Beware of ‘mamma grizzlies’
By Lois Thielen October 4, 2010 St. Cloud Times (Minnesota) If you’re looking for a strong political candidate who’s going to fix what’s wrong with America, you p robably won’t find that person in a “mamma grizzly.” [...]
Sex and the GOP
The Nation By Betsy Reed September 29, 2010 In the media spectacle that is the 2010 midterm elections, women of the GOP are playing starring roles. They have figured prominently in nearly every plot and subplot that holds any real interest or potential for debased amusement: from Indian-American Nikki Haley's triumph over her mudslinging male rivals for the GOP gubernatorial nod in South Carolina, to Carly Fiorina's catty open-mic swipe at her opponent Barbara Boxer's hair in the first-ever contest between two women for a California Senate seat, to WWF founder and Connecticut Senate hopeful Linda McMahon's gifts to oh-so-lucky Democratic ad firms (including video of the candidate physically attacking a buxom, scantily clad woman purporting to be her husband's lover), to the daily dose of clips revealing Christine O'Donnell's youthful preoccupations with witchcraft and masturbation. Remember when politics was boring? [...]
Letter: Whitman left N.J. fiscally healthy
The Record September 12, 2010 Trenton Correspondent John Reitmeyer's description of former Gov. Christie Whitman's pension bond issuance deserves clarification ("Legacy of bad deals strains N.J. state finances," Aug. 22). [...]
Topic A: How the midterm campaign will play out
Washington Post Sunday, September 5, 2010 With the Republicans leading the Democrats on the generic congressional ballot, what will the two parties in Congress do before November? Below, responses from Dan Schnur, Scott Keeter, Jennifer Palmieri, Matthew Dowd, Martin Frost and Christine Todd Whitman. [...]
In the fading light of summer
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Linda McMahon, you’re not Christie Whitman!
By ALAN J. STEINBERG NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM August 30, 2010 I will always be most proud to have served in the administration of former New Jersey Governor Christie Whitman. She was an outstanding Governor, with a superb record and legacy of tax reduction, fiscal conservatism, and open space protection. [...]
AREDay in Aspen: U.S. military sold on threat posed by climate change; Event kicks off by ‘Putting Carbon in Context’
By Scott Condon The Aspen Times August 20, 2010 ASPEN — While the fight over the threat posed by climate change rages on at Capitol Hill — not to mention many neighborhood bars — the folks at the Pentagon don't need convincing. [...]