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Not Even Bush Can Save Democrats From the Failing Economy
Tweet Share on Facebook August 26, 2010 Comment (21)He’s baa-aack. No, not Brett Favre, I’m talking about George W. Bush. With the Obama administration’s “Recovery Summer” looking like the most inappropriately named thing since a Jersey Shore season shot in Miami, Democrats are resurrecting their favorite villain in the push up to the November elections.
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Why Social Security Politics Help Republicans
Tweet Share on Facebook August 18, 2010 Comment (14)With very little fanfare Social Security turned 75 last week. Sadly, I seriously question whether it will be around for my 75th birthday. The recent birthday gave talking heads on both sides of the aisle reason to weigh in on the economic health of the program. The dichotomy is fascinating. When it comes to Social Security it seems you join one of two camps: the Harry Reid “Social Security is the most successful social program in the history of the world” camp, or the Paul Ryan “unless reformed, our largest entitlement programs [such as] Social Security will go bankrupt” camp.
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Don't Mythologize Reagan's Political Purity--or Kennedy's
Tweet Share on Facebook August 11, 2010 Comment (3)Each party has their ideal president. A person whose strengths we highlight, whose weaknesses we whitewash, and whom, in general, we mythologize.
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Liberals Are Losing the National Debt Argument
Tweet Share on Facebook August 2, 2010 Comment (15)Saying wrong things louder doesn’t make you any more right. That is the main lesson I learned during my summer working in a big-city courtroom. Court, especially from behind a district attorney’s table, is an ideal forum to observe human behavior: a high-stress, high-stakes environment where every word, movement, and change in body language can be meaningful. But the best way to tell winners from losers was their tone. Both lawyers and defendants can tell when they are on the wrong side of the facts, but their responses are diametrically different. Lawyers get louder, hoping to distract juries from the facts. Defendants (at least the quasi-remorseful ones) get quieter, an acknowledgment that punishment is about to be handed down.
