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Opinion: Hope, and Change, Ahead for Obama

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(Dec. 1) -- "Be upbeat," said Al Gore's likable chief of staff, Jack Quinn, to us staffers as we got up from the enormous table in Old Executive Office Building's Ceremonial Room and headed to our offices. "If you have your private predictions, keep them to yourself." It was Election Day 1994. He seemed embarrassed --...

Democrats May Keep Bush Tax Cuts for Rich

(Sept. 2) -- While Democrats may complain about the tyranny of the filibuster and lack of majority rule in our congressional system, when it comes to preserving the Bush tax cuts for the rich, it's likely to be their own party members who are responsible. President Barack Obama has indicated that he'd like to see the cuts...

For Better or Worse, Nikki Haley Is GOP Rising Star

(June 10) -- After her impressive showing in Tuesday's South Carolina primary, Republicans are hailing Nikki Haley as a rising star in the party. It's a term that's been applied to other candidates who've made a splash in recent elections. Few have lived up to the hype. Technically, Haley hasn't won yet. She fell just...

Opinion: Has America Already Had 'O-nough'?

(Feb. 24) -- In 1946, Republicans ran on a campaign slogan of "Had Enough?" to mobilize voters who had grown tired of 16 years of Democratic control of Congress. Yet only one year after electing him to office, voters have grown tired of President Barack Obama, or more precisely, his agenda to "transform" the United...

Should the Salahis Be Punished?

(Dec. 2) - Some people are so upset about Michaele and Tareq Salahi crashing the White House State Dinner that they want the publicity-hungry socialites prosecuted. While there's new evidence that they weren't invited, it's not clear whether they did anything illegal. The Salahis were not on the guest list for last week's...

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05/10/12 Notes on the election Source: The Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne IN Unfortunately, we have an increasing number of legislators in both parties who have adopted an unrelenting partisan viewpoint.
05/09/12 Want to understand Congress? Listen to a retiree. Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC Sen. Richard Lugar's concession speech -- coming, as it does, after years in which Lugar mostly buckled to the extreme elements in his party -- is more evidence of one of my personal laws of politics: Everything a politician says about American politics after they resign from office or lose in a primary is more interesting than anything they say while actually serving.