From Davenport, Iowa: “Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright,” in my mind another incompetent failure, “said that Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is the best presidential candidate to repair America’s image. She also said Clinton is a caring friend. Albright, speaking at an event in Davenport on Thursday, said the Bush administration has caused many […]

September 13, 2007 Child’s Play In Iraq By Michael J. O’Shea “I am reminded of the time I saw my 3-year-old daughter trying and failing to tie her shoes. She got angry. Still, she kept trying. “‘This is difficult,’ she concluded. ‘But I like difficult.’” A child grittier than Congressional leaders, spunkier than people twenty […]

They may have won the House and Senate but, the way the Democrats think today is definitely a minority. Their mode of thinking, their view of the world, their view of this country’s place in the world, is a minority opinion in this country. They may not even realize it. When you have a bunch […]

A story from The Politico.com-Democrats scramble for Iraq strategy in which it was stated that the Democrats are searching for a new policy now, a new strategy, on Iraq. They don’t quite know what to do. Well, here it is. Headline: “‘Democrats Scramble for Iraq Strategy.’ Democrats are scrambling to deal with a new dynamic […]

Sept 10-07 Tom Lantos, who is co-chairing the committee (he’s from California) told Petraeus (I’m going to have to paraphrase this) that he knows — he, Lantos, and all Congress knows — that Petraeus and Crocker have been sent up there to convince the Congress and the American people that victory is at hand. Lantos […]