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The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recargas.

Georgia is ground zero for Democrats across the south.

A new statewide telephone survey of Likely Georgia Voters finds Carter with 48% support to Deal’s 41%. Three percent (3%) like another candidate in the race, while seven percent (7%) are undecided.survey of Likely Georgia Voters finds Nunn leading Congressman Jack Kingston 47% to 41%. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, while nine percent (9%) are undecided. This is from the conservative Rasmussen Report.

The results are based on Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs poll, conducted May 8-11. Currently, 34% of Americans say they are conservative, 35% say moderate, and 30% say liberal on social issues. On economic issues, 42% say they are conservative, 34% say moderate, and 21% say liberal. The four-point conservative lead on social ideology and 21-point lead on economic ideology rank as the smallest Gallup has measured in the 14 years

“It’s a new day in Texas,” Patrick told a throng of several hundred supporters gathered in a ballroom at Houston’s Hotel Sorella as it appeared he was on his way to winning 65 percent of the vote.Austin Stateman

“Throughout this campaign, and as the results came in tonight, I have been receiving calls from business leaders concerned about the future of our state,” Van de Putte said in a statement Tuesday night. “Like Texas business owners, and Texans across this entire state, I know that it’s time that politicians like Dan Patrick put their toxic rhetoric to rest.”Leticia Van de Putte

Republican U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, who at 91 years old is the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House of Representatives, suffered a surprising defeat at the hands of political novice John Ratcliffe 51 percent of the vote, while Hall had 49 percent.

The USPS traces its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress, where Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general. The cabinet-level Post Office Department was created in 1792 from Franklin's operation and transformed into its current form in 1971 under the Postal Reorganization Act.The USPS employed 626,764 workers (as of January 2014) and operated 211,654 vehicles in 2013.[2] The USPS is the operator of the largest civilian vehicle fleet in the world. The USPS has exclusive access to letter boxes marked "U.S. Mail" and personal letterboxes in the United States.In the 1960s  African Americans were appointed as postmasters of the nation’s three largestPost Offices – New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. By the end of the 20 the century African Americans comprised 21 percent of all postal employees, serving at all levels of the Postal Service.

Memorial Day 2014 is a special presentation hosted by Jerry Pippin.

I thank you as your Commander-in-Chief because you inspire me," Your willingness to serve, to step forward at a time of war, and say 'send me,' is the reason the United States stays strong and free. Of all the honors that I have serving as President, nothing matches serving as your Commander-in-Chief."President Obama at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan

The Monday Morning Quarterback will return next week.

Sam Greenlee was born in Chicago, attended the University of Wisconsin and the University of Chicago  He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He served in the military (1952-4), earning the rank of first lieutenant, and subsequently worked for the United States Information Agency, serving in Iraq,Pakistan, Indonesia, and Greece between 1957 and 1965. Leaving the US foreign service after eight years, he stayed on in Greece.  on the island of Mykonos, where he began to write his first novel published in 1969 as "The Spook Who sat by the Door", the story of a black man who is recruited as a CIA agent and having mastered the skills of a spy then uses them to lead a black guerrilla movement in the US.Other works by Greenlee include Baghdad Blues, a 1976 novel based on his experiences traveling in Iraq in the 1950s/

Emma Young the Chicago Ad Lady and a product of the city' southside like Sam,

discuss her memories Professor Grreenlee and the Chicago Black Screenwriters.

The past week's political events that help shape the American  politics.

Acontecimientos políticos de la semana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense

The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recargas.

“So, you know, if you ask me, you know, how do I think Ric Shinseki has performed overall?” I would say that on homelessness, on the 9/11 GI Bill, on working with us to reduce the backlog across the board, he has put his heart and soul into this thing and he has taken it very seriously.But I have said to Ric, and I said it to him today, I want to see, you know, what the results of these reports are, and there is going to be accountability.”

President Obama on the problems at the  Department of Veterans Affairs and his defence of General  Eric Shinseki .

General  Eric Shinseki is no Brownie(Michael Brown) G. W. Bush’ made an ill-timed praise of his Federal Emergency Management Agency director, Michael Brown, during the slow response to Hurricane Katrina: “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.”Politico

Career politician Mitch McConnell can’t defend his big government, big spending record so he depends on making up lies and slinging mud.   To combat these lies, the Matt Bevin for Senate campaign has launched a new website at MudslingingMitch.com.

"We will take the fight to Mitch McConnell and hold him accountable for 30 years of failed leadership," Alison Lundergan Grimes