David's Blog of Common Sense

West Virginia Governor, Joe Manchin, announced on MSNBC that he will “likely” run for Robert Byrd’s Senate seat.  The West Virginia legislature will convene for a special session to determine whether the Governor should make an appointment, or whether the state should have a special election to replace Senator Byrd. Share var button = document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_link_867′) [...]

Nikki Haley  had been declared the winner in the Gubernatorial Primary for the Republican Party in the state of South Carolina.  This makes Haley the first female nominee for the Governor position from the GOP in South Carolina’s history. Share var button = document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_link_711′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_icon_711′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_both_711′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_button_711′); if (button) { button.onclick = [...]

Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich, insisted during a press conference that he “did nothing wrong.”  He also stated that he would talk when the time was appropriate in a court of law.  The Governor also went on to say that he would not quit a job that people hired him to do. Can anyone believe this [...]

President-Elect Barack Obama refused to answer questions about whether he went back on his word to hold a “hands off approach” to filling his Senate seat for Illinois.  Obama appeared to lose his composure as the questions kept coming. Questions keep arising about the connection between Obama and Blago, details will keep coming in time. [...]

  Earlier this week we heard the stunning news that the Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, was arrested for attempting to sell off the Senate seat of President-Elect Barack Obama. The Governor insists that he has done nothing wrong and that the position was too important to give away for free.  He was going to give the seat [...]

This year’s election was the result of an ongoing problem within the Republican Party.  However, until now, this problem has only been shown in small Congressional, Senatorial, and Gubernatorial races that not many pay attention to.  But with John McCain and Sarah Palin the problem has been forced into the national forefront. Share var button [...]