Sam Adams is on Yelp
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Feb 13, 2012 01:20 pm by RUTH BROWN | Comments 1
Doctor Groups Flex Muscle In Capitol: $2.3 Million in Campaign Cash to Influence Health-Care Reform
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Feb 10, 2012 06:00 pm by NIGEL JAQUISS | Comments 4
Nonsense Knows No State Boundary: Washington Legislators Get Bogus Job Claims on CRC
News Up north of here, Washington legislators in Olympia are debating whether or not they should authoriz... More
Feb 10, 2012 09:09 am | Comments 1
Occupy Arrestees Win Their Right to Full Trials—Even Though They May Not Need It
News The estimated 160 people arrested during Occupy Portland protests in the past five months have won t... More
Feb 9, 2012 01:24 pm by HANNAH HOFFMAN | Comments 3


As for MI..Obama chose to remove his name. Dodd, Kucinich, & Clinton left theirs' on. Obama actually sent mailers to MI urging voters to vote uncommitted. A little bit of subliminal campaigning, wouldn't you say?!?!
In FL..Obama received permission from the DNC to run a national ad for two weeks there. They should not have allowed Obama to do this . He should have only run a state specific ad in other states. Why does he get away with breaking rules when he likes to accuse Hillary of being the only one to do this. Me thinks one took a bite of the hypocritical apple...
My sister once lived in Portland, OR, and it is one of the prettiest places I have ever visisted, however, their Democratic party tends to be too liberal, and hence, a poor selector of a democratic nominee who has the best chance of winning in November. Hillary is the better candidate late in the season, she is the one who is better able to win swing states, and the more formidable foe for McCain.
As for MI/FL...The party leaders should be fined perhaps, but to assign the same accountability to the voters as well, is pure stupidity on the DNC's part. With this unprecedented race, we must revisit the FL/MI debacle.
Obama has repeatedly said counting FL/MI wouldn't change the outcome, so he should for once, MAN UP, and either count the votes, or he should not have blocked having a primary revote. I know Obama likes caucuses, but anybody who has any sense at all knows caucuses are certainly not representational. We should decide FL/MI, and when this is all said and done, scrap delegates, superdelegates(of which, Obama has paid more money to date), and go with popular vote completely. Giving caucuses the same weight, and sometimes more weight, in delegates awarded, as primaries, is absolutely ludicrous, and this should be clear to anybody who knows how caucuses work.
My sister, a Republican, is glad to see obama win the nomination, as she thinks he'll be easier to defeat. I tend to agree with her.