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Defeat Doesn't Build Character; It Reveals Character Jun. 06, 2014
The bloody Republican primary in Mississippi where the six-term U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran faces the pol... Read More
Strange Brew
May. 31, 2014
What Successful Political Leaders Have in Common May. 24, 2014
A long time ago, I learned from Bill Schneider, a very wise man, that in order to understand America... Read More
Do We Have a Stupid Party? May. 17, 2014
Long before he teamed with Erskine Bowles, a Democrat and former President Bill Clinton's White Hous... Read More
Tell Me Again, Why Is Marco Rubio a Presidential Front-runner? May. 16, 2014
On Sunday, Marco Rubio informed Jonathan Karl on ABC's "This Week" that he is ready to be president.... Read More
Republican Science-Rejection Syndrome Is Hurting All of Us May. 15, 2014
The 2016 Republican presidential primaries are already showing signs of turning into a competition t... Read More
Democrats and Republicans Talking Past the Voters May. 13, 2014
It's a cliche to say that Washington, D.C., is "out of touch" with voters, but there's something to ... Read More
Obama Discriminates May. 13, 2014
Our national Latino leaders still dance around it. They come close to saying it, but they still won'... Read More
One Man With Courage Makes a Majority May. 10, 2014
Even though the staff people who work on Capitol Hill voted him "the nicest" member of Congress, Rep... Read More
Bad Old Days: How Monica Lewinsky Deserves to Be Remembered May. 09, 2014
Monica Lewinsky must be satisfied to learn that with a few stylish photographs and a few innocuous p... Read More
Prince George Visit Quashes Australian Republican Murmurs May. 01, 2014
The visit Down Under by the infant Prince George, accompanied by his parents, the Duke and Duchess o... Read More
Rand Paul Makes a Muddle Apr. 23, 2014
CHICAGO — Let some candidates seek the middle. Rand Paul is comfortable in the muddle. Some ha... Read More
Memo to: Republican Candidates, Answer War on Women Apr. 22, 2014
Just because your opponent is hurling baseless or even ridiculous charges does not mean that you are... Read More
When Blacks Voted 80 Percent Dem, Malcolm X Called Them 'Chumps' Mar. 13, 2014
When blacks gave 80 percent of their vote to the Democratic Party in 1964, black activist Malcolm X ... Read More
Peril of Ignoring Change Mar. 08, 2014
According to the Census Bureau, for the first time in more than a century, the annual number of deat... Read More
Tea Party and the Rest of GOP Should Work Together to Win Mar. 06, 2014
Thursday marked five years since a commentator on one of the more liberal networks, MSNBC, launched ... Read More
Don't Write Those Tea Party Obituaries Just Yet Mar. 04, 2014
February marked the fifth anniversary of the reemergence of the label "Tea Party" in American politi... Read More
In Hyperpartisan Era, Only Candidates Can Change Outcomes Feb. 25, 2014
Former House Speaker Tip O'Neill famously said that all politics is local. And it mostly was, in his... Read More
Somewhere Between Extremes Feb. 25, 2014
On one extreme, I have some Cuban-American friends who are sooo conservative that they sound like re... Read More
Getting a Grip on Realities of the Federal Budget Feb. 14, 2014
The big story about the federal budget this week was the Republican Party's struggle to deal with ra... Read More
