May 28, 2008
Hillary to Supreme Court?
Hillary to the Supreme Court? (John Feehery) @ 8:46 am Fascinating story in this week’s National Journal raises the specter of Barack Obama cutting a deal with Hillary Clinton that would have him name her to the Supreme Court if he is elected...
May 27, 2008
Protecting the Dollar
Protecting the Dollar (John Feehery) @ 12:04 pm Brian Wesbury, a Chicago economist, has a great op-ed in The Wall Street Journal today, entitled “Déjà vu: The Fed’s Interest Rate Dilemma,” that is the best explanation I have seen about what is happening...
May 27, 2008
New Buzz on Vice President
The latest buzz about in the vice presidential derby is that Eric Cantor, the House Republican chief deputy whip, is being seriously considered. If he isn’t, he should be. Cantor is the James Brown of politics. He is the hardest-working...
May 27, 2008
Defending the Wife
Barack Obama played it pretty well yesterday when he went on “Good Morning America” to defend his wife from a video posted by the Tennessee Republican Party. Obama called the video “low-class” and “detestable” and said, “These folks should lay...
May 27, 2008
The Hard Work of Peace
As I sat watching the kids from the Catholic school and the kids from the mostly Protestant public school sing together today in East Belfast, Northern Ireland, I was struck by how they pretty much all looked to be brothers...
May 27, 2008
Come Fly With Me (Not)
I just got back from Belfast, Northern Ireland. I spent four days there, going to a conference on the Irish Peace Process, meeting up with some friends in Dublin, and then flying back. My ticket was not inexpensive to fly...