A Democratic process should prevail in filling vacancies that occur in elected offices in the US by conducting  special elections — not political appointments.

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It seems to me to be an oxymoron for Caroline Kennedy to think that she should be appointed to the seat of Sen. Hillary Clinton, should the latter be confirmed as Secretary of State, when she has failed to cast her vote in general elections many times since 1988.

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I like his humor, I like his reflexes, I like the man for the principals he restored to this country and the fact that he has brought us 8 years of terror-free peace since 9/11.

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President-elect Barack Obama has now held several press conferences to announce cabinet positions and high level advisory positions within his new administration and there is a pattern developing that smacks of media control.

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Whether president-elect Obama likes it or not he is inextricably tied to the alleged corruption charges against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.  Until proven otherwise there is a perception of guilt by association as there has been with a number of other Obama associations.

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President-elect Barack Obama often behaves, and perhaps believes at times, that he comes from Greek mythology and ‘rises like a phoenix from its own ashes,’ when in fact he has risen from the tainted and corrupt Democratic Chicago political machine.  The latter is an unequivocal fact; the former is what he would like us to [...]

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I guess you can’t come from Chicago and find yourself in the right neighborhood at least that seems to be true for president-elect Barack Obama.

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The ‘old new deal’ is now the ‘new old deal’ brought to you by president-elect Barack Obama who campaigned for the presidency by suggesting that he and only he could bring ‘change’ to Washington DC.

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Something the world needs to know about America is that we as citizens of this great country are Americans first.  What does this mean, it means that we may be Democrats or Republicans or independents or something else during the primary election process, but when people go to the polls we are unified behind the [...]

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It is very doubtful that Barack Obama will use his middle name Hussein when sworn in as the 44th President of the United States and as a result he will join the company of only two previous presidents in recent times that have not done so, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.

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