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tgards79's JournalBabies Aren't Us. Yet.
A trip to the toy store reminds us how far we have to go in our march on civil rights, even as the Confederate flag comes down in South Carolina.
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2015/07/babies-arent-us-yet.html
Bernie Shakes it Up...
Bernie is making little headway in national polls but is coming up fast in NH and Iowa. I doubt he can last but he can make it interesting.
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2015/07/june-2015-election-review-bernie-donald.html
Introducing the "Hillometer"
How well is Hillary Clinton doing as a candidate? Sure she has the Democratic nomination locked up, but how will she fare in the general election? Here is an index that may be useful in keeping score:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2015/05/introducing-hillometer.html
Barring a Devon Loch, David Cameron will be re-elected...
Wondering how the Brits will decide their national election tomorrow (Thursday)? Check out this prediction on the goings-on across the pond, it's bloody brilliant....the election is as long as it is broad, but unless he pulls a Devon Loch, it will be Cameron by a nose...if not, he might just be the next Lord Lucan....
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2015/05/barring-devon-loch-david-cameron-will.html
There are really only three candidates who can possibly win the GOP nomination...
...it will be fun to see how long any of the others last, and if some of them choose not to run after all:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2015/05/election-2016-update-lets-narrow-gop.html
Obama Comes Out A Bit Ahead in a Month Dominated by Iran/Israel
President Obama needs a foreign policy win and it looks like, at the very least, he has not hurt himself in the negotiations with Iran and the machinations with Israel. But the intertwined issues made life more complicated for Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton.
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2015/04/march-2015-month-in-review-right-left.html
What a start to 2016...
Hillary's email flap reveals how weak the Dems' bench really is; and Ted Cruz's announcement actually helps him in the polls...ugh, Clinton on defense again and Ted Cruz at centerstage, what a start to 2016! Will it get better?
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2015/04/deleted-emails-and-ted-cruz-what-start.html
Lobbyist for a Day...Battling Dysfunction on the Front Lines
On the day the GOP sank the human trafficking legislation, I happened to be in Washington lobbying with Planned Parenthood. A first hand view of the battle to get good things done, the good and the bad:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2015/03/lobbyist-for-day.html
Not Exactly How Boehner and McConnell Drew it Up in the Playbook
Things are not going well for the GOP leadership:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2015/03/february-2015-month-in-review-not-how.html
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