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Mitt Romney Poised for Iowa-New Hampshire Sweep
Tweet Share on Facebook December 22, 2011 Comment (21)After all that.
The debates.
The straw polls.
The "oops"-es.
The bets.
After all the flaming and fading of his rivals, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney looks as much like Mr. Inevitable as he did when the race began in earnest.
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John Boehner, House GOP Doing Everything They Can to Re-Elect Obama
Tweet Share on Facebook December 22, 2011 Comment (12)Speaker of the House John Boehner flipped on the payroll tax cut deal and then flopped with the public because of his inability to control his own caucus. In other words, Congressman Boehner was for the payroll tax cut before he was against it. Americans want strong leadership but the speaker doesn't have any more backbone than Mitt Romney. And Mitt Romney doesn't even have a backbone. Does Boehner's flip mean that Mitt's failure to take a strong, consistent position on any important issue is infecting the GOP? Sounds about right to me.
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In Defense of the Post Office
Tweet Share on Facebook December 22, 2011 Comment (10)Our friends working overtime at the Post Office this holiday season deserve a heap more respect than they have been given--by Congress and by extension, the public. With every Christmas card you write, think of how far it goes and the hands that take it there, for 44 cents.
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Newt Gingrich Isn't to Blame for Polarized Congress
Tweet Share on Facebook December 21, 2011 Comment (9)Sean Theriault of the University of Texas at Austin argues at CNN.com that former Speaker Newt Gingrich was the nefarious innovator of hyper-partisanship in Congress:
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ABC’s Work It Is Not Only Bigoted, It’s Inaccurate
Tweet Share on Facebook December 21, 2011 Comment (10)Advocates for the rights and dignity of gays, lesbians, bisexual, and transgendered people are very upset about a new TV show called Work It, and it's understandable. The highly offensive basis for the sitcom, according to ABC, is two unemployed men who have "learned the hard way that the current recession is more of a 'man-cession' and their skills aren't in high demand." So what's an unemployed man to do? In ABC's offering, he dresses up in heels, a skirt, and make-up to get a job as a salesperson at a pharmaceutical company.
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Vaclav Havel’s Legacy A Reminder of the Noncommunist Left
Tweet Share on Facebook December 20, 2011 Comment (1)The death of Czech dissident-turned-president Vaclav Havel is, or should have been, a helpful reminder that there was such a thing called the "noncommunist left."
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John Boehner Is Letting the Inmates Run the Asylum
Tweet Share on Facebook December 20, 2011 Comment (30)Things are going from bad to worse for Speaker Boehner and the House Republicans.
It hasn't exactly been smooth sailing for the speaker over the last two years since all his Tea Party freshmen hit town. The good news for him was that he was elected speaker; the bad news was who elected him!
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NTSB Right About Cell Phones, Texting While Driving
Tweet Share on Facebook December 20, 2011 Comment (9)Take a random poll, and most likely you'll find that the overwhelming majority of other drivers are idiots. Those same drivers are certain that they themselves are safe and courteous operators of ever-larger pieces of machinery.
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President Obama Should Learn to Admit His Mistakes
Tweet Share on Facebook December 20, 2011 Comment (12)Is there any trait more unattractive than the inability to admit error? When raising kids, one of the most important sentiments a parent can teach is, "I'm sorry; I was wrong." As we try on different Republican presidential candidates and compare them with The One, it is important to keep in mind exactly how low the bar has been set in this regard.
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The Six Words That Will Clinch Mitt Romney the GOP Nomination
Tweet Share on Facebook December 20, 2011 Comment (11)Here we go, less than three weeks left until the Iowa caucuses and former Gov. Mitt Romney is once again back on top of the GOP field. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the latest flavor of the month, or a few weeks in his case, is reeling, and Romney is within the margin of error of the lead both nationally and in Iowa.
