The game is on. A significant number of news reports, beginning with Roll Call, are saying that Donald Trump will announce tomorrow (Friday) morning that he has selected Mike Pence, Governor of Indiana, to be his running mate and candidate for the office of Vice President of the United States.
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07/14/2016
After a rough and tumble Primary Election battle in both parties, we have presumptive winners to go forward to their respective nominating conventions. I have maintained my silence on the process until now on the theory that the public shouldn't view the process of making sausage or laws too clo
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06/11/2016
Crawl line on CSPAN this morning indicates that Nancy Reagan, second wife of President Ronald Reagan, has died. Mrs. Reagan was, perhaps, a first view of powerful First Ladies in Washington. She was fiercely devoted to and protective of her husband.My best wishes and condolences to the family a
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03/06/2016
Justice Antonin Scalia has died at the age of 79. With all of the political strife in both parties in the campaign for President, this has created a real question about who will replace him on the court and who will name the next Supreme Court Justice. The previous Justices that were named by P
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02/13/2016
English Actor Alan Rickman dies at age 69 of cancer.Known to American audiences for roles of Hans Gruber in "Die Hard" , The Sheriff of Nottingham in "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves", and Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series. He, of course, dies on screen in all of these roles as on scre
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01/14/2016
Fred Thompson died Sunday of Cancer. The popular attorney, actor and Senator was a fixture in American public life and continuing roles in politics, movies and television. Thompson, a favorite son of Tennessee, became a public figure as counsel for the Senate Intelligence Committee and mino
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11/01/2015
The political scene is heating up with the preparation for the IOWA caucus and the NEW HAMPSHIRE primary (February 1 and February 9 of 2016 respectively). My FLORIDA primary is Tuesday, March 16, 2016. The third Republican Candidate Debate will be held in Colorado tomorrow (October 28, 2015). Th
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10/26/2015
All eyes focus on Ben Kinney and his views on ActiveRain. Mr Kinney has reached an agreement with Zillow to purchase ActiveRain effective June 30, 2015. The immediate impact of the purchase is to restore ActiveRain to a degree of independence in the market place of ideas and possibly provide a
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06/20/2015
American Pharoah - winner of this year's Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes - has won the Belmont Stakes at New York City to enter the record books as the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years. The Belmont Stakes is in its 147th year of running. 11 (now 12) horses have won the three races o
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06/06/2015
The world of politics took a tragic turn this morning with the announcement of the death of Beau Biden, 46, from brain cancer. Beau was the son of Vice President Joe Biden. Beau Biden served as Deleware Attorney General for two terms and was a veteran of the Iraq conflict as an officer in the
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05/30/2015
