After reading an article in the New York Times by Michael R. Gordon, titled “1991 Victory Over Iraq Was Swift, but Hardly Flawless”, I thought it was a well written article, but I disagreed with a few points the author…
As President Obama and the Republican led Congress go back and forth trying to find a budget compromise to avoid going over the fiscal cliff, they should look back at President George H.W. Bush and the 1990 Budget Enforcement Act. …
By Ezra Klein An important fact to keep in mind in the coming days: “The Bowles plan” that Speaker John Boehner endorsed is not the same as “the Simpson-Bowles plan.” Indeed, it’s not even the plan supported by its apparent…
There are two economic ideas that have come to dominate Republican economic policy. They are that tax cuts pay for themselves and that the theory of “starve the beast” actually works. The “starve the beast” theory states that by lowering…
On November 6th, 2012, President Barack Obama defeated former Governor Mitt Romney by a decent sized margin. Many political pundits on the right were baffled as to how Mitt Romney could have lost, the answer to that comes in two parts.
Happy Election Day to all! As we begin going to the polls, here is a last minute side by side comparison of the Presidential candidates.
As we now enter the final stretch of the 2012 Presidential Election, both candidates engaged in the final debate last night. As we look back on this last debate, let’s take a look at statements made by both candidates and…
In watching the second Presidential Debate of the 2012 Elections, it seems as if President Obama came out of his corner swinging, unlike the first debate between him and former governor Mitt Romney. This was a much better performance for…
We saw a lot of mudslinging last night between VP Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan. Let’s review some of the key comments made during the debate and determine fact from fiction. From the Washington Post: “We weren’t told they…
In looking back at the first debate between Mitt Romney and President Obama, it appeared that Mitt Romney came out much stronger, while the President looked very fuzzy in delivering his statements. Historically speaking, debates do not always make or…
