Obama and Petraeus agree on the key strategic approaches for American forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, indicating the brilliance of both men.
In their coverage of yesterday’s Congressional hearings to confirm General David Petraeus and Lieutenant General Ray Odeirno as CENTCOM Commander and Commander of Iraq forces, respectively, Bergmann and Goldenberg illuminated this […]

It’s time to end years of injustice in our legal system, listen to the 8th Amendment and our common sense, and bring back the stocks.
A recent case involving MySpace.com brings this cause new urgency. Alex Phillips of Wisconsin posted nude photos of his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend on his MySpace page along with lewd, humiliating comments. When […]

Edwards announced his endorsement for Obama last night, insisting there was “one man” who could bring about all the mighty good things Americans are hankering for:
“There is one man who knows and understands that this is a time for bold leadership … one man … one man … not two, and that man is Barack […]

As we continue to make the acquaintance of the Illinois Senator who is increasingly the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party, it’d do well to look back at his accomplishments.
To make this fun, let’s keep up the Jimmy Carter comparison. In the last post, I noted how Carter was more a technocrat, policy-wonkish micromanager from […]

I’ve been hearing a lot of hand-wringing from Obama critics and supporters alike that the “outsider” candidate will be just another Jimmy Carter. A firm look at the factors shows good reasons to both accept and dismiss this notion.
Superficially, there are enough similarities in the candidates’ images to pair them together. Carter was seen as […]

Rush Limbaugh is crowing about his success in ‘Operation Chaos,’ and rightly so. Though every news outlet is vocally questioning, “Did Rush change the course of Indiana?” and leaving readers to do the math, the Indy Math speaks for itself.
In Indiana, 10 percent of Democratic primary voters described themselves as Republicans … and they went […]

A youtube gem. How close do playground politics come to capturing the psychology of the Clinton campaign?

Around 9pm PST, Tim Russert spoke the words that will be resonating throughout the press and the Democratic Party until they are realized. Later denigrated as a “prediction,” I think one quality of the nature of predictions bears noting:
When everyone hears and believes in them, they become true.
“And no one is going to dispute […]