Van Hollen: No third Dem wave in 2010
February 13, 2009
The DCCC chairman believes Democratic candidates may face a tough environment.
Hardened Obama plans new fights
February 13, 2009
Obama’s large and expensive agenda virtually assures that 2009 will be marked by intense partisan battles.
Don’t forget the war in Iraq
February 13, 2009
The urgency of the economic meltdown has overshadowed the two wars the United States is still fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. That will not last.
Raining trillions from heaven
February 13, 2009
President Barack Obama would lose his quiet struggle against nicotine addiction if he dispatched the Secret Service to score him a carton of Camels. So why is Obama fighting Washington’s addiction to debt by…sinking Washington deeper into debt?
Let’s give Michael Phelps a pass
February 13, 2009
Does anyone remember Eleanor Holm?
If you don’t, it is understandable. But with half the world seemingly concerned about Michael Phelps, it seems appropriate to recall the stunning, blonde 100-meter backstroke champion of the 1932 Olympics whose consumption of a few glasses of champagne and late night dice playing with sportswriters in 1936 cost her a repeat of her earlier gold medal triumph.
Should government cap executive pay?
February 13, 2009
Should the federal government tell companies how much they may pay their executives? The Obama administration plans to do just that. The president announced Feb. 4 that companies receiving "extraordinary" levels of bailout money from taxpayers would be forced to limit top salaries to $500,000 a year.
Obama: Supreme allied commander
February 13, 2009
In an ideas piece, Simmons says Obama will need to regularly coordinate with the left to keep them in line.
Local politics key to card check
February 13, 2009
In an Ideas piece, Joshpe argues the bill is the big payback to unions who supported Dems.
Senators, greens spar over energy bank
February 13, 2009
In four years, the program doesn’t dole out a single dime of the $42B Congress allotted it.
The art of compromise
February 13, 2009
As lawmakers debate the fate of the economy, Rangel finds stimulus elsewhere – by doodling.