The American Jobs Bill; a Win Even if it Loses
President Obama is getting pretty good at playing dirty pool with the Republicans. The American Jobs bill not only uses the art of Frank LuntzSpeak, it actually is designed to create jobs. Two million...
View ArticleFree Forum Friday; October 21st Edition
Breaking: President Obama fulfills the promise of ending the war in Iraq. All troops will come home by the end of the year. Libyan dictator Muammar Ghaddafi (Quaddafy, Khaddaffi, whatever) met his...
View ArticleRed Right Returning…October 22nd
(Red Right Returning, a nautical mnemonic for the side of the buoy or marker on which to pilot a ship in order to stay in the channel, is a look back at the activity of the past week of the Republican...
View ArticleRepublicans Making America’s First Sitting Half-Term President
Could've been our first half term President If there’s one thing that Republican reaction to the world changing events of last week has definitively demonstrated, it’s that no matter what President...
View ArticleWhy Ron Paul Will Win Iowa
Iowa, here he comes (Updated: 6/15/2012 Ron Paul actually did win Iowa. But not because of turnout. He won because Paul supporters stayed after the caucus and got themselves elected as delegates. 21 of...
View ArticleWhy Obama’s Second Term Will Be the Best
Yes, we will The Republican strategy of painting President Obama as an ineffectual Jimmy Carter Democrat has been somewhat successful up until recently (Jimmy Carter was actually not that bad of a...
View ArticleGrace Under Democracy
MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry MSNBC recently added a new show to its line-up with the addition of Melissa Harris-Perry on their Saturday programming. Harris-Perry is another uber smart female in the...
View ArticleWhat if Bush Had Caught bin Laden?
Osama bin Laden interviewed for Daily Pakistan in 1997; behind him on the wall is an AK-47 carbine. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Of course George W. Bush never actually caught bin Laden. President Obama...
View ArticleIt’s Florida All Over Again: Why Rubio Will be the VP Nominee
Official portrait of US Senator Marco Rubio of Florida (Update: 6/15/12 Following President Obama’s policy of granting protection from deportation of illegal immigrants who were born or brought here as...
View ArticleGo Ahead and Get Wonky. We’ll Wait
Vice President Joe Biden and candidate Rep. Paul Ryan It’s been a week since the first presidential debate and President Obama’s somewhat lackluster performance. Now it’s time for the clash of the...
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