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[ October 7, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. October 21, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Supervisor Federal Glover has scheduled two town hall meetings for residents of the unincorporated areas of District 5, Bay Point and Bethel Island. The town hall for Bay Point is scheduled for 6 p.m., Oct.

Congress is facing a Butch-and-Sundance moment tomorrow in the debate over hurtling into the unknown as relentless mercenary forces close in. The Senate has thrown them some goodies to slow down the stampede but essentially left the $700 billion cost unchanged--in fact, adding $150 billion in reduced taxes to the ransom.

By Denis Campbell “Daddy needs a new pair of shoes!” and the dice cubes fly. John McCain loves craps. It is routine for him to wager and lose $25,000 in a session as to play the “suspend the campaign and return to Washington to save the Bailout” gambit or petulantly select an unknown for Vice President as the table runs hot.

Though Tina Fey has publicly voiced a desire to stop playing Sarah Palin in November, Lorne Michaels issued the Emmy winner the comedy equivalent of a stop-loss last night, conscripting Fey for a second tour of duty as Palin on Saturday Night Live.

In 1984, Geraldine Ferraro was chosen by Democratic Presidential candidate Walter Mondale. The base went wild, polls rebounded dramatically and then when “our Geraldine” became Mrs. John Zaccaro, her real estate developer husband and the press focussed in on his “interesting” business dealings, President Reagan won re-election in a landslide.

By John Geluardi Newspaper reporters who cover the city of Richmond like to say it’s a great town to write about because of the “Three Cs,” which refers to crime, corruption and Chevron. The Richmond City Council has long been an easy date for any organization or business willing to plow money back into re-election campaigns.

Sen. Pat Roberts (KS) is now the eighth Republican senator to announce that they will not attend the GOP Convention in St. Paul, Minn., next month. Roberts spokeswoman told the Topeka Capital Journal today that Roberts will be campaigning that week, finishing up his 105 county statewide tour during the convention week.

For all that has been written and said about Hillary Clintons epic collapse in the Democratic primaries, one issue still nags. Everybody knows what happened. But we still dont have a clear picture of how it happened, or why.

Alvaro Uribe shows his warm and gentle side. "Populist" is one of those words that is used as a put-down in politics, when in fact it's quite an innocent little term in itself. It's a lot like the way the USA uses the word "liberal" as a code for "communist", when in the UK (for example) 'liberal' is the most neutral of terms.