Month: January 2009

Lots of news today. Do me a favor and give me your thoughts on some of it. Some seriously great appointments, Al Franken is certified the winner, Leon Panetta has been appointed as DCI (I approve, even if DiFi does not). Most of...

If it’s hard to be an effective senator in your first term, it’s even harder to be effective in your first two years. Appointed senators often find that they are not fully accepted until they have run and won a...

If it’s hard to be an effective senator in your first term, it’s even harder to be effective in your first two years. Appointed senators often find that they are not fully accepted until they have run and won a...

Ever wonder whether things might have been different if Carter had not dissed Poppy? Maybe no October Surprise?

Empire is in the last throes. Dick Cheney taught us just because something is in the ‘last throes’ doesn’t mean something dies right away. Empire won’t morph into Democritown anytime soon. But there is no...