February 16, 2010
GOP Principles for the Summit
I hate to break it to you. Next week’s health care summit is a public relations show that won’t lead to a bipartisan deal. Republicans have been grappling with one big question. Why should they even go? The conventional wisdom...
February 15, 2010
Brought to You By the White House
I was at the gym yesterday (yes, I know, small miracle), watching the end of Meet The Press, when up on my tv screen popped President Barack Obama. He was doing an infomercial on the Pay-As-You Go budget rule that...
February 14, 2010
Cupcakes and the President’s Health Care Bill
It struck me as I was buying cupcakes for my wife’s birthday. If you understand the sudden rise of the cupcake, you will understand why the President Health Care bill has lost so much steam. The cupcake is indicative of...
February 14, 2010
Cupcakes and the President’s Health Care Bill
It struck me as I was buying cupcakes for my wife’s birthday. If you understand the sudden rise of the cup cake, you will understand why the President Health Care bill has lost so much steam. The cupcake is indicative...
February 12, 2010
Our Next President
Our next President needs to be cheap. That is the line that I like to use when people ask me whom I am going to support in the Republican Primary. David Brooks (I think it was David Brooks) wrote a...
February 11, 2010
The Euro’s Achilles Heel
The Euro’s Achilles Heel Right after the Presidential elections of 2000, I had the opportunity to travel to Strasbourg and to Brussels on the European Union fellowship, where I was able to talk to several different E.U. politicians and bureaucrats...