Tag Archives: U.S. Senate

CBS Evening News: Katie Couric: Return to Moderation?

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Erik Schneider

Source:FRS FreeState Return to moderation?  As a liberal, I know exactly where I stand on the current issues of the day. I don’t call myself an expert on anything.  Others can judge that for themselves.  I do know where I … Continue reading →

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CBS Evening News: Nancy Cordes: Democrats Final Push

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Erik Schneider

Source:FRS FreeState I think that this video makes it pretty clear that President Clinton tried to talk Representative Kendrick Meek into stepping out of the U.S, Senate race in Florida.  It’s also clear that he tried to talk Rep. Meek into throwing his support behind … Continue reading →

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Associated Press: President Obama Urges Democrats Not to Get Discouraged

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Erik Schneider

Source:FRS FreeState If Democrats fail to get their voters out in the mid-term elections, then there’s no doubt they’ll lose their majority in the House and be in danger of losing their majority in the Senate as well. Democrats are … Continue reading →

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James Miller Center: The Legacy of President Lyndon B. Johnson

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Derik Schneider

Source:Free State MD Lyndon Johnson’s Presidency is remembered for the Vietnam War and the miss-handling of it but that’s only part of the story of a five year Presidency. When I think of Lyndon Johnson, I think of not only … Continue reading →

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The White House: President Obama Nominates Elena Kagan to Supreme Court

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Derik Schneider

Source:Free State MD When U.S. Justice Paul Stevens announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, I saw it as another opportunity for President Obama and Liberal Democrats, of which I’m one, to appoint another liberal Justice to the Supreme Court … Continue reading →

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The White House: President Obama Signs Health Care Law

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Derik Schneider

Source:Free State MD What do I think of the Affordable Health Care Act?  Well to be brief, and I guess this is simplistic, I would say that it is the best health care reform bill that could’ve been passed in … Continue reading →

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The White House: 2010 State of the Union Address

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Derik Schneider

Source:Free State MD I realize that we’re past the 365-day mark of the Barack Obama presidency and we’re probably around the 400-day mark but I want to lay out in this blog how I believe the first year of the … Continue reading →

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C-SPAN: President Obama’s Speech to Congress on Health Care Reform

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Derik Schneider

Source:Free State MD When the health care reform debate started earlier this year, President Obama made the political calculation that he would delegate the health care reform issue to the unpopular Democratic Congress and let the congressional Democratic Leadership figure … Continue reading →

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VOA News: President Obama Nominates Judge Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Derik Schneider

Source:Free State MD Justice David Souter was considered by then President George H.W. Bush to be the next conservative Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Ha!  He was the best mistake that President Bush could have made, in my opinion … Continue reading →

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C-SPAN: President Obama’s First Speech to Congress

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Derik Schneider

Source:Free State MD When I look at America today I still see a country that I love, the greatest country in the World. There is no other country where I would rather live, even though my family, like most other … Continue reading →

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