October 26, 2011
Campaign Theories
It is generally assumed that Herman Cain will not be the Republican nominee for President. Likewise, it is assumed that Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman and Gary Johnson won’t get the nomination either. That leaves...
October 25, 2011
Obama’s Hollow Victories
The president does a pretty good job of declaring victory. He doesn’t do a particularly good job of explaining the cost. He ended last week declaring that our troops in Iraq will be home for Christmas. What he didn’t explain...
October 24, 2011
Viva Las Vegas
Politicians in Washington rushed Nevada into Statehood in 1864 to assure Abraham Lincoln a comfortable margin in his bid for reelection smack dab in the middle of the Civil War, and ever since then, the Silver State has played a...
October 21, 2011
Rubio and the Hispanic Vote
Chris Matthews thought he would get me with his question on Marco Rubio. He asked me, breaking news style, what I thought about the revelations that Rubio’s family fled Cuba two whole years before Castro came to power. I didn’t...
October 20, 2011
Is the Private Sector Doing Just Fine?
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday: “It’s very clear that private sector jobs have been doing just fine, it’s the public sector jobs where we’ve lost huge numbers, and that’s what this legislation is all about.” He was talking...
October 19, 2011
Bickering
Newt Gingrich had the line of the night towards the end of the debate when he complained that the moderator encouraged a level of bickering that could only make it harder for the GOP to get the White House. I...