NEWS
November 9, 2012
As a septuagenarian (and Democrat), I was happy that President Barack Obama won re-election, but sad that the morning-after TV news shows reported the win as "the election results validated the Obama team's game plan," rather than the election was the result of a real choice of the American people ("Re-election," Nov. 7). Our elections are now reported by commentators who appear to have been trained primarily as sportscasters and who speak of who "wins" rather than who was elected, how many points ahead or behind a candidate's "game plan" may be and generally cover campaigns as sporting events.
NEWS
September 11, 2012
According to letter writer Rani Merryman's reasoning ("Romney is a leader, Sept. 8), President Barack Obama promised unity but failed to unite the two political parties. In my way of thinking, Mr. Obama cannot be faulted for the results of a stone-walling obstructionism with which Republicans in Congress met him from day one. While in Mr. Obama's bid for the presidency a short three and a half years ago, his platform featured an important goal of breaking the existing gridlock in Congress, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that "the main goal of the Republican party is to make Obama a one-term president.
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By John Fritze, The Baltimore Sun | August 29, 2012
They are here to support Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, but a handful of Marylanders considering a run for higher office are also hoping to benefit politically from his convention. The concentration of news media - both from Maryland and from other states - serves to elevate their profiles, and that helps with fundraising. There are more subtle advantages to attending the conventions, too: networking with party leaders, befriending longtime campaign volunteers and hearing national politicians at the top of their game give the most important addresses of their political careers.
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By Matthew Hay Brown, The Baltimore Sun | August 20, 2012
Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has made another foray into Maryland politics, endorsing GOP candidate Dan Bongino in what she calls his "uphill battle" for the Senate, his campaign announced Monday. In 2010, the former Alaska governor backed Republican Brian Murphy in his unsuccessful GOP primary bid against former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. Bongino, a retired Secret Service agent, is challenging first-term Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin. "Dan has seen what politicians have done to our country, and he's decided, 'If I'm not part of the solution, I'm part of the problem,'" Palin said in a statement released by the Bongino campaign.
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By Leonard Pitts | July 29, 2012
It was in 2008, the debate between vice-presidential candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. Mr. Biden had just scored his opponent for failing to directly answer a question from moderator Gwen Ifill. But Ms. Palin was hardly apologetic. "I may not answer the questions the way that either the moderator or you want to hear," she snapped, "but I'm going to talk straight to the American people and let them know my track record also. " In other words, she felt no particular obligation to answer the questions she was asked.
EXPLORE
Letter to The Aegis | July 19, 2012
Editor: The editorial "The founders" (July 4) describes the great accomplishments of our Founding Fathers in establishing the United States of America. The founders believed in the principles of smaller government, fiscal responsibility and a non-interventionist foreign policy. Unfortunately, our leaders today from both political parties violate all of these sound ideas. The Democrats waste our money on welfare, unions and minorities, running yearly $1.5 trillion budget deficits.