Well, when executives from the Big Three automakers went before Congress this week, their pleas for $25 billion in bailout money were met with disdain. In a moment of supreme irony, Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd, who chairs the banking committee, scolded the auto execs, telling them there was no way they couldn’t see the crisis […]

A recent article in Congressional Quarterly examines the best way for Republicans to “repackage” their agenda. Thankfully, many elected Republicans are embracing a theme that “the problem is not conservative principles” — but rather how poorly Republicans practiced conservative principles once they got to Washington. Others view “the problem” differently. Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson […]

In America today, the sun seems to be shining a little brighter; the birds are chirping happier melodies. The smell of spring has displaced Old Man Winter. In fact, winter will not come this year; its cold, harsh winds won’t chill the souls of Americans. The shackles of the past — which for so long […]

On Charlie Rose Show last night on PBS. He had on Tom Brokaw last night. As you read to this, keep in mind everything you’ve heard from Brokaw and others in the Media can for the past six months, three months, two months or whatever. This is of Charlie Rose and Brokaw trying to figure […]

Robin Roberts interviewing Barack Obama, and she said, “Do you have any regrets that you said to Joe the Plumber, your spread the wealth comments?” OBAMA: Not at all. Look, if John McCain’s best argument is that he wants to continue the same Bush tax cuts for the very wealthiest Americans that in 2000 he […]