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Debt Ceiling Debate Show True “Deficit” Is In Democratic And Republican Leadership

Debt Ceiling Political Cartoon
President Obama, as well as congressional Democrats and Republicans, are trying to show the American people they take the nation’s financial health seriously. So much so, they are scrambling to reach an agreement on raising the nation’s debt ceiling — the legal limit that Congress may owe — by August 2. Of course, let’s not
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Obama’s Social Security Threat

Social Security Card - John Q Public
On Tuesday, in response to the on-going debate around raising the debt ceiling, President Obama said, “I cannot guarantee that [Social Security] checks go out on August 3rd if we haven’t resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it.” In my view there is something fundamentaly
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President Obama’s Tweet-a-Thon Not an Example of Open or Good Government

President Obama Holds A Twitter Town Hall
Yesterday, President Obama’s first-ever presidential forum using Twitter generated substantial media buzz. However the event itself largely failed to deliver any tangible benefits, and ultimately was not an example of what social media can do to provide open and better government. Here are some observations: 1) Drew Cline of New Hampshire’s Union Leader, who helped
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Who are the “Real” Reformers of Government?

Ross Perot - 1992 Debate - Real Reformer Of Government
The word, “reform,” has been skillfully placed in political rhetoric by strategists and advisers who continue to lure the public into believing that their candidate, or official, is an outsider to the political norms. Reform has become commonplace, not just on the national scene, but in Virginia’s politics recently as well. The public continues to
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Tea Party Movement Is Not About The Republicans

Tea Party Movement
The has been a lot of media coverage of the Tea Party movement in America. Many in the media and in the Democratic Party have branded these concerned, activist Americans as “right wingers” or the more banal term “tea baggers.” That’s is because they believe most of the people who are part of the Tea
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The Nation Needs the Reform Party

Reform Party National Committee Meeting
As the Republicans scramble to try to take back the House and Senate they are now talking about another ‘Contract With America’. What the Republicans don’t like to talk about is the fact that The Perot Voter wrote the first ‘Contract With America’, which came directly out of Ross Perot’s Book United We Stand. While
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A Game We Cannot Afford To Continue To Play

Charles "Sam" Faddis
In 2008 the American electorate rejected a Republican candidate for President and elected our first African-American President, Barack Obama.  Obama, campaigning on a platform perhaps best summarized simply as “change”, not only emerged victorious but took a number of states that had not voted Democratic in a presidential election in a number of years. The
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REFORM PARTY OF VIRGINIA

The Reform Party is a centrist, independent, and solutions-oriented political party, committed to best representing the needs of the American people.

We were founded by independent voters (the largest voting bloc in America), and remain the only political party in America to successfully change policy direction in Washington, DC, and across state capitals.

We are committed to building a strong organization, ending the corrupt two-party system, and restoring power to the people.

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