wrestling team when he attended The Ohio State University.
A recent poll shows that Tom DeLay is having some problems in his home district. The Olberlin Times indicates the following about the poll: ....Sixty percent of those polled said they viewed DeLay unfavorably and 28 percent said they viewed him favorably. Ninety-one percent said they had a lower opinion of DeLay than they did last year....
Democratic Rep. John Murtha is seeking FDA help on a bird flu vaccine created at the University of Pittsburgh.
I want to give a hello to another local blog: High and Broad. http://highandbroad.blogspot.com
Raw Story has an interesting claim by Republican Sen. Rick Santorum as reported in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
With Democrats comparing his ties to lobbyists with "organized crime," Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., yesterday swung back, saying the Democratic criticism amounted to libel and unequivocally denying that he helped shape the GOP's controversial "K Street Project."
The "K Street Project," which was led by conservative activist Grover Norquist and then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, was an effort to press Washington's lobbying firms and trade associations to hire Republicans who share their agenda. It gets its name from the street where many of the firms are based...
But, in interviews with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, he has said those discussions -- which he previously referred to as "the K Street meetings" -- are merely to ensure Republicans are putting forward good candidates for the jobs...
"I had absolutely nothing to do -- never met, never talked, never coordinated, never did anything -- with Grover Norquist and the -- quote -- K Street Project," Mr. Santorum said...
Someone needs to remind Ricky that it is a sin to lie.