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Matt's speech in the Feb. 22nd episode was glorious! He is truly my favorite character on this show!

Would someone be able to PM me the link? Thanks in advance!

I didn't know Allen Potter was at TD as early as 1967. He seemed to be a quite an successful EP for the show and I wonder if he had remained EP throughout the 70s if it would have remained on air a bit longer. It's amazing seeing a different actress portray Maggie and getting to see Dr. John Rice. What was the story behind Althea's pregnancy out of wedlock?

Trailer for the new season:

Thanks for posting the link to the video Carl. Rewatching some of that stuff from 1995/1996 just makes me angry again, aside from the Roger storyline, I stumbled upon scenes where Frank discovered Nadine's body and Cutter's death. There doesn't really seem to be a bright spot on the show around this time.

The Robert Calhoun era is such a fascinating time to me for GL. Such an easy and almost seamless transition from Pam Long to Curlee/Demorest and IMO stories seemed to build and only get better in the last few years of Long's second tenure. I've watched episodes of GL from 89-90 and the Reva/Dylan/Billy stuff was incredible, the Alan-Michael/Harley and Blake/Roger/Holly material was great television as well. I just loved everything about the show around this time, and yet I feel its the most overlooked period for the show.

Please please let Bachmann and West lose tonight! Congrats to President Obama.

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People will also remember that it took a far more shorter time to liberate the people of Libya than with both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Tonight has been a fantastic night for the President.

I'd like to thank the GOP for reviving the Red Scare.

Goldendogs so basically George Romney, who was on welfare when he first came to the US is a self described victim? Those who are low income white families (and there are many) in the right leaning south that depend on food stamps and welfare are going to vote for Obama? Even though the electoral map contradicts this? Its because of the questions above that prove Romneys statement to be false. It wasn't the truth, it was a huge falsehood that broadly paints half the country as lazy moochers. To add, it even paints Mitts own father as some lazy unmotivated moocher, but I guess in Romneys case its like you say; the truth hurts.

Lol am I to believe that entire 47% that side with Obama in the latest poll consists of all those that don't pay income taxes? I fail to understand that half of America is self described victims.

Boy, Fox News is in overdrive today, hyping up the response from the Obama admin in light of the attacks, as being apologetic. There seems to be quite a disconnect within the GOP today between those like Peggy Noonan and the people at Fox news/Romney campaign.

Sorry I don't mean to kick a dead horse here, I know its been discussed earlier but in regards to the voter i.d. issue; I don't understand the rush to have it for THIS election? A nice compromise and a more logical step would be to slowly but surely implement these new voter i.d. laws, so that at least by 2014 or 2016 every voter; black, white, asian, or hispanic; young or old would have had enough time to get their i.d. However the sudden rush to make sure everyone has their i.d. to vote for this election, the presidential election, makes the GOP's motivation for this more obvious than ever, especially knowing WHO this will affect, who said constituents may vote for, and the ever seldom occurence of actual voter fraud. I ask, why quickly implement this when a slower implementation of this would make sure EVERY voter has an i.d. for an election? I dont have an issue with the request for a picture i.d. to vote, just the timing and how its being carried out.

If theres one thing I will never understand is the belief from the right that Obama is some far left liberal, or yet has governed as one. I'm quite the liberal myself and I've got to say I've been quite disappointed in the past four years, barely any so called ar left policies have been implemented.

This video/interview = nail:head. Basically sums up that the congressional dysfunction we see today is not like those of the past. Think tankers Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann discuss their book which charts the decline of cooperative problem-solving in Washington. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-4-2012/exclusive---norman-j--ornstein---thomas-e--mann-extended-interview-pt--1

Years ago, in the wastelands of fan fiction, I did a storyline where a SORASed 20/30 something Matthew Evans(son of Mark Evans and Jennifer Richards, portrayed by Scott Holroyd), Amanda's half brother returning to Springfield and becoming sort of the perfect son for Alan, where he'd use the young lad for political maneuvering. I also thought Alan Michael would have been great in a political storyline as well. If A-M wasn't going to gain control of Spaulding to earn his father's respect or love, he was going to climb his way up the political ladder to do so.

Ugh...from the sounds of it CNN is expecting a loss for Obama in regards to the healthcare law. I was expecting Obama to have this in his pocket, but from the sounds of it the general solicitor representing the administration fumbled a few times. So if the law is deemed unconstitutional, what next? And what would this say about laws stating that automobile owners must have auto insurance?

I watched the lead up to the murder and Ivegot to co-sign on the positive feedback. I especially adore the fact that Bens relationship withIan or Heather was not forgotten.

ABC News with Diane Sawyer covered this, this evening, and the news piece could have basically served as a attack ad for Romney to be honest, right down to his most recent gaffe about the poor. Sad thing is, I doubt the DNC will milk this for what its worth, nor will anybody really care about what he said unfortunately.

There was some back and forth with why the original link a poster posted at DS kept showing up as a empty page. Turns out Sky news had originally reported the news, but after a few hours, took the story down. The twitter account of EastEnders press says they have a major announcement in store for tomorrow. However the cats pretty much out of the bag now.

Exactly. When you include the fact that Calhoun was a director at AW during the Rauch/Lemay era, it kind of makes sense why his later tenures at ATWT(Bringing in Marland) and GL were pretty exceptional; production wise and writing. He's repsonsible for two golden eras, both on ATWT and GL. I love the scenes with Billy and Vanessa, and small moments where Vanessa prepares for Billy's arrival and spots the alcohol and places it in a cabinet; all very good stuff.

I agree with this. I know Swajeski is credited for bringing consistency to AW, but DePriest's era seemingly did the same for a moment.

I agree they should have kept the opening sequence for 'Hold on to Love'. I despised the shortened version and multiple variations of the theme that came after. However I'm pretty certain it was Calhoun that instituted the opening sequence and theme. Calhoun was EP of GL from 1989 to 1991, and the theme was put in place in Jan. 1991. Calhoun's name can be seen in the credits from a episode in early 1991. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRDCT7IySsU&feature=youtu.be