Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
Never underestimate a President who can talk eloquently about moral issues. It’s easy to forget that. We haven’t had a President who could do it for 20 years – since Ronald Reagan left the White House. The Bushes could hardly put together a coherent sentence. Yes, Bill Clinton could talk a blue streak.…
Read MoreOne of the great falsehoods peddled by Jim Hunt-haters – and repeated in a recent comment on this site – is that he cried after Ted Kennedy’s speech to the 1980 convention. Sorry, haters. It didn’t happen. I was there. Standing beside Hunt on the floor of Madison Square Garden during Kennedy’s…
Read MoreWatching President Obama give a speech is sort of like it used to be watching Reggie Jackson play baseball – I’m no Yankees fan but at times watching Reggie (like in the World Series game when he hit three homeruns) could be pretty amazing. Plus, President Obama has guts, which is about the rarest…
Read MoreOne of the smartest people I know in the health-care field is Bill Atkinson, CEO of WakeMed. Not long ago, he made a point that gets little attention in today’s debate: That most American families – no matter how well off – are one major illness from financial ruin. The debate seems to…
Read MoreGovernor Perdue has plenty of education-budget headaches – like whether local school districts are laying off teachers. Getting less attention is the near-panic among health and human-services advocates over draconian state budget cuts. Especially with North Carolina facing swine-flu fears, an aging population and serious mental-health needs. Budget reform – whatever that…
Read MoreI had no idea what a powerful and persuasive speaker President Obama is. According to Tom Fetzer & Co., if Obama gets the chance to address America’s schoolchildren, he will turn them into socialists. Wow. Especially with a subversive message like: study hard, stay in school and set goals for success.…
Read MoreOne Big Name mentioned as a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate should be taken seriously: Dennis Wicker. Wicker reminds me of Jim Hunt circa 1992. Wicker has grown since an election defeat eight years earlier. The lessons from that loss – plus his experience in the private sector – could make him a stronger candidate…
Read MorePresident Obama swept into the White House not riding a pro-Obama wave but riding an anti-Bush tide. Now, Bush is gone and after nine months of marching straight left Obama’s setting off tides of his own and his popularity is vanishing faster than any newly elected President since the dawn of the Age of Polling.…
Read MoreOne of the many brilliant (that means “Democratic”) readers of this blog has offered what could be a spot-on analysis of Obama’s new strategy on health care. I share it with you in full: “He has leaned back and relaxed and let Mitch McConnell and the screaming chorus shout and work themselves into a…
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This one stands out – even in the never-ending flood of Donald Trump’s sins, crimes and…
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Hamas invaded Israel, slaughtered 1200 Israelis. War started. Israel struck back. Biden said his commitment to…
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A political candidate lives in his or her own small world. Fitting a jigsaw puzzle together,…
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