Farm Bill: Any Means (Testing) To An End
When I testified last year before the House Agriculture Committee's conservation subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Holden, I was asked what I thought about means testing for conservation programs. The back story was the administration's proposal to means-test commodity programs (cutting off subsidies for adjusted gross incomes of $200,000 or more) which the subsidy lobby hated not just because it threatened the unlimited supply of taxpayer money to the biggest, wealthiest subsidy farms in the c read
By Bill Cavala A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento While I have many close friends who support Clinton and who support Obama, I have not been involved with either campaign. As a professional Democrat, I’ve watched the contest between the two of them evolve – often unexpectedly – for months. I now believe Obama will win our nomination. His lead among delegates was built by his activist-based victories in states that allocate delegates by caucus. You win such states by having the mone read
George McGovern, who's presidential race was destroyed by Hubert Humphrey (who thought -- for the second time in 1972 -- that he had the right to claim the Democratic nomination because of his former status and age) has switched his support to Ba Related Entries:California Needs a Do-Over In Democratic PrimaryLobbyist Who Was Lee Atwater's Mentor Is A Senior Advisor for McCain's CampaignSpringsteen Endorses ObamaMcCain Website Plagiarism "Done By Intern". Hmm so Why Have More Examples Been Found read
I’m not sure what weight George McGovern has in the Democratic Party but, for what it’s worth, he’s switching sides and is now supporting Barack Obama. McGovern is not a superdelegate but his statement that Obama has won the nomination “by any practical test” is a sentiment I think more and more Democratic leaders will begin to express. read
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