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Posted at December 31, 2008 at 10:37 pm

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Back in March of ’06, on his Oasis blog, Matt asked some of us right-wingers if we still supported President Bush and why. I put together a response, as did Homercles, who included some points I was sorry I had overlooked. As the last few days of the Bush administration fade away, I would like the privilege to revise and extend my remarks, as our congressclowns like to say.

I propose to put

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Democrat
Posted at December 31, 2008 at 8:19 pm

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Last night I was thinking about what to post to close out 2008. A year in review? Greatest posts?

I looked back to what I posted last year and I had a writeup from an event Michelle Obama held at…



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Democrat
Posted at December 31, 2008 at 3:29 pm

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In an editorial today, the Des Moines Register asks…
Why would the number of administrators at Iowa’s Area Education Agencies grow to 95, nearly four times as many as there were five years ago?I…



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Democrat
Posted at December 31, 2008 at 1:43 pm

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The United States produces more prisoners than any other country in the world…

The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. But it has almost a quarter of the world’s…



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Republican
Posted at December 31, 2008 at 1:50 am

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Blago RocksGovernor Blagojevich (Pay-Rod) is better than a reality show. His move yesterday to fill Obama’s Senate Seat was awesome. No I don’t think there is a chance in hell that Roland Burris will be the next Senator from Illinois, but you hav…

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Democrat
Posted at December 30, 2008 at 7:30 pm

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Gark at Popular Progressive takes a look at the top 9 legislative issues for 2009 and has some great analysis for what it means for the state of Iowa.

Here they are…
Issue #1 - State Budgets…



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Posted at December 30, 2008 at 12:40 pm

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Before I became interested (or as my wife says, addicted) to politics, I was interested in urban planning.  I still keep up on planning issues, as I serve on the Plan and Zoning Commission in my…



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Posted at December 30, 2008 at 11:18 am

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I see that SCC member David Chung thinks I’m off my rocker when it comes to the SCC chair election. He refutes the possibility of a dark horse candidate, and thinks that I’ve been unfair to Gopal Krishna which has lead to all the negative comments…

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Posted at December 29, 2008 at 12:00 pm

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Last week, John Deeth wrote that the Car Talk guys think we should raise the gas tax. Their thinking behind this…
“Gas is less than two bucks a gallon. There’s never been a better time to do this….



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Posted at December 29, 2008 at 9:58 am

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I know many in the Iowa Blogosphere were disappointed that the RPI Chair and Co-Chair forum was cancelled. I think we all thought it was going to be a turning point in the race; its cancelation only benefited one candidate, the Dark Horse.I think the …

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