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Elena Kagan Coasting to Supreme Court Nomination
Tweet Share on Facebook June 30, 2010 Comment (19)In her third and what is looking to be her final day of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court nominee and Solicitor General Elena Kagan seemed to skate by the possibility of revealing any suicidal information that could possibly harm her confirmation.
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Supreme Court Gun Decision Shows Democrats Have Surrendered on Issue
Tweet Share on Facebook June 28, 2010 Comment (58)The Supreme Court's decision, taking away important local rights to control gun ownership, marks another sad day in America's now seemingly endless political appetite for increasing the number of privately owned guns in this country.
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Australia Prime Minister Gillard Not Your Average Leader
Tweet Share on Facebook June 25, 2010 Comment (14)It’s too soon to hand down a verdict on Julia Gillard's performance as Australia's first female prime minister, but as we're in the discovery stage, I must say I really like this woman. She's got spunk. She's won't roll over for anyone. She knows how to give as good as she gets with aplomb.
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Poll: Hillary Clinton Better Qualified Than Obama to Be President
Tweet Share on Facebook June 24, 2010 Comment (28)Now they tell us!! A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows more Americans believe that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is better qualified to be president than President Barack Obama.
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No-Fault Divorce is a Good Idea for Moms--So Is Working Full Time
Tweet Share on Facebook June 21, 2010 Comment (16)By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
New York and California usually lead on all manner of state law reform. But in this one peculiar case, California led the nation in passing no-fault divorce laws (passing its version in 1969 which was signed by then-Gov. Ronald Reagan) and New York is currently working on its late-in-the-game version, 41 years later.
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Father's Day Wish: We Need More Mr. Moms
Tweet Share on Facebook June 20, 2010 Comment (28)By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
This Father's Day I will hope once again that this special occasion will mark a seismic cultural shift. I will hope that American fathers will have turned a corner and grown as parents to the point where they play as full a role in their children's lives as do American mothers.
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Obama Is Delusional on Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Efforts
Tweet Share on Facebook June 16, 2010 Comment (29)By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
I’m all for optimism, but is it possible President Barack Obama is being a bit too optimistic in his promises about the Gulf oil disaster? This week he told reporters that,
"Things are going to return to normal" along the stricken Gulf Coast and the region's fouled waters will be in even better shape than before the catastrophic BP oil spill.
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Why Pelosi and Hillary Clinton Get Worse Press Than Male Politicians
Tweet Share on Facebook June 14, 2010 Comment (10)By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
This should come as no surprise to anyone. There’s a paucity of women politicians on the Sunday morning news shows, according to Politico.
I launched my PBS weekly women’s news talk program, To the Contrary, because this used to be just as true for female panelists on network TV almost two decades ago (when To the Contrary first aired, 19 seasons ago). Now there are more female panelists and guests, but for some reason female politicians are hard to book. -
Carly Fiorina's Big Mouth Could Cost Her a Senate Seat
Tweet Share on Facebook June 10, 2010 Comment (27)By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
It’s so sad when the first post-primary story about one high-profile woman running against another for a U.S. Senate seat has to devolve into this. Carly Fiorina, no stranger to open microphones, has done it again, this time disparaging, of all things, longtime Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer’s hair.
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Blanche Lincoln Wins Arkansas Primary Despite Media Onslaught
Tweet Share on Facebook June 9, 2010 Comment (1)By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
The biggest news from Tuesday's primary results was that Sen. Blanche Lincoln did not lose her reelection bid, much as the media tried to make sure she would. She was written off so far and wide by the media, I was shocked there was enough ink left to write the headline that she staved off a challenge from the left.
This CNN online report sums up how reporters salivated to predict her end:On the day that could see her Senate career end, Blanche Lincoln conceded she might not have fully appreciated the depths of this year's wave against incumbents, but insists she does now.
