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CAFTA: Trade Diversion

…defied President Bush and House Republican leaders by voting against the Central American Free Trade Agreement, or Cafta. But the House speaker, J. Dennis Hastert, told him they needed his…

Reason #5 to Vote for Kerry: Terrorism

…terrorism instead of increasing it as Bush has done. So for my daughter’s sake, this is the most important reason why I’m voting for Kerry. This reason alone would be…

Conservatives & Moderates: Vote Kerry! Vote Gridlock!

…normally vote Republican are voting for John Kerry precisely in order to bring back gridlock. One is well-known web blogger Andrew Sullivan, who thinks gridlock will keep government spending under…

Components of GDP

…to get us back to full employment. Politically speaking, my #2 reason for voting for Senator Kerry next Tuesday is my hope that Rubinomics can return to the White House….

Reason #4 to Vote for Kerry: Budget Deficits

…budgets help the economy grow. He has a reasonable record of fiscal discipline in the Senate; according to the non-partisan Concord Coalition, Kerry’s voting record over the past several years…

Reason #3 to Vote for Kerry: Democracy

…I was brought up believing that the US enjoyed, and not one in which I wish to live. And that’s yet another reason why I’m voting for John Kerry. Kash…

Reason #1 to Vote for Kerry: Economic Management

…advisors means that the economic management of the US will immediately go from poor to quite good if Kerry is elected. That’s one reason why I’m voting for Kerry. Kash…

Live Bloggin’

…fancy the word “litany” tonight. – Kerry “voted to bust the budget” 277 times? What does that mean? Oh. He meant voting to increase the budget limit. Something that just…

Politics over Good Policy, Yet Again

…make it harder to allow wider, and more legitimate, Iraqi voting in January. …”When this election’s over, you’ll see us move very vigorously,” said one senior administration official involved in…