National Democrats
Selective 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. …
Read More911 for 999
Taxes are to politicians as zappers are to bugs. They can’t resist the temptation, and they end up getting fried. Latest example: Herman Cain. Or, as he would say, “Herman Cain!” In their debate this week, his Republican rivals pretty well ripped apart his 999 tax plan. Turns out it would raise taxes…
Read MoreThe 2012 Stimulus
One industry in North Carolina is guaranteed to get a big boost next year: the political industry. President Obama’s two-day bus tour this week gave a glimpse of what’s to come. You’re going to see a lot of him the next 13 months – and a lot of the Republican candidate. And they’re all…
Read MoreSmiling Democrats
There’s fall in the air and, suddenly, there’s spring in the step of Democrats. Part of it was last week’s elections, especially the prospect of capturing the Wake school board. Part of it is the natural joy Democrats feel when Obama pillories Republicans and big, bad bankers. Part of it is seeing Herman Cain…
Read MoreFlawless Logic
First President Obama announced he was going to raise taxes on everyone making over $200,000 – then he fell victim to logic; Senator Charles Schumer did the math, looked at the numbers and to Schumer the message was clear: There are a lot more people making over $200,000 than there are people making over $1…
Read MoreOccupy Me?
The Occupy Wall Street/Washington/Raleigh/etc. protests are a classic example of a political movement that the general public may agree with, at least on some level, but not find agreeable. In politics, as in physics, every action generates a reaction. The Tea Party movement powered Republicans to victory in 2010, but may drag them to…
Read MoreThe Greatest Threat
There’s been an outbreak of populism on – of all places on earth – Wall Street. It started when a hardy band of protesters camped out in a small park near the Stock Exchange, waving anti-Obama, anti-Republican, anti-Democrat and anti-Wall Street greed signs. For a while no one paid attention. Then, suddenly, the protesters became…
Read MoreThe Left’s Tea Party?
A TAPster asks: Is the Occupy Wall Street protest “a moment or a movement?” Is it a new political wave that, as the Tea Party shaped the 2010 election, will shape the 2012 election? The Tea Party took off two years ago – ironically, sparked by a CNBC reporter’s rant on Wall Street…
Read MoreThis Is It?
Jilted by Chris Christie, the Republican search for Ronald Reagan Redux goes on. You know things are bad when Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich are rising in the polls. Already, Michelle Bachman and Rick Perry have soared – and then plummeted. But they distinguished themselves by performing a feat no one thought possible:…
Read MoreRepublican Retreads Roll
If history is any guide, Mitt Romney will win the Republican presidential nomination. For some reason, Republicans nominate presidential candidates who ran unsuccessfully before – like Romney this year. See Ronald Reagan (the GOP gold standard) in 1980, George H.W. Bush in 1988, Bob Dole in 1996 and John McCain in 2008. The exception,…
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