September 24, 2008
Good Moves
I was talking to my good friend Dave Winston this morning, bitching about the state of the McCain campaign and its mishandling of the economic message over the last week. Winston suggested to me that McCain should...
September 23, 2008
The Expectations Game
The Democrats are the masters of the expectations game. They play the game much better than the Republicans, and they have willing assistance from the national media. That is especially the case in...
September 23, 2008
What to Expect From President Obama
In a rare moment of candor, Barack Obama admitted this morning on the Today Show that he probably won’t fulfill his campaign promises, right away. In an interview with Matt Lauer he said, “Does that mean that...
September 22, 2008
The Surgeon
Think of the current U.S. economy as having cardiac arrest. The doctor (Treasury Secretary Paulson) wants to go into the operating room immediately. But the Congress wants to take its sweet time, looking...
September 22, 2008
Keep It Clean
The Congress is getting their greasy hands on the Treasury Secretary pristine plan to bail us out of the biggest financial crisis to hit this country in eight decades. I have a simple message for...
September 22, 2008
Al Smith
Al Smith In 1928, the Democrats nominated Al Smith, a self-identified Irish Catholic, to be their candidate for President. Smith had been governor of New York throughout most of the 1920’s. He was seen as a progressive politician,...