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30 Mar 09
D.C. Voting Rights Act is Clearly Unconstitutional « Republican Ranting
Last Thursday, the Senate passed the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009, which gives the District of Columbia a voting member in the House of Representatives and eliminates the position of D.C. Delegate, who represents the District now. Currently, that delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, can only vote when her vote does not affect the outcome; however, she is allowed to introduce bills, and this bill was introduced by Norton. The bill would also give an additional seat to Utah, so that the partisan makeup of the House stayed the same.
07 Feb 09
Some Republican Governors Break Party Ranks and Support Stimulus Bill « Republican Ranting
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Alright, this news article is a few days old, but since the Senate hasn’t voted on the stimulus package yet, it’s still applicable. I read an AP article that a friend showed me, and while I won’t post the whole thing, I’ll highlight some key points. The article talks about Republican Governors who are urging Congress to pass the stimulus bill. The full article can be read here. Then I went looking for more positions on the bill and found a few other governors’ positions.
25 Nov 08
The UAW Put the Auto Industry in the Position that It’s in Now « Republican Ranting
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Today, I saw a TV interview that has confirmed what I’ve been saying for years (see the long paragraph in the middle). The UAW has driven the auto industry down into a disastrous spiral. Watch theses videos. The first is an ad put out by the Employee Freedom Action Committee (EFAC), and the second is an interview with EFAC representative Rick Berman (done by Neil Cavuto):
10 Oct 08
Connecticut Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban « Republican Ranting
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The Connecticut Supreme Court has just ruled in a lawsuit, filed by 8 gay couples back in 2004, on gay marriage. The Court has overturned the state’s ban on gay marriage, making Connecticut the third state to allow gay marriage (Massachusetts and California being the other 2). I’ll have an overview of the Court’s opinion once it’s out later.
04 Oct 08
Joe Biden: Israel’s Best Friend in the Senate? « Republican Ranting
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Joe Biden made an interesting comment during last night’s Vice Presidential debate: “Gwen, no one in the United States Senate has been a better friend to Israel than Joe Biden. I would have never, ever joined this ticket were I not absolutely sure Barack Obama shared my passion.”
02 Oct 08
Live Analysis of the Senate Vote on the New Bailout Bill: Bill Passes « Republican Ranting
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Alright, so I’ve been watching C-SPAN throughout the day as much as I could, and saw everything from the US-India nuclear agreement and the Amtrak bill to the discussion on the Financial Industry Bailout bill. They’ll be voting on that next, and I’ll be live blogging as they vote, whether it looks like it’ll pass or fail. The rumor is that it’s expected to pass the 60-vote threshold, since they added some tax cut packages; however, these packages were rejected earlier in the week by the house, so it may clear the Senate, but fail the House by more than H.R. 3997 did.
25 Sep 08
Holy Crap! This Election Could Get Weird: An Electoral College Tie? Acting President Pelosi? « Republican Ranting
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So, I’ve been looking through polls lately, and the way it stands now, if Obama holds all the states he currently has, and McCain picks up all the tossup states, we’d have an Electoral College tie (assuming that all the electors keep their promise to vote for their party).
03 Sep 08
Analysis of Senator Joe Lieberman’s Speech at the RNC « Republican Ranting
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Lieberman is now talking about Hurricane Gustav, and saying that it hurts all of us, because we’re one family. “The last thing we think about is whether one of the victims was a Democrat, or a Republican, because we’re all Americans.” Good quote.
18 Jul 08
The Democrats Don’t Want Lieberman Anymore? « Republican Ranting
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There is now a rumor going around that Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT-McCain) will be kicked out of the Democratic Caucus and lose his Chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee. He was given that position after he agreed to caucus with the Democrats in 2006, when they needed him to give them the lead.
09 Apr 08
Lieberman Campaign Crashed Own Site; Blamed His Opponent « Republican Ranting
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So, I don’t know how many of you remember the 2006 election campaign cycle events (I do - I always said that Lieberman would lose his primary and win as an Independent. I said it at the very start of 2006 and got laughed at, and look what happened). Anyway, Joe Liberman and his campaign made statements that implied that joe2006.com
29 Mar 08
Ralph Nader to Clinton on His Blog: “Don’t Listen to Leahy” « Republican Ranting
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Ralph Nader has even chimed in on the whole Tonya Harding Option vs. Clinton dropping out controversy. He posted this post on his blog:
Don’t Listen to Senator Leahy
Posted by Ralph Nader on Friday, March 28, 2008 at 04:39:00 PM
Senator Clinton:
Just read where Senator Patrick Leahy is calling on you to drop out of the Presidential race.
Believe me.
