New Yorkers Deserve a Choice in Senate Race
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 13th, 2010 5:32 am by HL
New Yorkers Deserve a Choice in Senate Race
Harold Ford, New York Post
Comments: 2By HAROLD FORD JR. Last Updated: 5:07 AM, January 12, 2010 Posted: 3:09 AM, January 12, 2010 EXCLUSIVE It's true: I am strongly considering running for the United States Senate. I do so because our best as a nation has always come when we test our ideas and ourselves, and when we trust competition…
Will Democrats Fumble Health Reform?
Bob Shrum, The Week
Robert ShrumRobert ShrumThe Cardinals beat the Packers on Sunday in the sudden flash of a fumble; within seconds, the game was over. Teams can't afford to fumble in sudden death overtime. So it is with health reform. I still think it will pass. But we're now in overtime, and the GOP will do anything to force a fumble and kill the bill. In reality, the greater danger comes from Democrats themselves; there are three late-game risks that could deliver a mortal blow to health reform.First is the controversy over abortion. It's roiled the debate from the start; but over the…
Axelrod Scrambling for Excuses
Peter Wehner, Commentary
ObamaCare & the 2010 Elections
David Gratzer, RealClearPolitics
Because of our efforts, insurers are now required to cover reconstructive surgery for children with deformities.Is that what Democratic candidates will say on the stump in 2010? After spending a year explaining the disaster of American health care and pushing for change, they can tout, short-term, only symbolic regulations of the insurance industry – regulations, incidentally, that already exist in many states. Receive news alertsThe biggest issue of 2009 is shaping up to be the defining issue of the coming congressional races. And while the Democrats are now poised to pass sweeping…
“Notional” Security
Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
The latest “screw-up” that let a man with explosives get on a plan on Christmas day is only part of a larger laxness and irresponsibility when it comes to national security. This administration pays lip service to national security and gives out with a lot of rhetorical notions that makes it notional security instead of national security.The Muslim major who was arrested for the murders of American soldiers at Fort Hood had left so many clues to his hatred of this country that all you had to do was count the dots, without even connecting them, to see where he was coming from. But…
