Political Wire (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
A new SurveyUSA poll in Kansas finds Jerry Moran (R) and Todd Tiahrt (R) effectively tied in their race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination to replace Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS). Moran is nominally ahead by 3 points, 37% to 34%, but just two months ago he held a double-digit lead.
Real Clear Politics (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
In the race to replace Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), who's running for governor, Republican Reps. Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt continue to find their separation in the polls within the margin of error. A new SurveyUSA poll finds Moran leading by 3 points (Dec. 4-7, 466 GOP LV, MoE +/- 4.6%). Nearly three in 10 [...]
MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday in the Strib, Katherine Kersten went off on a typical rant . So, I sent her and Scott Gillespie (Editorial Page Editor) the following e-mail: Dear Ms. Kersten, My name is Tommy Johnson; I'm a blogger and host "Minnesota Matters - Friday Edition" on AM-950 KTNF radio. I read your Sunday Op/Ed with interest - you claim, and I quote: "In 2005, a left-wing outfit called Citizens...
Snowflakes in Hell (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
From the Washington Post today: During the Clinton administration, the FBI had access to records of gun background checks for up to 180 days. But in 2003, Congress began requiring that the records be destroyed within 24 hours. This requirement, one of the many restrictions on gun data sponsored by Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), meant that [...] Related posts: You Can’t Blame Tiahrt Gillibrand on...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) is asking that Congress move forward with legislation to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to Major Emil Kapaun, a Korean War chaplain who died in a Chinese prisoner of war camp in 1951. In his service to his country and God, Kapaun saved dozens of soldiers lives. Kapaun, a Kansan, is also being considered for sainthood by the Vatican. He served as a chaplain in World War...
NRA-ILA Site Updates (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
U.S. Congressman Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., released the following statement in response to heinous accusations from Mayor Bloomberg's political organization Mayors Against Illegal Guns. "The mayors who politicized the tragic deaths of those whose lives were taken along with the dozens who sustained injuries at Fort Hood should immediately issue a public apology to the victims and their families,"...
headsup: the blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A defensive lapse at Wichita gives the annoying weasel Todd Tiahrt a free shot at his opponent's fusebox. Let's have a look, in case something similar crops up around the country. The problem isn't the story , which manages to note in the second graf that Rep. Tiahrt is lying. It's a little too long, which is a natural consequence of having to chase down some communist phone numbers on the fractional...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
? NY-23 : Well, it didn't take long for Doug Hoffman to start bringing the crazy. (Maybe his new mentor Glenn Beck is already rubbing off on him.) First came the unconceding (and un-unconceding, as the absentee count wasn't getting him any closer), but now he's sending around a fundraising letter saying that "ACORN, the unions, and the Democratic Party" "tampered" with the election...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
? CT-Sen : Linda McMahon has picked up a major critic in her Senate run: one of her former employees, in the form of 66-year-old former pro wrestler Superstar Billy Graham. Graham is a physical wreck from his days in the WWF, thanks to steroid abuse and a number of hip replacements, with no pension or health care from WWE. He plans to keep dogging the McMahon campaign as McMahon keeps trying to sanitize...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
This is what one-party rule begats. Governor Pat Quinn and Senator Dick Durbin, both Democrats, not only favor holding transferring Guantanamo Bay terrorists to a prison in Thomson, Illinois. They claiming "Gitmo North" will be an economic boon for the state. There is a perfect place for these inmates--Guantanamo Bay. It has a state-of-the-art medical facility. Unless one is built for Thomson,...
Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Two U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday said they had written to Defense Secretary Robert Gates to oppose any negotiations by the U.S. military to buy light attack planes from Brazil's Embraer. Senator Sam Brownback and Representative Todd Tiahrt, both of Kansas, asked Gates on a letter dated Nov. 9 to confirm whether the U.S. government had held or planned to hold any discussions with Brazil about buying or...
American Power (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Pamela Geller's the first to come up with that pithy (and withering) acronym, "DIABLOs." That stands for " Democrats In All But Label Only ." I actually saw it last night at Atlas Shrugs," The Death of the RINO: Dede Republican Rat Droppings -- Backs Democrat Owens ." But Pamela's got a new piece up today at American Thinker , " Bye-Bye, RINO " (via Memeorandum...
GovIntegrity (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The Washington Post caused a little stir reporting on an inadvertantly leaked House Ethics Committee report revealing that over 30 lawmakers and aides are being investigated for financial dealings and campaign donations. The document, the Committee's "Weekly Summary Report," names seven members serving on the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee in its ongoing investigation into the...
Tony's Kansas City (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Here are some of the most important Saturday Links I'm waking up to . . . The Northeast Buzz Blog Offers A Personal Story On COMBAT Funding Crime Across The River Too: Guilty plea in two Northland slayings Water infrastructure Hot Mess: Untreated Sewage Spills Into Weatherby Lake Digital Age Helps Catch Crooks: Text Message Leads To Bust In Drive-By Shooting Tragedy not so far away: 3 Teens Drown In...
Dad29 (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Ethics problem-list : John Murtha , D-Pa., and Democratic members Jim Moran of Virginia and Peter Visclosky of Indiana had previously surfaced in connection with the inquiry. The document adds the names of Norm Dicks , D-Wash.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio; ranking subcommittee Republican C.W. Bill Young of Florida and Todd Tiahrt , R-Kan . That list is only about 520 members short. By the way, Murtha, a member...
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