Detroit Area Politics Examiners
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Last weekend, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano seemingly made one of the most head-scratching political statements since George W. Bush...
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The system worked. The system failed. That was the brilliant observation of the erudite Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano regarding Umar Abdulmutallab’s attempt to...
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Let’s resolve to make 2010 better than 2009. That should be relatively easy since 2009 was not a nice year. Those of us who live in Michigan know not nice when we see...
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The war on terror is so important it seems that even the President is acknowledging its importance with a troop surge in Afghanistan. This comes along with his recent admittance in...
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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's unsuccessful attempt to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 shortly before it landed at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Christmas Day could result...
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Which made you feel safer? Obama finally waking up to answer that 3 a.m. call today and denouncing the “attempted act of...
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The events of 2009, will go a long way in determining the future of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. Fran Spielman, City Hall Reporter for...
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Busy year for Delta. They buy Northwest airlines and then almost get blown to bits, Richard Reid style, by some crazed Nigerian trying his very bestest to impress the Al Qaeda...
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Congressman Parker Griffith of Alabama announced, in dramatic fashion, that he is leaving the Democratic Party. After accepting financial...
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Well, well, well – what have we here? Ah, yes – it seems to be a little report by the Congressional Research Service. And let's see, what does it say? Mm-hmm, it...
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Iowa lawmaker predicts Palin run for White House
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An Iowa Republican congressman says he thinks former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2012 and that she's among a few people who could win the state's leadoff caucuses.