Did John F. Kennedy ride the winds of change into office or was he the “wind beneath our wings?” Either way, his election signified that, back on firm peace-time footing after President […]
Obama stalls on making down payment on "empathy" deficit
 How the heck does Obama’s letter to the US ambassador at the UN on January 23 (at bottom) jibe with his transcendent speech on January 20 (excerpt immediately below)? “Unity is […]
Experience is to Hillary as 9/11 is to Giuliani
Rudolph Giuliani’s ritualistic incantations of 9/11 have become a national joke. In truth, his inspirational presence was overshadowed by his failure to prepare the city for a terrorist attack. Also he failed […]
Obama still fired up, ready to go
For a guy who just lost a primary, ’08 Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama sounds like he won. Highlights and remarks follow the video below…
Million-Years McCain and the answer to a stupid question
While CNN et al. were busy going ga-ga over Mike Huckabee’s trouncing of Mitt Romney et al. on the GOP side, Barack Obama was steadily putting a similar distance between himself and […]
Edwards will step up Iraq troop withdrawal
From the New York Times: John Edwards says that if elected president he would withdraw the American troops who are training the Iraqi army and police as part of a broader plan […]
Mike Gravel keeps it real
By Martin Bosworth I wasn’t sure at first if this is an official video from presidential candidate Mike Gravel (I can’t find it on his YouTube channel), but part of it trails […]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hates America and freedom
By Martin Bosworth Hyperbolic? Perhaps. But that’s the only conclusion I could come to after reading this morning that Reid is planning an end-run around Chris Dodd’s threat to filibuster any FISA […]
Courting the Latino vote
by Amaury Nora In recent years, at the start of each new election cycle, the political cliché describing the Latino/a population is the “sleeping giant.” If awakened, it would have a profound […]
Congress, candidates call credit card companies on the carpet
By Martin Bosworth Just in time for the holiday season, the 110th Congress has renewed its push for credit card companies and lenders to clean up their act. Michigan Democrat Carl Levin, […]