by Denis Campbell
Welcome to the toughest 1st year in the loneliest job in the world. Good that you have a dog and you’re not in Kansas anymore Mr. President. You approached the utter disaster left by the previous occupant with a determination, grit, grace and pragmatism that has long been missing.
Now sir you have to [...]

UPDATED: By Denis Campbell
Rhodri Morgan could be moments away from officially announcing his retirement as Welsh 1st Minister. The rumour mill buzzes with anticipation. It could occur today during the annual Labour Party Conference kicking off today in Brighton (Gordon Brown desperately needs his pre-election conference to end on a collegial high note). Back home [...]

by Charley James
Now we have proof that the crazies grabbed control of the asylum and bullies are shaking down and thumping – not entirely figuratively – Republicans in the halls of the US Senate.
Maine’s two usually reasonable and moderate Republican Senators – Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe – spent the summer trying to find ways [...]

By Denis Campbell
Create a vacuum, be unclear, waffle, negotiate with soul-less bullies and you get gamed in Washington and across the USA. These NBC opinion poll graphics are chilling. The healthcare debate handed Republicans control of the US House in 1994. Now, because Congressional Democrats cannot determine what they stand for together, they will all [...]

by Carl Matthes
Whatever else Washington, D.C. stands for, it certainly stands as the center for mixing sex, religion and politics. Whether it’s brothels, hustlers, men’s rooms, escorts, mistresses or interns, it seems there is an unending supply of politicians willing to give the mix a vigorous stir. And, unlike their Liberal [...]

This Time About Cap-And-Trade Costs
by Charley James
Don’t conservatives, ConservaDems, the Republican Party and the rest of the “climate change is a hoax” crowd ever get tired of being wrong?
For several years, business lobbyists along with GOP and other right wing mouthpieces in Congress and on the air have been yowling that the US cannot afford [...]

by Denis Campbell
Like the television executive in the Paddy Chayefsky film ‘Network,’ I’m ready to lean out a window and scream, I’m Mad as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take it Anymore!” In the last week I’ve watched an abortion doctor assassinated while attending church, a white supremacist shoot up a Holocaust Survivor museum [...]

 
 
Stan Greenberg has advised former President Clinton, former UK PM Tony Blair, Nelson Mandela, Israel’s Ehud Barak and others. He is one of those political lions inspired during the Bobby Kennedy era to join politics and who provides a lot of wisdom for the taking if you are willing to listen. His new book ‘Dispatches [...]

There’s a limit to spunk. Thank God. While no pit bull, like Seuss’s Grinch, Charlie Gibson’s spine grew 3x its normal size yesterday as he became vexed with the lack of an answer to the question “do you (Sarah Palin) believe in the Bush Doctrine.” John McCain could not answer simple questions from a local [...]

Not since the Soviet Politburo have we seen such blatant manipulation to protect an untested Governor’s credentials. Rick Davis, McCain campaign manager said Palin isn’t giving interviews to the news media and won’t until “the campaign is ready.” Palin will answer questions from reporters “when we think it’s time and when she feels comfortable doing [...]