What GOP Candidates Need To Speak To, Now
"This is not about guns. This is about evil. Here at home, and evil abroad." No GOP candidate for president has yet used those words but I hope some and perhaps all of them will before a wee …
Answer The Questions. All of Them. Often.
Rule One: If you want to sell anything –a candidacy, a message, a byline (and especially books)– accept as many interviews as possible, giving priority to those settings with the largest audience, b …
The Case For Killing The Filibuster
Congressional Republicans apparently are hoping that Democrats are going to turn to Pete Carroll for their play calling between now and November, 2016, and that is a vain hope.
The War Resolution The Congress Needs To Pass
When President Obama unveiled his draft of a new Joint Resolution "To authorize the limited use of the United States Armed Forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," I was tal …
Defining Hillary Down
As Marco Rubio collects early support from key supporters, Scott Walker surges in grass roots' awareness, Chris Christie organizes his fundraising, Jeb Bush wins the Murdoch primary, and Mitt Rom …
A SOTU Over Before Its Begun
When George W. Bush and the GOP got "thumped" over the conduct of the war in Iraq in November 2006, 43 responded to the will of the people, made changes, announced the Surge, and graciously …
The GOP's 20 Car Pile-up
Mitt Romney's entry into the 2016 race for the GOP nomination has caught almost every observer of American politics flat-footed.
