May 13, 2011
Romney-Care
I guess the first question I have about Mitt Romney’s health care plan is: has it worked? Mr. Romney defended Mass-Care yesterday in an attempt to confront conservative critics, who blame the Romney plan for helping to usher in Obama...
May 13, 2011
Big Bad Oil
Two things drive me completely crazy about the debate over higher gas prices. First, this whole issue of big oil subsidies is complete crap. The oil industry gets the same tax breaks as any other manufacturer. And why shouldn’t they?...
May 12, 2011
The Horse Race Begins
And they are off… Last week, the world focused their eyes on the Kentucky Derby. This week, a new horse race is just getting started: the race for the Republican Presidential nomination. Newt Gingrich pulled his campaign into the gate...
May 11, 2011
Newt
I first met Newt Gingrich in 1989. As an intern for House Minority Leader Bob Michel, my short-term task was to deliver Newt his lunch as he was meeting with a Michel staffer. The lunch consisted of a fruit plate....
May 10, 2011
Confidence Game
Politics is essentially a game of confidence. You vote for a candidate because you have confidence that that candidate can get the job done. Or you vote for a candidate because you have confidence that the other person can’t get...
May 9, 2011
Making the Baby-Boomers Pay a Little
There is a reason that the baby-boomers have baby in their nickname. Generationally, they have acted collectively as a bunch of spoiled brats. They were the “me” generation, the disco generation, the greed-is-good generation, the housing bubble generation, and now...