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Haiti: The BBC Lets Me Have My Say

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The BBC World Service has a unique daily discussion program, “World Have Your Say,” where the BBC provides a platform for a world-wide discussion of topics of general interest, and facilitates live exchanges between and among BBC staff, invited guests, and callers from all over the world. Today’s subject was, of course, the Haiti catastrophe---more specifically how “Once … [Read more...] about Haiti: The BBC Lets Me Have My Say

What Should Not Be Said Tonight

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With only a few hours to go before we start getting results from the unexpectedly close Senate race in Massachusetts I am sure the spin doctors on both sides are prepping for whatever the outcome is. Just to save them a little time I thought I'd suggest what they should not be saying. For the Democrats Simply put there really is not any way you can spin this one. If you … [Read more...] about What Should Not Be Said Tonight

MLK would’ve protested against Obama

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Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, on ABC: If Martin Luther King, Jr., were alive, he would march on this White House because he would say, "Don't escalate the war in Afghanistan. Get on the side of working people, because if you don't, you're going to undermine the reform agenda and the possibilities of a great presidency."What next? Glenn Beck telling us MLK would … [Read more...] about MLK would’ve protested against Obama

Why Coakley might win

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Remember the New Hampshire primary in 2008? All the polls had Obama as a lock, but Hillary won anyhow, saving her candidacy from an early defeat. I ate some crow myself on that one. Just before the primary, I gloated about my early prediction of Obama as the Democratic nominee. Even in hindsight, it wasn't terribly clear why Hillary won in New Hampshire. If Coakley … [Read more...] about Why Coakley might win

In Haiti, No One In Charge

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This is no criticism of U.S. military and humanitarian relief aid in the first week after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that flatten half of Haiti last Tuesday. God knows their intentions were sound. No one seems in charge. Not the Haitian government which was feeble before the quake and totally crippled beginning with the first after shocks. Not the United Nations … [Read more...] about In Haiti, No One In Charge

MOST DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE COMPLTELY MISSING THE BIG PICTURE

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My extensive business and legal background causes me to read a wide variety of publications on the Internet every day. I often find very good political analysis on many different business journals that is welcomed balance to the many extremely partisan political blogs out there. Naturally TMV is a excellent alternative to the extremism. Our country has abandoned a … [Read more...] about MOST DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE COMPLTELY MISSING THE BIG PICTURE

The Most Unpopular Person Ever In North Carolina Polling

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Who has gotten such rotten poll numbers in North Carolina that he is found to be the most unpopular person ever in the history of Policy Polling Survey polling? Here's a hint: he is shunned, he disappointed family and followers -- but he still has great hair. Here is the answer. And he has given the National Enquirer more material this week. He has become a major beat for … [Read more...] about The Most Unpopular Person Ever In North Carolina Polling

Coakley Will Lose to Brown, but What Will Become of Health-Care Reform?

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In Massachusetts... oh, Massachusetts... what are you doing? Seriously. Republican Scott Brown may be up by as many as nine points over Democrat Martha Coakley. Actually, he may even have a double-digit lead. Polling expert Nate Silver has Brown as a 3:1 favourite. We'll know by this evening, but it's pretty clear what's going on: Brown has surged ahead over the last … [Read more...] about Coakley Will Lose to Brown, but What Will Become of Health-Care Reform?

Quote of the Day: Health Care Galvanizes “Insurgents” AGAIN and Could Be Doomed

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The political Quote of the Day is a long quote from a post by Dick Polman that must be read in full. Titled "A Tale of Two Elections," it looks at the 1991 election in Pennsylvania where a candidate clamoring for health care reform used the issue to stir voters up and win his race. Polman (as usual) doesn't mince words. He suggests that a)this time health care reform is … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Health Care Galvanizes “Insurgents” AGAIN and Could Be Doomed

A Losing Argument

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He says he's only speaking for himself, but I've got to wonder: Yesterday, Dan asked why no one had been slogging or commenting on the Massachusetts Senatorial race, which may de-rail HCR by cutting the Dem majority in the Senate to 59, if Republican idiot Scott Brown beats Democratic hack Martha Coakley. I cannot speak for other crickets, but I know why I haven't written … [Read more...] about A Losing Argument

One Story Out of Haiti (Guest Voice)

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One Story Out of Haiti by Martha Randolph Carr I have written a few times about the charity, Mercy & Sharing, which has been working exclusively in Haiti for over 15 years. Susie Krabacher and her husband, Joe an attorney in Colorado, have done amazing work for the children in Haiti. Mercy & Sharing, www.haitichildren.org has established schools, orphanages, a hospital, … [Read more...] about One Story Out of Haiti (Guest Voice)

Mass. Loss = ABC (Another Bad Candidate)

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I do not live in Massachusetts, but like every other would be political observer, I have been paying attention. Mike Allen over at Politico wrote that President Obama plans on being combative if Martha Coakley loses the special election for the Mass. Senate seat today. The consensus is that Obama's mid-term swoon has begun and the health care bill is going to be the first … [Read more...] about Mass. Loss = ABC (Another Bad Candidate)

Coakley, Brown: Aftermath Predictions

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Crunching numbers like only he can, Nate Silver conceded last night that Scott Brown is the three to one favorite to win today's special election in Massachusetts. Silver also reminded readers that Martha Coakley's slim, 25 percent chance of winning is still a 25 percent chance of winning. The wattage behind that ray of hope is boosted by the Coakley camp's internal … [Read more...] about Coakley, Brown: Aftermath Predictions

“There’s Something Happening Here”

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"What it is ain't exactly clear," to continue the line from Buffalo Springfield's classic sixties tune. Marc Pascal's recent post here at TMV about the "self-made hell of narcissism, greed, short-sightedness, arrogant ignorance, and an utter lack of a common civility or responsibility for our shared future" in which we find ourselves -- largely as a result of decades of … [Read more...] about “There’s Something Happening Here”