George Bush may have screwed up everything else in eight years, but even he knew better than to drive America’s automobile industry into bankruptcy at Christmas. Not so with Tennessee Senator Bob Corker and some of his Republican colleagues in Congress. All I have to say to them is: Keep driving, boys. Because – if…
Read MoreDon’t those words have a startling ring – after all, Democrats loathe wars (and instead, at least, these days in Congress, seem to have fallen in love with bailing out Wall Street billionaires). But, now, the Democrats have a war of their own – and they’ll own it lock, stock and barrel the moment Obama…
Read MoreThe Washington Post said last week that the one group largely unrepresented in Obama’s key team is Southerners. As Gomer Pyle would say, “Surprise, surprise!” The story didn’t mention that the official voice of the White House will have a Southern accent. That’s Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, who grew up in Alabama, went to N.C.…
Read MoreThe political world is in a frenzy of moral dudgeon over the alleged high crimes and moral misdemeanors of Governor Rob Blagoyevich. The nerve of him! Wanting to make money off the appointment of a new Senator! Besides, get a load of his hair. Then I read a story about Governor David Patterson of New…
Read MoreThe rumor this week has been that Governor-elect Perdue will appoint her Cabinet Friday. Other rumors have it that she’s still having trouble filling some key positions, like DENR and DHHS. Dumping the whole load at once is a different media strategy from past Governors. Most rolled out their appointments one by one. Each secretary…
Read MoreA group of my friends have been having a more or less ongoing debate between ‘Decliners’ and ‘Optimists.” The ‘Decliners’ take one look at, for instance, the governor of Illinois and say, You see, look, one more proof virtue is kaput. The country’s headed downhill and there’s no turning back – the American Republic has…
Read MoreI take a back seat to no one when it comes to being a John F. Kennedy hero-worshipper. I shook hands with him in 1960. I was 11 years old. He was campaigning with Terry Sanford, and they stopped at Glenwood Village to change cars. JFK was to me what Obama is to my kids.…
Read MoreA year ago Democrats couldn’t dredge up a candidate against Liddy Dole – now they’ve got ‘em coming out of the woodwork to take on Richard Burr. Burr has a litany of problems. For instance, he’s not nearly as strong a candidate as Mrs. Dole and he needs to get that fact clearly in focus…
Read MoreGovernor-elect Bev Perdue has done a lot of listening lately. Maybe too much. The highly publicized public forums that her transition team held – and the 14 reports that were generated – may not help her a bit when it comes time to stop listening and start governing. They may make her job harder. The…
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