Thursday
30Apr
A Slogan For Barack Obama's Hallmark Holiday
Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:04AM The senior advisors of the President refer to the observance of his first one hundred days in office as a "Hallmark Holiday".
Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:04AM Wednesday
18Mar
A Missing Audacity Of Competence In Government Today
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 01:58PM The political outcry came from every corner of Capital Hill. Those $165 million in employee-retention bonus payments made by the government backed insurance giant AIG would have to be returned.
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aig, barack obama, bonus, opinion, politics, tim geithner in Politics- Opinion Thursday
12Feb
Solving An Economic Mess With A Political Plan
Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 10:11AM Just one year ago, stimulus was also the solution to a failing economy. Indeed, those 2008 taxpayer stimulus checks provided little stimulus based on the dismal economic statistics of today.
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deficit, government spending, politics, spending, stimulus, tarp in Politics- Opinion Saturday
24Jan
The Sheriff President Rides Into The Sunset
Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 07:04PM After hearing the sarcastic good byes from the crowd at Barack Obama's Inauguration, he would land later that day in Midland, Texas to give his Presidential farewell speech to a much more accepting audience.
Monday
29Dec
Barack Obama's Five Resolutions For The New Year
Monday, December 29, 2008 at 03:01PM Barack Obama's Inauguration will be held in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2009. The forty-fourth President of the United States will soon have to address five major problems in United States foreign and domestic policy. Resolutions of these five problems would define success for his Presidency.
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bailout, barack obama, inauguration, iran, israel, middle east, new year, politics, resolutions, tarp in Politics Saturday
06Dec
Hillary Clinton Repackaged As Secretary Of State
Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 07:06PM It is always interesting to compare what a successful politician will say to get elected in a Presidential campaign and what subsequently happens. For example, many people remember George Bush's (41) famous campaign pledge of "Read My Lips, No New Taxes" in the 1988 Presidential campaign only to propose raising taxes after his Election Day victory.
Friday
14Nov
A Transition Team For A One-Term President
Friday, November 14, 2008 at 07:03PM The transition team lined up for introduction behind the new President Elect at his first Press Conference. The man who ran on a platform of hope and change was flanked by a lineup of Washington Democratic insiders as far as the stage would reach.
Friday
24Oct
The Media Is A Dog That Won't Hunt
Friday, October 24, 2008 at 08:11PM Updated on Friday, October 24, 2008 at 08:33PM by
Jim Smith
Updated on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 03:16PM by
Jim Smith
The mainstream media is in a ratings freefall. Neilson has just released a comparison of the broadcast network prime-time viewership for the 2008-2009 season compared with last season. The results for the major television networks are pretty grim.
Monday
13Oct
An Obama Victory Or The Bradley Effect
Monday, October 13, 2008 at 06:37PM Since the economy went into a tailspin several weeks ago, Barack Obama has been surging in most of the national public opinion polls. His lead has recently stabilized between four and eight percentage points over Republican Presidential candidate John McCain with just three weeks to go in the campaign.
Sunday
28Sep
An Electoral College Tie Means A Constitutional Crisis
Sunday, September 28, 2008 at 07:04PM Each day, for the last several months, just about every national public opinion poll has told the same story. John McCain and Barack Obama are in a statistical tie. A look at the electoral college map also shows a very close result.
Sunday
07Sep
Presidential Election Day 2008 In My Dream
Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 01:06PM My parents brought me up to always do my civic duty. Every election day since I was eligible, I have requested a ballot and cast a vote. Usually I make up my mind on a candidate selection long before Election Day.
Thursday
21Aug
Rhetoric Meets Reality For No Child Left Behind.
Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 01:51PM The No Child Left Behind Act certainly had an ambitious goal. It mandated that all students tested in reading and math would reach grade level by the year 2014. Six years ago, when the law was passed, almost no one believed that this standard for success was realistic.
Tuesday
12Aug
The John Edwards Fairy Tale Campaign Of 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 02:14PM The headline from CBS.com on July 24, 2008 told the bleak story of the nation's largest newspaper chains. "NEWSPAPER PROFITS PLUMMET, FUTURE BLEAK", the headline read. Meanwhile, the future also looks increasingly challenging for national network and cable news as well, as more and more people decide to get their daily news from the Internet.
Friday
25Jul
A Question Of Media Objectivity in Election 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008 at 10:50AM The campaign of Republican John McCain has just released two web videos which highlight what the campaign feels is a national media bias in favor of Democrat Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential election. It is asking people to vote for their favorite video.
Thursday
10Jul
No Change Or Straight Talk, Just Flip Flop
Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 11:16AM I watched the HBO miniseries on John Adams during the fourth of July weekend. The miniseries is based on the book by David McCullough on the second President of the United States. The movie portrays a somewhat vain fellow who was not a very skilled diplomat and detested the notion of compromise.
Tuesday
17Jun
The Twelve States That Will Decide Election 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 06:53PM Between now and Election Day, you will see both Barack Obama and John McCain campaigning almost exclusively in these twelve states. If you happen to live in any of these states, you should be preparing yourself for a media blitz that will surely make you dream of a quiet, remote vacation long before Election Day.
Tuesday
27May
A Republican Vice President For The Next Generation
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 07:59PM The Republicans are in trouble in the 2008 Presidential election. John McCain is the nominee for a political party that has lost its brand identity. In fact, public opinion polls show that McCain is only competitive with Barack Obama because of his history of independence from the Republican Party mainstream.
Friday
23May
The Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign Of 2012
Friday, May 23, 2008 at 07:58PM Hillary Clinton's campaign for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination has been over since early March. However, during the last two months, the Clinton campaign has exploited some very dubious Democratic primary election rules and a compliant media which profits from an uncertain Presidential race, to continue to run her failed Presidential campaign.
Friday
09May
The Ron Paul Revolution And Republican Renewal
Friday, May 9, 2008 at 08:40PM There may be a disaster coming in the 2008 election in November for the Republican Party. The recent defeat in the special election for Louisiana's Sixth Congressional District where Republican Woody Jenkins lost to Democrat Don Cazayoux is just the latest confirmation of how precarious the situation has become.
Tuesday
22Apr
Will The Real Barack Obama Please Stand Up
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 07:40PM The media reaction to the recent ABC Presidential debate in Pennsylvania was almost unanimous. Television moderators Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos were widely ridiculed for not asking a single question on an issue of political substance for more than the first fifty minutes of the Presidential debate. Indeed, there was not a single question on health care, the war in Iraq, the economy, illegal immigration, social security, or any other of the important challenges and issues facing America today.
