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IRS, AP and Benghazi Are Not Obama Scandals
Tweet Share on Facebook May 22, 2013 CommentI have to confess that I am the only Washington political junkie who has not watched the series "Scandal," or even the much acclaimed "House of Cards." Maybe that makes me not competent to comment on what is going on in Washington these days – IRS, Benghazi, Associated Press reporters tracked. I hope not.
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Sorry, GOP, Benghazi Won't Hurt Hillary Clinton or the Democrats in 2016
Tweet Share on Facebook May 9, 2013 CommentBenghazi was a tragedy, a terrible tragedy and because of it a light should be shone on what more can be done to protect those who serve America overseas. What our country does not deserve is a political show trial designed to vilify Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama. What we don't need is a crass partisan effort to influence the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Congress and the Obamacare Exemption
Tweet Share on Facebook April 25, 2013 CommentRumors abound that Congress is looking for a way to exempt staff and/or members from the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare). Here is how the story goes from some Republicans: Members of Congress don't like the legislation when it applies to them, therefore they want to exempt themselves.
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Patriots' Day Lives on After Boston Marathon Bombings
Tweet Share on Facebook April 17, 2013 CommentI grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts, a town we proudly called the "birthplace of American liberty." Every year we celebrated the ride of Paul Revere. Every year, as young children, we watched the parade, waving American flags, and took in the reenactment on the Lexington Battle Green.
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The NRA’s Background Check Flip-Flop
Tweet Share on Facebook April 12, 2013 CommentIt is time for the National Rifle Association to admit that universal background checks should include gun shows ... kind of like they did in 1999 after Columbine.
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Gun Rights Activists Must Stop Threatening Rhetoric
Tweet Share on Facebook April 4, 2013 CommentThis will be short.
So, being the liberal I am I was listening to NPR yesterday just after I debated my weekly sparing partner, Republican Jim Innocenzi, on WTTG-TV here in DC. We went at it on guns. The story on NPR was about the president's trip to Colorado to highlight his effort on universal background checks and to focus on that state's passage of legislation to control guns.
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Republicans Are the 'Anti' Party
Tweet Share on Facebook March 19, 2013 CommentI have always loved the story of the ad makers and dog food manufacturers arguing around the conference table. The actual makers of the dog food were convinced their product was full of all the right nutrients, pretty food coloring, right combinations of everything possible. The ad makers were really impressed with their ad campaign, the logos, colors, not to mention the exciting TV ads. The sales force was everywhere, all over the marketplace.
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A 'Grand Bargain' on Deficit Reduction Is Still Possible
Tweet Share on Facebook March 8, 2013 CommentI am an optimist, maybe a bit of a Pollyanna to tell you the truth. I am a glass-half-full kind of guy. Sure, I have my cynical side—who wouldn't after spending so much time around this town!
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On Sequestration, the GOP Is Choosing the Tea Party Over the Middle Class
Tweet Share on Facebook March 1, 2013 CommentThe Republicans, now led from behind by House Speaker John Boehner, are painting themselves into a tiny corner. Boehner may have secured his job as speaker but he has categorically rejected any hope of a grand bargain, thereby leading his party in a rejection of America's middle class. Unless he can be persuaded by Republican senators and a few dozen of his House colleagues to accept a balanced deal with the president and the Democrats he will severely harm his party by appealing only to the Tea Party.
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On the Road to a More Progressive Morocco
Tweet Share on Facebook February 20, 2013 CommentI just returned from a trip to Morocco sponsored by the State Department and Legacy International. No, this is not a travelogue. And I didn't ride on camels or play tourist.
