
- Portman leads Brunner in most polls for US Senate in Ohio.
- Democratic Lt. Gov. Nominee submits his resignation letter to Illinois Democrats.
South
- Can Debra Medina’s campaign for Governor recover from her statements on the Glenn Beck Radio program?
- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (WV) on the Administrations views on coal, “It’s not a question of money, it’s a question of the overall approach. I just wonder whether they really do understand the importance of coal, the fact the nation can’t exist without it,”
- President Obama’s cancellation of the Constellation space program will cost the Kennedy Space Center over 1700 jobs. Is this the abandonment of the United States Space Program?
- Two colleges in Louisiana receive 9 million dollars for job training from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
- Marco Rubio has raised $860,000 in the last month in his challenge against Governor Charlie Crist for the United States Senate.
- Governor Mark Sanford claims that he has not read his wife’s new book.
East
- Mortimer B. Zuckerman publisher of the Daily News may be considering a run against N.Y. Sen. Gillibrand.
- Baltimore is considering docking emergency workers who did not show up for work during this week’s blizzards. The unions of docked workers are considering filing a grievance against the city.
- Republican Governor of NJ makes cuts across the board to balance a 2.2billion budget deficit.
- Patrick Kennedy chooses not to run for reelection in Rhode Island. Just last week 35% of Rhode Islanders said that they would vote to reelect Patrick Kennedy.
- Sarah Palin’s supporters don’t understand the problems facing the U.S. according to Interim Delaware Senator Ted Kaufman.
National
- Sen. Reid guts the bipartisan Jobs bill for a pared down $15 billion bill that had no Republican input. Democrats are playing partisan politics with jobs creation bill.
- Toyota recalling 8,000 Tacoma’s because of a cracked part.
- President Obama has stated that he would rather be a good one-term President. President Obama by doubling down on President Bush’s spending proclivities seems to mean it.
- Congressman Darryl Issa says that he is ready to issue a subpoena for Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda.
- The President needs to surround himself with people that can not only hear but listen as well. It is time for the President to clean out the house and bring people in who can listen.
- The President’s view of bipartisanship is the he gets his way. That is not a true definition of bipartisanship.
International
- Greek PM Papandreou calls EU plans ‘timid’
- China decries Barack Obama’s plan to meet Dalai Lama
- Prince Andrew ‘hit Met officer’ with car outside palace
- Iranian Supreme Leader Warns West
Video
It was time for Patrick Kennedy to go. Watch video of Patrick trying to pretend that this years Republican challenger is not his strongest opponent yet.
Watch the O’Reilly Factor with former Governor Rod Blagojevich explaining his position on his future trial.
Watch MSNBC news contributor force host to take the show to an early break.
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The problem with this country is BOTH the Democrats and Republicans. Anyone who seriously thinks that one side isn’t corrupt or slaves to Corporate America hasn’t done an adequate job of paying attention. To the Republicans: The GW administration will go down in History as one of the worst administrations. They eroded your constitutional rights, expanded the power of the wealthy elite, invaded countries under false pretenses, destroyed diplomatic relations with the rest of the world, and spent money like it was going out of style. To the Democrats: Obama is a dud. He promised much and has turned out to be another corporate lackey. He made deals with big pharma to ensure you could not get your medication cheaper elsewhere, he flip flopped on military tribunals, he refuses to fix health care properly through nationalization or single payer, he populates his inner circle with more Wall Street insiders, he spends money on bailouts and useless stimulus packages.
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Republicans want want failure, they want things like the insurance companies to continue to rake in billions and to keep the unwealthy at a disadvantage. The infrastructures portion was what we needed to get us going in advancing our country to come into the present but the old conservatives who want to go back to the “simpler times” (ie. slavery, and racial discrimination via lower education). Our country and everyday people need help due to bad financial policy and they are just not getting it. Who is getting it? Big business. God bless America.
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