As a rule this blog has abstains from delving too deeply into national politics without good cause. But the resignation of Speaker of the House of Representatives cannot go without note. By most accounts, John Boehner, the teary Ohio Republican first elected to the House in
Speaker John Boehner R-OH (Wikipedia) So this is what it comes down to. Reports are swirling that the number agreed to by Democrats and Republicans is roughly $40 billion. While Speaker of the House John Boehner R-OH, insists that a number is not set, it
**UPDATE 1-27-11: Jose Tosado has announced his run for mayor of Springfield according to WFCR. Tosado was widely expected to announce his run this week.** Pres. Jose Tosado (Facebook) What do John Boehner and Jose Tosado have in common? On spec, not much. One is
Speaker Boehner (wikipedia) The 112th Congress was gaveled into session in Washington, D.C. yesterday Republicans took over the House of Representatives and swore in Ohio Congressman John Boehner as the Speaker of the House. While a great deal of the GOP’s support came from tea
Although it will probably not be the 11th, when most are reading this, we would like to take an opportunity to recognize that it is Veterans Day. Unique among most federal holidays in that it does not float to the nearest Monday, Veterans Day was
Nothing beats an election wave, if we want to call it that, than a tsunami of postmortems on the election itself. And WMassP&I, never shy to mouth off, would be remiss to not join this cacophony. The Republicans took 60+ seats in the House and