Pay It Forward This Week 0
This week, as family and friends gather to give thanks for so many blessings, let us also remember to be of service.
Read MoreLame Ducks Duck Responsibilities 0
I have a confession: Veteran political strategists have political fantasies. Some of them are bipartisan in nature. Mine for this “lame duck” (end of the 111th) session of Congress is visualizing a dozen Rockettes standing outside the Senate and House Chambers. As the departing (those scheduled to retire and the others fired by voters) senators and representatives exit, the Rockettes sing and dance in unison that, “You are soooooooo lame!”
Read MoreCampaign Spending Needs To Be Cut Back 0
Campaign 2010 is finally over. Even after months of news stories, opinion polls, bar graphs and superlatives, the historic sums spent on the 2010 midterms still take my breath away. Four billion dollars.
Read MoreOnce More Unto The Breach 0
The dust has settled from the midterms, and now the fallout begins. Despite the monolithic media meme, the results of the Republican “resurgence” in the House of Representatives – and in state legislatures – can be read more ways than one.
Read MoreElection Results Won’t Bring Change to D.C. 0
Lets talk about the Nov. 2 electoral earthquake. The almost historic loss the Democrats suffered has changed the balance of power in Washington. It is the third major change voters have made in Washington in four years. And I promise you, it will not be the last. What election night did not do, I am […]
Read MoreHome Ownership is Still Part of the American Dream 0
In the midst of yet another contentious campaign season, our countrys state attorneys general have found something to agree on. Republicans and Democrats alike, all 50 state AGs, have agreed to investigate the latest foreclosure scandals that are rocking the housing industry and homeowners nationwide.
Read MoreTo A Young Voter: It’s Your Journey Now 0
They say there’s an “enthusiasm gap.” They say that you’re apathetic, that you’re too tuned in, that there’s too much “i” in your life.
Read MoreThe Deep Roots Of Public Distrust 0
In 1786, George Washington told the public about Shays’ Rebellion, “I am mortified beyond expression.” What a triumph for the advocates of despotism, to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves & that little rebellion had citizens cowering in their homes from fear of their armed neighbors out to stop farm foreclosures.
Read MoreStimulus-Hating GOP Hypocrites Demanded Stimulus Cash 0
The nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity has uncovered hundreds of private letters in which House Republicans (Beltway insiders) asked for the “Obama stimulus jobs” they publicly claimed didn’t exist. (See for yourself. Go to www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry/2532.)
Read MoreRepublicans Aren’t Enthusiastic, Just Mad 0
Is there really an enthusiasm gap between Democratic and Republican voters this election cycle? Well, that all depends on what you mean by enthusiasm and what you mean by gap.
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