What’s the plan if the democrats don’t do well in the upcoming mid-term elections? What better vessel would there be for those democratic frustrations and democratic hopes than Hillary Clinton saying ‘Hi, I’m here. I’m running. Let’s do this.’” – Ellis Henican Expect to see papers being filed and staff getting on board. We could…
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“There’s an old expression ‘the eyes are the window on your soul’, but that’s not true anymore. The microphone is the window on your soul.” – Ellis Henican Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella, speaking at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, suggested women should NOT be asking for pay raises. Instead, he said, “Women should trust that…
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Alison Lundergan Grimes remains a genuine…GENUINE…threat to Senator McConnell. She stumbled this week when she didn’t quickly answer a question about whether she voted for Barack Obama in 2012. But she’s not out of this. With the voters being predominantly Republican in Kentucky, McConnell may win. In fact, with the large sums of campaign money he…
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President Barack Obama can’t do anything right. So say his critics. But with crises erupting around the world – with Israel, Hamas, Putin, Ukraine, Russia, Libya, Syria, Isis and Iraq to name just SOME of the problems overseas – is it fair to attack him when he simultaneously multi-tasks, dealing with U.S. domestic issues, foreign issues…
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Henican and Astorino on Newsmax TV Friday, 27 Jun 2014 05:53 PM By Bill Hoffman President Barack Obama’s poll numbers are down, but the commander in chief is still more popular than a lot of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Newsday columnist Ellis Henican says. “We’re halfway through a second term and presidents tend to sag,”…
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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has written a new book “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution,” – suggesting changes to everything from gun ownership and states rights to the death penalty. I think it’s great. Is it gonna happen? No. Think of how hard it is to change the…
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“They want people to sign up, they’ll make it easy for people to sign up and if you say I tried to sign up but I had some glitches, they’ll still let you sign up.” – Ellis Henican The White House announced that a late surge of insurance seekers to HealthCare.gov before Monday’s deadline had pushed signups…
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“The vast majority of Americans believe that birth control should be open and available , legal and accessible – even among religious groups. A huge percentage of Catholics support this today.” – Ellis Henican The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in what’s come to be known as the Hobby Lobby case. The Affordable…
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“This is an indefensible system where every single body else makes money except the actual players on the field or court.” – Ellis Henican It was March Madness on RNN’s “Richard French Live” when Ellis Henican fielded questions about whether NCAA athletes ought to be paid, the GOP’s assertion that if you’re poor in America…
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“He’s lost 20 points in three months and this Bridgegate is going to go on for at least six more months. That’s not good.” – Ellis Henican President Christie? Not that long ago New Jersey’s Chris Christie was considered the front-runner for the GOP’s 2016 fight for the White House. But Bridgegate seems to…
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