Archive for June, 2008
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Crime and Immigration
Posted on June 17, 2008
Crime is the sleeper issue of this campaign, especially in Republican leaning-districts. While on a nationwide basis, violent crime is actually down, in smaller cities it...
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The Squishes, The Right Wing Wackos and the Republican Majority
Posted on June 17, 2008
This orginally appeared in The Politico In 1989, when I started working for then-House Minority Leader Bob Michel, I was full of ideological enthusiasm. Fresh off of reading “The...
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Fathers and Sons
Posted on June 15, 2008
And so it goes. Fathers beget sons who beget their own sons. Fathers die, and sons are left to either carry on their...
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Stiff Drink
Posted on June 14, 2008
This initially appeared in The Hill’s Pundits blog on April 21, 2008 A Stiff Drink (John Feehery) @ 1:56 pm Somewhere in the polls, the strategists for all the leading campaigns...
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Tim Russert
Posted on June 13, 2008
Tim Russert was not just another pretty face Let’s face it. He wasn’t really a pretty face. But he was the best at his craft. ...
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