Claire McCaskill, the spitting Senator from Missouri

When Democrat Claire McCaskill gets mad, she gets really mad, spitting mad in fact... or maybe she doesn't need to be mad at all to let go of a loogie.  The junior Senator from Missouri was all class after a...

BAKED ALASKA: Palin Likely to Withdraw as GOP VP Pick - GET POLITICAL w/ VIC ...

•  New prediction: she'll give a rousing speech and bow out later.•  What then? A Condi or Hillary "Hail Mary"?The Sarah Palin implosion clock began ticking within moments of "maverick" John McCain's Aug. 29th surprise selection of the young, attractive, Annie...

Tap Dancing Podcaster News Pre-Convention Edition

All the News That's Fit to Tap Dance

Blogger to Appear on Mickelson Show Wednesday

Tune in to Des Moines’ Newsradio 1040 WHO-AM Wednesday morning as I’ll be appearing as a guest of Jan Mickelson during the 10 a.m. (Central) segment of his show, Mickelson in the Morning.Mickelson, Iowa’s most-prolific conservative radio talk show host, asked me to...

GET POLITICAL with VIC LIVINGSTON (Opinion) - The 'Veepstakes'? The Top Slot...

The other political blogs are abuzz with speculation about the "veepstakes."  Here at "Get Political," we can't get too excited about the Number Two slot -- because we're still not sure who's going to come out...

Sources say McCain Veep List Narrowed; PEP Picks the Front Runners

Update: Is this politics or a beauty pageant? The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal cites "a source" in presenting a list of what's rumored to be the top six semi-finalists for the role of VP on the McCain...

Poll Shows Small Business Owners Dissatisfied

Small business owners are not pleased with the inaction of the federal government, according to a poll released today by American Management Services, the nation’s premiere small business organization. The poll was...

Televangelist under investigation for Obama comments

With all the investigation going on over tv televangelist’s now Florida-based televangelist Bill Keller says he’s being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service for getting involved in politics. But now the...

Activists Demand New Michigan Caucuses

Grassroots activists in Michigan laid out charges of election-year electioneering and demand new caucuses be held this month to choose 156 Democratic delegates (including 28 Super Delegates) and 60 Republican delegates to their National Presidential Conventions this summer in...

Another GREAT Henry Kissinger Quote...

from...5/21/92 Bilderberg Conference in Evian, France"Today Americans would be outraged if U. N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true if they were told...

Christian Leader Endorses Huckabee After Romney Exit

UPDATE: CBS News reports that Dobson's endorsement of Huckabee came in a statement released Thursday evening. "The decision by Gov. Mitt Romney to put his campaign 'on hold' changes the political landscape," Dobson said in a written statement. "His [Huckabee's]...

Tax Cuts for the Rich, part 2

Decision Week for the Republican Primary has brought some interesting, although not completely unexpected developments with the withdrawal of Romney, the rise of McCain, and the near unanimous chorus in the punditeria that "it's over." Also heard from the the pundit class is...

Mitt Romney Surge Seen In California

Mitt Romney Surge Seen In California (an observational commentary) Conservative Republican’s may finally be able to send Arnold Schwarzenegger a message on how they feel about his liberal betrayal of the people...

Mitt Romney Wins W.V. … OOPS!

Yes! That’s right! Mitt Romney wins in the first round ballot of the Republican Convention of West Virginia … but hold on right there.  West Virginia allows for a second ballot to be taken and virtually ALL...

Voting Advice Offered from Bar Stool Perch

Below is a lesson in Bar Stool Economics which I encourage you to read and share with everyone you know, Democrat and Republican, prior to tomorrow’s Super Tuesday primaries:"BAR STOOL ECONOMICSSuppose that every...

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