political potpourri

Jon Stewart on the Daily Show gets laughs by referring to Still the President. But the situation is no longer a laughing matter. Still the  President has teamed up with the Republicans in the Senate to veto bills almost indiscriminately. This means that the  51 vote majorities have to be increased to 60 to get

As Barack Obama reacts with his own website to counter the ever growing smear and innuendo attacks of Republican supporters, the question becomes what is the best pro-active approach he can take to deliver his message. One approach is already taken with a powerful website that delivers his message clearly and concisely. It also is

This is a relevant question given the following books that bear witness and testament to the incompetence and deliberate deceit of President George W. Bush. Can the US risk another MidEast, I-am the-Commander-in-Chief fiasco ? Can the country withstand 8 more months of dismantling hard-earned constitutional and practical political controls on power? Can the US

In our previous post, Doing the Troops Wrong, I pointedout how “born-again  fiscal conservative only in his last year in office” George Bush had found a way to sell his troopers short once again by refusing to pass an education GI Bill for all Iraq War veterans. This Bill has several benefits including a)honoring the

How can Barack Obama a)lose in Kentucky and West Virginia by about 30% points to Hillary Clinton and b)afford to lose in Kentucky and West Virginia by about 30%. Lets examine the first point. In state after state in the Democratic primary, the turnout for the primaries has been record breaking. The news media have

The following is a must read column by Bob Herbert of the New York Times. Here is the jist: “At the top of the list of no-brainers in Washington should be Senator Jim Webb€™s proposed expansion of education benefits for the men and women who have served in the armed forces since Sept. 11, 2001.

The Democratic party over the weekend discovered that the Clinton’s a) have no chance to win the delegate count; b)will continue to wage an increasingly destructive and internecine campaign that will inflict increasingly serious damage on the part; and c)Bill Clinton is willing to trade being Presidential to being a Peerles Campaigner” any time, day

William F Buckley Jr. died this past month at the age of 82. Buckley was the aristocratic, cultured spokesman for Conservatism in the US for the past half century. His National Review championed almost obsessively Conservative causes. Here is what Time Magazine had to say in its Appreciation: “He could get things completely wrong –

I have been very careful not to commit to a Democrat Presidential candidate – I liked John Edward’s “its the Middle Class being gutted alive, stupid” message but not his almost courtroom legal stridency. I liked Joe Biden for his John McCain straight talking but rued his chances for a breakthrough. I liked Barack Obama

Here is a searing example of how divisive religion has become in the politics of the day, especially in North America. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced this week that he was considering alternating other major faith’s prayers with the Lord’s Prayer that opens each session of parliament. The Premier argued that because Ontario and Canada

Republicans are beginning to reap what they have sewn – some of the most divisive politics of the past 10 years at a time when the Internet and instant information make being a fraud or two-tongued very dangerous business – just ask Roger Clemens. Also read what columnist Gail Collins has to say about Mitt

Everytime I hear George W. Bush say the words “bringing Democracy to the world” I am awestruck that he and his cohorts don’t just out and out puke. Unfortunately with the State of the Union and other policy  speeches of late, the retching opportunties have been too replete. Perhaps George is bypassing opportunities at humor

In our piece in this blog  on Billary or Obama ,  I advance the notion which may very well be treated as a scientific hypotheses: The winner of the Democratic nomination will be the winner of the Presidential election. Here is my empirical proof: Primary  Election Turnout in 2008 StatePrimary Democrats Republicans Alabama – D=48.9%

The Democrats have a tough choice coming up beyond Super Tuesday. Will it be Billary or Obama? Now I have deliberately taken this inflammatory designation of Hillary’s campaign for reasons discussed immediately below. But first some full disclosure. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are huge steps ahead of whatever comes out of the Republican Primary