Category Archives: Richard Shelby

Shelby Is Chaff

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Shelby Is Chaff”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail My Senator (he says with a sigh) is planning to “run out the clock” on financial reform. The American Banking Association calls it good strategy: “And from the Republicans’ point of view, every week … Continue reading →

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Wheat From Chaff: A Visual

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Wheat From Chaff: A Visual”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Republicans have blinked on appointments. The wheat-from-chaff technique requires a hard shake every now and then: “Mitch, this is unprecedented,” the president said, gesturing forcefully on the Cabinet Room table, according to … Continue reading →

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Richard Shelby

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Richard Shelby”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI’ll give Jeff Sessions credit: he at least wrote back to me about his gang-rape vote. Richard Shelby, on the other hand, has yet to acknowledge the complaint. Now Shelby’s put an unprecedented “blanket hold” on … Continue reading →

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The South Shall Lose Again

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The South Shall Lose Again”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailToday, Left In Alabama notes an incredible miscalculation by the GOP. For not only have the Republicans lost America, they are losing the south. Admitted that voting patterns seem to show a different … Continue reading →