Category Archives: politics

Party Shenanigans

Posted on 2008-04-02 by David

I would think that people who are politically involved enough to be elected as delegates and precinct chairs for the Republican party would want to be contacted by candidates so that they could choose who they would support. That is … Continue reading →

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Join the Game

Posted on 2008-03-31 by David

When we recognize that most “news” is really entertainment it’s easy to see that politics is really a sport. John Florez is absolutely right in saying It’s time we all join the game and back some rookies. Assuming that more … Continue reading →

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Sitting Out the Final Period

Posted on 2008-03-29 by David

Seeing all the recent commentary on the Democratic Primary contest I have seen the pattern of less and less substantive discussion and more and more trash talk (by trash talk I’m not referring to the tone of the “discussion” but … Continue reading →

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Thwarted

Posted on 2008-03-26 by David

I had planned on participating in last night’s caucus meetings, but life intervened and I was not able to. That being said, I am still interested to learn what happened in those caucus meetings for my precinct (Lehi-08). I would … Continue reading →

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Bill Clinton Endorses Obama

Posted on 2008-03-22 by David

I chuckled at the NBC report that Bill Clinton said the following about a general election campaign between Hillary Clinton and John McCain: “I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had … Continue reading →

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A Timely Request

Posted on 2008-03-21 by David

Kip, at the Wide Middle, invites others to share Questions for the Candidates. This comes the very day that I have a question that I would ask any congressional candidate. What part, or parts of the Change Congress movement would … Continue reading →

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High Priced Entertainment

Posted on 2008-03-19 by David

I have to say that SUPERDELL events sound very entertaining. Fear not, my fundraising events will be worth their ticket if merely for entertainment value to the sceptics:). We are going to have some serious fun in Utah. I’m already … Continue reading →

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Anti Universal Coverage

Posted on 2008-03-17 by David

This came along before I started reading the Cato blog regularly but I am definitely a member of The Anti-Universal Coverage Club. Health policy should focus on making health care of ever-increasing quality available to an ever-increasing number of people. … Continue reading →

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Open Congress

Posted on 2008-03-15 by David

It becomes more and more clear each day how powerful the internet can be as a tool to improve our political process by enabling citizens to be informed. A great example of that is OpenCongress.org. The purpose of the site … Continue reading →

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Remarkable Consensus

Posted on 2008-03-13 by David

I was pleased to read from Phil Kerpen on Earmarks: An amendment to the budget sponsored by Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.) and presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has been collecting some unlikely cosponsors over the past couple of … Continue reading →

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