Inhofe Gets Help on Bail-Out Freeze
Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, whose proposal to freeze the rest of the bail-out money and require Congress to vote on using any more of it (there’s about $400 billion left) garnered a lot of attention last week — and also some co-sponsors. Most of the people signing on are Republicans, but Inhofe also got the support of Sen. Bernard Sanders, an Independent from Vermont who mostly votes with the Democrats and is a self-described “democratic socialist.”
Sanders was one of …
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Wheat and Walters
In a story today, the New York Times reports from Walters, OK about the steep decline in wheat prices and the effect on land and farming.…
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Fallin — New Class President
Rep. Mary Fallin has been elected president of the 14-member class of sophomore Republican House members. Probably not one of the most notable achievements of the first female lieutenant governor in state history and only the second female member of Congress from Oklahoma, but, still, a nod from her GOP peers.
Fallin, R-Oklahoma City, is widely expected to make a run for governor in 2010 so she might not be around for the next class elections in the House.…
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A Crowd of Four Million?
The Washington Post reports today that as many as 4 million people may be here for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.
Guess I won’t drive to work that day.…
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Fairly Amazing Factoid About Prez Election in Oklahoma
Update: Since I wrote this, the Oklahoma Election Board has changed the vote totals from the ’08 presidential race. The latest figures show McCain got 960,165 votes, which is 373 votes more than President George W. Bush got in Oklahoma in 2004.
The new figure for President-elect Barack Obama is 502,496, which means he got only 1,470 votes fewer than Sen. John Kerry in 2004.
Still, pretty amazing how little difference there was in the Oklahoma electorate.
There seems …
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Reynolds now waits for judge's decision
Sen. Jim Reynolds remained the top vote getter in the recount for Senate District 43, which includes Oklahoma and Cleveland counties.
But it’s not smooth sailing from here. Now, a judge will decide whether there is any validity to voter irregularitiy claims made by Democrat challenger David Boren. That hearing is set for Monday afternoon in an Oklahoma County District Court. Things could get really interesting if Boren or his attorney ask for continuance. Newly elected lawmakers are supposed to be …
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Reynolds, Boren recount
The race between Jim Reynolds and David Boren in Senate District 43 never stops being interesting.
Democrat newcomer David Boren (no, not that David Boren) gave Reynolds a scare in the Nov. 4 election when he picked up 49 percent of the vote in a district that includes parts of Oklahoma and Cleveland counties. Reynolds won with 50.3 percent of the vote in unofficial vote totals.
Reynolds, a Republican from Oklahoma City, has been in the Senate eight years. …
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Exit Polls: How Oklahoma Compares
You all know by now that Sen. Barack Obama won the presidency while losing every county in Oklahoma. But the exit polls nationally and the ones specific to the state offer some revealing points about how voters divided over Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain.
The Oklahoma results that I’ve seen don’t have all the detailed information contained in the national questionnaire, but there are some comparisons:
Nationally, Obama got a lot more support from Democratic voters and Independents than …
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Oklahoma Magazine names top political blogs
The November issue of Oklahoma Magazine has highlighted the top political blogs for Oklahoma politics this year. While might be taking a breather after the elections, these will be good spots to check again at the Legislative session gets underway in February.
Sadly, this blog didn’t make the list. Sniff, sniff.
But a bunch of blogs did, including a blog that’s often talked about in the Capitol, The McCarvile Report Online. Other blogs on the list include Batesline and the Oklahoma …
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New seats at the table
The returning 89 and 12 freshman members of the state House of Representatives will be treated to new chairs in four committee rooms at the state Capitol.
The House paid about $39,000 for 77 swiveling office chairs on casters and to put new coverings on five benches, said Jennifer Monies, spokeswoman for House Speaker Chris Benge, R-Tulsa.
The chairs replace ones that did not swivel or tilt and were not on casters, she said. As a result, the chairs were …
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