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Cox making the papers
Illinois businessman John Cox is running for president and has visited 86 of
Iowa’s 99 counties by his count. Which brings to mind a Democrat who ran for
U.S. Senate by the name of Dick Clark who started his campaign in the
boonies of Iowa just as Cox is. Clark began to get his picture in Iowa’s
many weekly newspapers. In fact, he wound up on the front page of those
weeklies so often the chief political reporter of the Des Moines Register
took note. Clark, of course, defeated Iowa’s incumbent Republican Senator
Jack Miller.
John Cox is beginning to get noticed as the photo and story in the weekly
newspaper
The Forest City Summit shows.
Cox brings a comfortable charming speaking style to the campaign. One of his
favorite lines is to relate a story about bedtime reading with his daughter.
His daughter, he says, asked him if every fairy tale begins with "Once upon
a time."
He says he thought a minute and replied, "No sometimes it begins with, ‘If I
am elected, I promise.’"
While his speaking style and competent staff are sure to win a following,
the path to the presidency is a marathon race that leaves many finding that
they cannot go the distance. We require much of those who would occupy the
Oval Office.
Cox is beginning to be a person who needs watching. If you are wanting to
watch, check out the weekly newspapers in Iowa. No doubt you'll find John
Cox there.
Where was Byrd?
Sen. Robert Bird (D-WV) is known for carrying around a copy of the U.S.
Constitution in his vest pocket. He is known to rile against the Senate when
he feels that sacred document is being traversed. However, Byrd seems to
have been absent during the Senate debate on Immigration.
The U.S. Constitution specifically states that all taxation and raising of
revenues must originate in the House of Representatives. The Senate, in
passing legislation that requires illegal immigrants to pay back taxes in
order to receive amnesty and a pathway to citizenship, has violated that
important clause.
Senate Democrat Minority Leader Harry Reid doesn’t seem to think there is a
problem in the Constitutional infraction of the origination clause.
"If Republicans are serious about enacting comprehensive immigration reform,
I've got a deal for them," Reid’s spokesman Jim Manley said. "All they have
to do is nothing. Just let the House and Senate bills go to conference and
let the conferees work their will."
The immigration bill passed by the Senate and sent to the House is sure to
receive a blue slip that enables any House member to request the return of a
bill to the Senate for such infractions as not being Constitutional. If this
is done in the House, the Senate will be back to square one and the question
before the Senate will be if they concur with the House passed immigration
bill.
The citizens of W. Virginia may have to contemplate whether they have let
Sen. Byrd ripen in the honored glow of the Senate a little too long.
Bubba’s blonde
Belinda Stronach is known as Bubba’s blonde. We are talking about our
very own Bubba Bill Clinton, former President of the United States. Now, it
is not certain whether this affair is true or just a rumor. However, you can
place a bet on it at
BetUS.com and profit or lose some money on which ever side of the
position you wish to take. I am not certain what constitutes proof of the
affair that would trigger the pay-out.
Frist campaign fined
The
Washington Times reports on Senate Majority Leader Bill First 2004
campaign was fined by the Federal Election Commission:
The federal agency levied an $11,000 fine on Frist 2000 Inc., according to
the documents released by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in
Washington. The group filed a complaint last year against Mr. Frist's 2000
campaign committee and received the FEC's findings yesterday, the Associated
Press reports.
The FEC found that Frist 2000 failed to disclose a $1.44 million loan taken
out jointly by the campaign and by Mr. Frist's 1994 campaign committee. The
Tennessee Republican was first elected to the Senate in 1994.
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