Archive for: May 2006

Kyle Macdonald pulled the trigger on another trade in his quest to get to a house. He’d previously traded up from one red paper to 1 year’s free rent in Phoenix, then he traded that for an Afternoon with …

Our political system is a mess and it’s not likely to get better anytime soon. Democrats may promise to end the culture of corruption, but there’s no reason to believe that people who believe in moral relativism are going to …

The Statesman’s Greg Hahn had a piece on mail-in ballots. Our neighbors in Oregon have it and had a 38% turnout for their primary as opposed to 25% for ours. Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury is passionate about …

Paul Jacobs has a piece on the campaign finance issue and he begins by asking why there is so much money in politics and its pretty simple:

Two reasons: we have something like a democracy, and our government meddles in …

Alan at Idablue posts in the comments some stuff about Bill Sali that’s just non-sensical in explaining how Sali will be a lackey for the Republican leadership:

I had great hopes for Kempthorne, and Simpson, and Otter, but each one …

Bubbleheads wrote in the comments of my previous post:

It seems to me that the Republicans we have in Congress aren’t willing to have the fiscal responsibility to cut the budget where it needs to be cut, and need to …

Little attention has been paid to Larry Grant’s campaign funding, so given the focus on Bill Sali, I decided to review it from the FEC Website. Here’s what I found:

PACS:

Grant received support from 6 PACs, totalling $17,000. All 6 PACs …

What can I say? Other than I heartily disagree with Bubblehead’s decision to back Larry Grant for Congress. No offense, and nothing personal, but I disagree very strongly.

Lets begin. First of all, he insists that Larry Grant lines up …

Alan clarifies his statements on Bill Sali in response to an omnibus post I did responding to his. He writes:
Basically I think he’ll be a toady for the Bush Administration, as is the rest of the Idaho delegation, …

Chuck Malloy, the former Communications Director of the Sorensen for Congress campaign had an article in the Statesman on the coverage of the congressional race, some of which comes from bitterness, but has a kernel of truth:

As I talked …