June 21, 2008
Catch Phrase
Catch-Phrase (John Feehery) This orginally appeared in The Hill’s Pundits Blog @ 6:15 pm In thinking about a match-up between Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), I am trying to look into the future and guess which senator’s...
June 20, 2008
Year Two of President Obama (John Feehery)
This originally appeared in The Hill Pundits blog @ 2:08 pm Jan. 10, 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the last American troops and embassy personnel departed Baghdad today, the Obama White House faces another crisis in Taiwan. The Chinese government...
June 20, 2008
Russian Roulette
The House Democrats folded twice this week in the face of an aggressive White House and a determined Republican minority. Bowing to reality, they cut a deal to continue funding the war effort in Iraq and...
June 19, 2008
I’M A Believer!
“And then I saw her face, now I’m a believer…” I can’t get that song out of my mind when thinking about Barack Obama and his commitment to anything. On Larry King Live...
June 19, 2008
Real Leadership from Boehner
It isn’t an easy thing to cut a deal when you are the House Minority leader. The temptation is to oppose everything, because, well, you are in the minority, and it is the majority’s job...
June 18, 2008
Where Their Heart Really Is
The House Democratic Leadership is taking a huge gamble in not locking arms with House Republicans on passing legislation dealing with the rapidly increasing price of oil. By not proposing a bipartisan solution, they expose...