Eric Florack on May 15th, 2009

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This is the “Future Camper” Edition

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Eric Florack on April 14th, 2009

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Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere, and a recent addition to the Homeland Security Watch ListBitsBlog’s Nightly Ramble

This is The Deluxe Cheeseburger edition

Before I get into the usual

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Eric Florack on April 1st, 2009

James Joyner at OTB, this morning brings news abot the latest action of Eric Holder’s Justice Dept:

Attorney General Eric Holder has dropped the case against Ted Stevens, NPR’s Nina Totenberg reports.

A jury convicted Stevens last fall of seven

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Eric Florack on March 23rd, 2009

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This is the “Goin’ Mobile” edition.

Yes, that pic is taken outside the Jake in Cleveland, just before a wind gust knocked it over, wiping

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Eric Florack on March 12th, 2009

Mark Hemingway at The Corner:

I was perusing an old column by Kevin Rennie, the former Connecticut state legislator that broke the cottage story, and noticed this interesting tidbit:

During the fourth quarter of 2008, Dodd’s Senate re-election campaign

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Eric Florack on March 12th, 2009

Somehow, I ended up on the mailing list of the New York GOP.  Found this in my mail last night:

“Since its founding, the Republican Party has stood for the time honored values and ideals of opportunity, personal responsibility, accountability

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Eric Florack on February 26th, 2009

Good evening. I’m Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana.

Tonight, we witnessed a great moment in the history of our republic. In the very chamber where Congress once voted to abolish slavery, our first African American president stepped forward to address

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Eric Florack on February 19th, 2009

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This is the “Like a freight train” edition. Always wanted to do a train, just never got around to it. The 3/4 shots,

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Eric Florack on February 18th, 2009

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This is the Towtruck edition. Seems to be the Naional car has quit, and is sitting at the sid eof the road.

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davidl on February 5th, 2009

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All in all, after reading the list of boondoggle, pork-laden goodies in that so-called stimulus bill, I must conclude that there aren’t two people up there who have ever balanced a checkbook or paid off a credit card. Why, to

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2009

First off, you’ll pardon me if I don’t shed any tears over Tom Daschle. Hopefully, he’ll be staying gone for good this time, though I doubt that’ll happen.  He’s too deep in the councils of the Democrats to stay gone

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davidl on January 9th, 2009

From the too little, too late department, the Associated Press  is reporting:

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Driven by anger and politics, the Illinois House has voted to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

The unprecedented action sets the stage for a Senate trial

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Eric Florack on January 7th, 2009

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A mix of rain and snow over the snow that came down last night… sloppy driving today around here. It can’t decide if

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Eric Florack on January 7th, 2009

Now, it starts…ABC News is reporting:

President-elect Barack Obama took big money from a man at the center of a federal probe that has forced one of Obama’s top Cabinet picks to withdraw.

Financial records show the Obama campaign

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davidl on January 2nd, 2009

It would be an embarrassment for the Democratic party, which suddenly seems to know nothing but since November 4. But for Republicans, the possibility of Franken, Caroline, and Burris all making it into the Senate is like hitting the trifecta

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