(Tribune File Photo) Mia Love, mayor of Saratoga Springs, is jumping into the 4th Congressional District contest. She faces fellow Republicans Stephen Sandstrom and Carl Wimmer, both state lawmakers, in the battle for the GOP nomination.

I’ve found data (who can argue with data?) demonstrating that during periods of Republican political dominance there are more zombie movies produced. When Democrats are in power, vampire movies abound. Are zombies and vampires archtypes for the two major parties or is this just a silly attempt to attach relevance to a random statistic? It might be useful to run a little scientific comparison.

First, are vampires a good metaphor for Democrats? Let’s see. Vampires aren’t all that interested in family life. You won’t find many in the suburbs. They’re worldly, well-spoken, and always have a lot of nice stuff, but none them seem to have a job. They seldom join the military. Their church attendance is erratic at best and they are extremely uncomfortable with expressions of faith. They tend to carry that metrosexual vibe; you don’t run into a lot of burly, flannel-wearing vampires.

Vampires are incapable of seeing themselves or cooperating with each other in more than a superficial way. And of course, they survive by draining the lifeblood from other creatures.

On Tuesday, Massachusetts voters humbled Democrats by reversing the decision of their state legislators and electing Republican Scott Brown to a U.S. Senate seat that has been held by democrats for all but 6 years since 1926. Tuesdays vote provided definitive proof that “God don’t like ugly. And he ain’t too fond of cute.”

How quick political fortunes can turn particularly when politicians don’t heed the voices of citizens outraged by the actions taken by those who are to represent them. Perceived as an uncontrolled vehicle bearing down the road full speed ahead, the Patriots of the recent Tea Parties, regardless of their stripes, took it home to Boston where our national rebellion first began against taxation without representation-the state of Massachusetts. In put downs against average Joe’s, this time one Joe named Scott driving a Brown powered pick up clearly uncloaked the arrogance of the Obama Administration and cronies revealing how out of touch they are with middle class Americans.

The silent majority is silent no more. Middle America though told otherwise is smart enough to know the stimulus, bail outs and other expansions which smell of government takeovers will be at the expense of their disposable as well as main income. Clearly democrats in Congress assumed that the 2008 election gave them a mandate for change when what was asked is for something fairer and different. You may fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time for most folks aren’t fools.

Steele was elected by the entire RNC membership, which is a national election. If anyone deserves to be at the policy making table, speaking for the membership of a national political party, it is Steele – not a Senator from Kentucky or a Representative from Ohio. Simply put, the Republican congressional leadership had their chance to shape policy for six years; the result of their failure was felt in 2006 (losing the majority) and 2008 (losing the Presidency) to Barack Obama.

By Brandon Brice My fellow Republicans, Independents and Democrats, we are witnessing in the Republican Party a severe identity crisis. Conflicts exist amongst moderate and conservative members of the party, and a lingering stereotype of Republicans only caring about the almighty dollar. There are stigmas of greed, corruption and lack of compassion for everyday hard [...]

by Linda Vallee We have spent the last six weeks sending this out to every newspaper in the USA we could find and have posted it on blog’s everywhere we could. Please cut, paste and send this to anyone who is undecided if you think this will help … perhaps they will put weight into [...]

From the 2008 election cycle you would never know that the most important issue today is the dismal state of our public education system. I feel comfortable making such a strong proclamation because none of John McCain’s or Barack Obama’s promise of “change” can last or transform when 30% of our young people perpetually fail [...]

Aired LIVE during “Fox News Rising” October 27, 2008 According to a recent CBS/New York Times poll, Senator Barack Obama leads Senator John McCain by 13 points, indicating that this presidential election is practically over. An Associated Press presidential poll conducted the same day shows that Senator McCain has overcome his challenges, narrowing the gap [...]

Claudio Simpkins The Daily Voice In the Sunday, September 14th edition of the Washington Post, my Professor, Randall Kennedy, spoke to “The Big ‘What If,’” outlining the potential fallout should Senator Barack Obama lose this race for the presidency. Professor Kennedy speaks to Black anxiety regarding the seemingly all-but-inevitable conclusion that should Obama lose, it [...]

Leette Eaton White “Lord who made the Lion and the Lamb, You decreed I should be what I am. Would it spoil some vast eternal plan, if I were a wealthy man?”- Topol as Tevye- The Fiddler on the Roof (1971) This feeling of desperation reflects American sentiment in this Presidential campaign. It is the [...]