The Political Environment

• Rating Obama: B+

  I know some on the Left are unhappy with President Barack Obama, and the Right thinks he's a Communist Devil, but the year since Obama's victory has been an amazing political feat for the President, a boost for his agenda and a benefit to the country and planet.
  
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:01pm EST
  

• McIlheran Foams, Fumes Over Milwaukee Water Initiative

  The Journal Sentinel's in-house conservative blogger stamps his electronic foot over the idea - - the very notion!! - - that Milwaukee might use its Lake Michigan advantages to lure industry and jobs to the City.
  
  The Horror. The Horror! [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:45pm EST
  

• Democratic Gubernatorial Defeats Troubling, But Not Fatal

  I suspect that when the economy is better in 2010, Democrats will not suffer losses greater than typical off-year results for the party in power.
  
  Virginia and New Jersey, with local tax and personality issues, do not a national trend make. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:19am EST