Howard Dean Wants Superdelegates to Decide Their Candidates By July 1st « Republican Ranting
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Today, Democratic National Committee Chairman and former Governor Dr. Howard Dean (D-VT-No endorsement yet) went on CBS’s The Early Show to discuss the ever-growing problem of infighting between Obama and Clinton. Here’s a video of Dean’s interview:
(Is it just me, or does Dean look like he’s aged a LOT since 2004? - He didn’t look so good in this interview, but then again, I’ve said that about 1/2 the people I’ve seen on TV lately.)
Chris Dodd: “We Need to Get Behind a Candidate (Obama)” « Republican Ranting
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Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT-Obama) has joined Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT-Obama) in telling Clinton essentially to shut up and go away (Dodd doing it a little more discretely than Leahy). Today after a meeting in Norwich, CT, Dodd told reporters:
“Obviously, if they keep at it, this nomination won’t be worth much, in my opinion. This idea of backbiting and sniping on an hourly basis is undermining our ability to win an election. Then, I think, at that point, national leadership has to stand up and say, ‘Enough is enough.’ We need to get behind a candidate. I was hopeful that others might have stepped up here. But if they don’t, I will.”
27 Mar 08
Central Michigan Officials Unable to Confirm/Deny Penalty for Noose Student « Republican Ranting
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OK, so the Central Michigan Life did a story in response to my recent blog post and I just wanted to keep you updated on the situation.
The CM-Life asked for a statement from the university concerning the leak, and Tony Voisin, Director of Student Life, said, “It would be a problem for that person to be leaking information to the media.”
16 Feb 08
Republican Results from Super Tuesday Primaries and Caucuses « Republican Ranting
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OK, now that all of the data is finally in, and I have free time, I can give all the final numbers from Super Tuesday for the Republicans (Democrats will be the next post) (a note, if you’re viewing this on the main page, click this post’s title so that the numbers won’t overlap onto the sidebar text) (also, Tom Tancredo is included in the category of “Other” unless he was the only other, then he is listed as his own name. The number int the parenthesis indicates the number of other candidates):
06 Feb 08
Democratic Super Tuesday Results as of 1:00 A.M. « Republican Ranting
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Here are the results as of 1:00 A.M.:
In Alabama with 99% reporting (my last update tonight):
Obama 300,832 56%
Clinton 223,090 42%
Edwards 7,871 1%
Uncommitted 2,676 1%
Alaska with 60% reporting:
Obama 176 73%
Clinton 66 27%
Uncommitted 1 0%
Edwards 0 0%
Arizona with 68% reporting (my last update for tonight):
Clinton 159,707 51%
Obama 130,396 41%
Edwards 19,446 6%
Arkansas with 83% reporting (my last update for tonight):
Clinton 176,745 69%
Obama 70,025 28%
Edwards 4,691 2%
Uncommitted 2,795 1%
Republican Super Tuesday Results as of 11:45 P.M. « Republican Ranting
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As of 11:45 P.M. EST (I just got home, sorry for the delay). Bold states are not yet called.
Alabama results with 96% reporting (my final update for the night):
Huckabee 216,206 41%
McCain 199,404 38%
Romney 96,361 18%
Paul 14,530 3%
Giuliani 2,098 0%
Uncommitted 1,220 0%
Arizona with 58% reporting:
McCain 178,090 48%
Romney 124,627 34%
Huckabee 33,031 9%
Paul 15,811 4%
Giuliani 11,822 3%
Arkansas with 66% reporting (my last update for tonight):
Huckabee 78,138 62%
McCain 25,109 20%
Romney 16,015 13%
Paul 5,962 5%
Uncommitted 535 0%
Giuliani 381 0%
California with 12% reporting:
McCain 374,736 44%
Romney 215,931 25%
Huckabee 98,640 12%
Giuliani 85,757 10%
Paul 32,024 4%
05 Feb 08
Final Republican Prediction for Super Tuesday « Republican Ranting
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I had to do a lot less calculating for this one, but I was able to clear all of the states out of the tossup category.
Here’s my prediction based on percentages:
Final Democratic Prediction for Super Tuesday « Republican Ranting
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Alright, after calculating states with a couple of formulas, I finally have a good map. I can confidently predict all of the states except Arizona. Although Obama has never led in a poll there, he is trending toward a win, so I decided to give it to him, but I’m going to keep it in the tossup category, because according to my formula, the difference was just over a quarter of a percent.
Democratic Predictions for Super Tuesday « Republican Ranting
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OK, here are my preliminary predictions for the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses. Here’s the map of my prediction, although at this point there are a LOT of undecided states that I may switch before morning (for some reason I can’t get rid of the 0 for Michigan and Florida):
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