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Obama and Democrats Should Stand Up to GOP, Big Business
Tweet Share on Facebook February 25, 2011 Comment (8)In the classic movie Cool Hand Luke, the prison warden, played by the great character actor Strother Martin, always said the same thing to the inmate, Paul Newman, after he misbehaved and before he got beaten: “What we've got here is failure to communicate.”
What we have in Washington now is a Democratic failure to communicate effectively.
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Middle East Unrest Means Higher Gas Prices
Tweet Share on Facebook February 17, 2011 Comment (5)The price of gasoline in the United States is where the rubber meets the road at the intersection of American foreign and domestic policy.
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Obama's Brutal Budget
Tweet Share on Facebook February 10, 2011 Comment (6)Everybody should relax and take it easy this weekend because Monday will be a very busy day.
We will celebrate Valentine’s Day with the loves of our lives; Boston Red Sox pitchers and catchers will report to spring training and President Obama will submit his budget proposal to Congress. Please don’t ask me which event is most important because the answer might get me in a lot of trouble.
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John Boehner, Michele Bachmann, and the GOP Divide
Tweet Share on Facebook February 3, 2011 Comment (18)In his little red book, Chairman Mao wrote “revolution is not a tea party.” The GOP leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives has already started to learn this lesson the hard way.
