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3 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘US Senate’

Doubling Down – Maverick Brilliance or Misguided Misogyny?

By Denis Campbell • Aug 30th, 2008 • Category: Features
Prolific high-roller casino craps shooter and presumed Republican Presidential nominee John McCain yesterday placed all his chips behind the Pass Line hoping that his VP selection of a virtually unknown woman, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, will hit before the croupier calls “7-out, line in” and scoops up all his chips.
The initial shock of his selection [...]



Senate Democrats Back Away from Climate Change Bill Filibuster

By Denis Campbell • Jun 9th, 2008 • Category: Business Issues
It’s been a busy political tricks week where climate change was, in theory, a main topic in the US Congress. Unfortunately nasty Republican partisan politics emerged the winner during this lamest of lame duck session.
As oil topped $137 a barrel and $4 at the pump President George Bush began his farewell EU trip today with [...]



Barbara and the Senator

By Denis Campbell • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: Features
An Open Letter to ABC’s Barbara Walters,  I have only one question, why?  Why now? Why drag a quiet, dignified 88-year old man who left public life almost 30 years ago through your ‘last gasp’ book tour? Why so selfishly bring his reputation into question? What does it bring you? It was early Spring, 1974. Temperatures [...]