I’ll say this for Congressman Jose Serrano (D-NY) — he introduced a bill to repeal the Twenty-Second Amendment in 2005, just after George W. Bush was re-elected. So he is being evenhanded to introduce it again now that a member… Continue Reading
All of our Presidents do not get together at one place or one time very often. The last time was for Gerald Ford’s funeral. They did it again today — an Oval Office meeting with President-Elect Obama, both Presidents Bush,… Continue Reading
There’s nothing like having a talented, experienced, significant member of your team who has your back when you’re under fire. That’s a great feeling of support and a powerful show of strength, one that you can use to your advantage… Continue Reading
This appears to be real, not a joke. Dr. Gupta from CNN’s “House Calls” is apparently President-Elect Obama’s choice to be the Surgeon General of the United States. My immediate reaction was disappointment. “What, just because he’s a pretty face… Continue Reading
Day by Day purports to be a right-leaning political comic strip and has pretentions of being the conservative Doonesbury. Sadly, it is not so good as that. Doonesbury is only about a 4 out of 10 on the funny scale… Continue Reading
John Yoo and John Bolton, two former second-tier Bush Administration officials, who used their time in office to advocate all kinds of unilateral authority for President Bush in the realm of foreign policy. Yoo was the principal author and researcher… Continue Reading
For some reason that is not entirely clear to me, the bizarre and pointless campaign claim that Trig Palin was somehow Sarah Palin’s grandson and not her son and there is some sort of massive conspiracy to conceal this fact… Continue Reading
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid stands by his claim that George W. Bush was the worst President we’ve ever had. Really, Senator Reid? Worse than James Buchanan? I don’t notice the nation sliding into civil war as Bush departs the… Continue Reading
Remember what I said about how we should all assess the possibility of Caroline Kennedy with a trace of negativity because of the many high governmental positions held by members of her immediate family? How it shouldn’t automatically disqualify her,… Continue Reading
I think the answer is “no.” Roland Burris was appointed to the U.S. Senate today by embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. How much he paid for this honor is yet to be determined (Blagojevich, alone of all the people paying… Continue Reading