Callers to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers tele-town hall meeting were pretty convinced that the government shouldn't take over health care and the Eastern Washington Republican should do everything in her power to stop socialized medicine.She didn't much disagree.Among her comments on proposals by President Obama…
A local Republican organization is sponsoring a candidate forum for three of this fall's races: Two contested Valley City Council races and the City of Spokane's Northwest District 3 race.The forum starts at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mirabeau Park, and is scheduled to feature the…
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is holding a town hall meeting by phone at 4:50 this afternoon. Her office is using some new program that will dial 99,999 households in Eastern Washington and ask if they want to hold for the congresswoman.She wants to talk about…
Things could get heated over the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings, but it's unlikely to get to the level of this recent seen from the South Korean parliament. (darn it)
As regular readers of Spin Control know, we occasionally wander into the question of Barack Obama's birth certificate, thanks to the appearance of Orly Taitz at the University of Idaho speech by Chief Justice John Roberts.Taitz is a leader of the movement which questions whether…
High noon on health care? Tuesday in review from TalkingPointsMemo.
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