March 6, 2010
Life is Complicated For Speaker Pelosi
The resignation of Congressman Eric Massa complicates the life of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. And her life is already pretty complicated. Of course, it means one less vote for a health care bill that Congressional Democrats are trying to get...
March 5, 2010
Are Tea-Partiers Really Conservative?
I hate it when David Brooks writes a column on a subject that I have been researching on and planning to write about for weeks. And he did it to me this morning, with a great column about “The Wall...
March 4, 2010
When PAYGO Doesn’t Mean PAYGO
The junior Senator from Florida put a simple question to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee yesterday on the Senate floor. When does PAYGO really mean PAYGO? Senate Democrats answered with a resounding “never”. For the second time in...
March 4, 2010
Why Pelosi Stuck With Rangel
Charlie Rangel is not crazy. He may be liberal. He may be corrupt. He may be a partisan. But he is not crazy. The same cannot be said of Pete Stark, the man who will take Charlie Rangel’s place. This...
March 3, 2010
Getting Caught in The Changing Times
“The times, they are a changing.” That anthem of the 60’s should always be in the minds of all Hill ethics counselors. Charlie Rangel’s troubles with the Ethics Committee follow a familiar path. I remember well in November of 1994,...
March 2, 2010
Glowing Profile, Growing Dysfunction
Rarely has a glowing, front-page profile in a leading daily newspaper been so controversial. The President’s Chief of Staff got the full treatment today, as his allies let it be known that he is the only voice of reason in...