Paul banks $172,000 in Internet fundraising effort
A political outsider who largely financed his U.S. Senate primary race with Internet donations banked $172,000 on Monday in his first Web-based fundraiser of the general election season.
What’s going on in Southlake?
Look for the following events around town. Registration for Dragon Youth Cheerleading and Football will take place June 12 from 11am-4pm at Velocity Sports, located at 1800 E. Hwy. 114 in Southlake. All youth ages 5-12 are encouraged to participate.
Readers share their memories of Byrd
In November 1977, Sen. Robert C. Byrd was in Huntington for a conference and was persuaded to slip away to join some musicians on the top floor of the Huntington Publishing Co. In this photo, taken by Lee Bernard, the musicians are, from left, David Holbro…
Barton Will Not Be Stripped Of Committee Position
Despite calls for Rep. Joe Barton to be stripped of his powerful committee position, House Republicans decided Wednesday to allow him to retain the senior GOP slot on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
As Election Day approaches, one of the most publicized presidential races of the past several decades has captivated the minds of people around the world and set records for participation in the US democratic primary system. As the first woman to run as a mainstream candidate for president, New York Senator Hillary Clinton has quite a race in front of her by anyone’s standards.
Even though equal rights for women have existed in the United States for almost a century, it has been a long time coming for a presidential race between Clinton and her fiercest competitor, Illinois Senator Barack Obama. Although she had led polls initially for several weeks, as the Iowa caucus started to get underway, Obama had the lead. After her third-place finish in Iowa, things were looking a little desperate for Mrs. Clinton, whose campaigning in recent weeks has been relentless. As Obama picked up the pace to match, it seemed inevitable. With the opposition taking double-digit leads in most polls in the days and hours leading up to the New Hampshire Democratic primary, the Clinton camp seemed somewhat resigned. But with an unusual combination of a record voter turnout, the first truly web-capable election, and a newfound global interest in US politics all contributed to Hillary’s comeback.
The New Hampshire primary had more people voting in it than ever before by a large margin, with a half million strong coming out in the unseasonably warm weather to cast their vote. While Obama took the independent voters and many young Americans, the biggest bloc of Hillary supporters were- surprise!- women, as well as the diehard Democrats, who seemed to take Hillary more seriously. While the “electability” of either major candidate has been questioned, a race that comes down to a black man or a woman for the highest civilian office in the US is certainly not to be overlooked in terms of progress. Yet this factor may have helped win Hillary undue support. While the Iowa caucuses were held openly, the ballots cast in the New Hampshire primary were cast in private, thus begging the question: What other factors besides racism could give one candidate a clear lead in polls, yet give the other candidate the nomination?
Well, the power of the web has been somewhat underestimated in recent months, as the first presidential webcast debates have been published-er-uploaded and received millions of hits. A video reposted on Youtube of Hillary speaking to a coffeeshop audience nearly in tears went viral hours before the election, in a brief but rare emotional outpouring that just may have set her apart from the competition in an unexpected way. As often as she has tried to be sincere and make connections to people, Hillary has come off as cold and calculating, a politician to the core. Yet this moment of candidness, combined with the power of new technology that can let any potential viewer (or voter) into her perspective, helped turn the tables in her favor and catapulted her firmly back into the race overnight.
There’s new buzz today about a possible shining star on the Republican Party’s horizon. Texas congressman Ron Paul won 31% of the vote in a presidential straw poll at this weekends conservative political action conference.
C-Span3 Paul Joseph Watson prisonplanet.com Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Congressman Ron Paul again took the opportunity to lecture Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on sound money principles at this mornings House Financial Services Committee hearing, warning that the financial crisis cannot be solved by merely creating credit out of thin air. Paul said that yesterdays record consumer confidence slump was a reflection of monetary policy in Washington and that it was impossible to patch up a failed system. This is the end of an era, said the Congressman, we cant reinflate the bubble.if we think that we can reinflate this bubble by artificially creating credit out of thin air and calling it capital, believe me we dont have a prayer of solving these problems – we have a total misunderstanding of what credit is versus capital. Paul stressed that capital could not be created out of thin air by the Federal Reserve. We have to work hard, produce, live within our means and what is left over is called capital, said Paul, dismissing the notion of recapitalizing markets by turning on the printing presses as a total fallacy. The Texas Congressman said that central bankers were only failing forward in creating another new system doomed to crash by creating internationalized regulations and giving up on the dollar standard. We have to have a system that encourages people to work and to save – what are we doing now – were telling consumers to spend and continue the process – it …
News Wrap: Stocks Plunge Over Consumer Confidence Concerns
In other news Tuesday, Wall Street dropped following a wave of new worries about consumer spending and overseas sell-offs. Also, President Barack Obama voiced confidence about the fate of the financial regulatory reform bill even without the vote of late Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd.
Flower Mound to get air monitoring system (updated)
Flower Mound has been chosen as one of the places in North Texas to receive an air monitoring system from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
Birdwell confident he’ll be on the ballot
State Senator-elect Brian Birdwell’s runoff victory Tuesday only ensured that the Granbury Republican will hold the seat in District 22 until January.