Issues
Cain’s Scrutiny
Twenty years ago, another presidential candidate who had been rising in the polls ran into a sex scandal. Bill Clinton survived. And went on to be President for eight years – Jennifer Flowers, Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky notwithstanding. So maybe Democrats shouldn’t get too high and mighty about the allegations against Herman…
Read MoreOne Sin
Over in Orange County the Democratic Commissioners would like to raise sales taxes, so there’s a referendum on the ballot on Election Day, which, normally, would lead to a fight between Democrats and Republicans – but that’s not how it works in Chapel Hill. Instead, the tax raisers have spared themselves a lot of strain…
Read MoreVoter ID Deal?
A lobbyist friend suspects that the legislature will try to override the Governor’s veto of the voter ID bill this week. Then we may learn whether some Democrats agreed to vote for the override in exchange for the gay-marriage amendment being on the ballot in May, instead of November. Stay tuned.
Read MoreResponding to Carter
Now Carter’s gone to meddling. So I feel compelled to depart from my preference to avoid writing about clients. His October 24 blog, “The Vanishing Cuts,” takes aim at DHHS Secretary Lanier Cansler – again. His collateral targets include people who run and live in adult-care homes (my clients). Here’s the other side…
Read MoreSound Familiar?
The more things change…the more they stay the same. The European Union has come up with a master-plan to cure the Greek debt crisis and avoid financial Armageddon. The European Bankers are going to eat half (instead of all) of their bad Greek loans. Then the Euro-Union is going to set up a…
Read MoreFinding a Dark Lining
The stock market goes up 340 points. It may go up more in October than in any month in 25 years. It even looks like the economy is growing rather than going into another recession. Great news, right? No. The L.A. Times finds the rat turd in the Dow Jones Index sugar bowl:…
Read MoreA Sure-Fire Way…
It’s a near-perfect metaphor: We’ve got Congress in debt up to its eyeballs and the President’s cutting the cost of government subsidized student loans. It’s classic. And unstoppable. Just before the election Obama’s going to make millions of new friends: He’s going to lower their student loan debts by increasing the government debts…
Read MoreDavid Brooks Is Wrong
A highlight of reading The New York Times on Tuesdays and Fridays is David Brooks’ columns. He’s intelligent, interesting and insightful. But he’s all wrong (“The Fighter Fallacy”) when he says President Obama is all wrong to come out swinging against Republicans. He can’t win that way, Brooks says. Yes, he can. …
Read MoreFrom China With Love
Governor Perdue reached across the Pacific to Washington last week to make a point that signals her 2012 strategy: Republicans are hurting education. While she was in China, her office sent a letter to Senators Hagan and Burr endorsing “The Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act.” She wrote that the bill,…
Read MoreSelective Credit
It was interesting watching Republicans react to the death of Gadhafi and the end of his regime. It pained them to give President Obama any credit. They strained instead to find a way to give credit to President Bush. Just like when Osama was killed. The Republicans were quick to credit Bush. …
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