November 8, 2010
The Art of Compromise
It was Benjamin Disraeli, the famous English Statesman, who said, “if you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.” By that reckoning, Mitch McConnell is very clever indeed. McConnell has summed up the situation pretty well with his statements...
November 5, 2010
How the New Guys Can Keep Their Principles and Get Re-elected
One fifth of the 112th Congress is made up of new members. That is huge. Like the class of 1974 and the class of 1994, this new class will likely consist of serious legislators, complete jokers, future television stars, possible...
November 4, 2010
Star Wars Strategy
Star Wars is one of my favorite movies of all time, in the top five, no doubt. It has action, adventure, romance, laser guns and of course, Darth Vader. What is not to like? The premise of the movie, as...
November 3, 2010
Hang Together
In many ways, it was the best-case scenario for the Republican Party. They swept the House in dramatic fashion, and while they didn’t quite win the Senate, they got the next best thing: Harry Reid is still going to be...
November 2, 2010
Why People Vote
People vote for a variety of reasons. They don’t vote for just one. People don’t vote because they think that their vote doesn’t matter. How can one person make much of a difference, they ask themselves, ignoring the history that...
November 1, 2010
THE NEXT MAJORITY
re-posted from July 12, 2010 Robert Gibbs let the cat out of the bag over the weekend. He admitted that Republicans have a decent shot at getting majority in November. That admission sent shock waves through the Washington punditocracy. How...