Tag Archives: crisis

You call this a deal? Congress, Obama set to kick the can … again

10/15/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that he was hopeful it would be a “bright day.” Republican leader Mitch McConnell seconded Reid’s optimism, “we’ve had a good day,” he commented on Monday. Indeed, we are on the precipice of a…

A culture of meanness and political opportunism, on both sides, is poisoning Washington

09/19/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
On Monday, as the tragic shooting in the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard was still in the process of unfolding, President Obama gave a partisan speech observing the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis. Despite the fact that the shooting had…

No minds changed by Syria speech but Obama’s message is loud and clear

09/10/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
Bottom line: I don’t think the president changed any minds Tuesday night. And I don’t think he intended to. President Obama didn’t make the case Tuesday night that a military strike would have any consequential impact on degrading the chemical…

Yes, Virginia, there really is a way to balance the budget

04/09/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
President Obama is set to propose his “compromise” budget plan on Wednesday. His budget is reported to trim the deficit by $1.8 trillion over the next ten years, with nearly $600 billion in savings coming from additional revenue and $1.2…

Obama practices the divisive politics he eschews in Inaugural speech

01/21/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
“That is our generation’s task – to make these words, these values – of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness – real for every American.” The president spoke these words with conviction, and in the tone of the President…

A win for Romney in first round of debates

10/04/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
Wednesday night’s presidential debate in Denver was a win for Mitt Romney. He was clear and unambiguous on health care and the dangers of big government. The president lost his focus after the first 45 minutes. For the rest of…

What the polls aren’t telling us about the 2012 election

09/26/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
There has probably been more discussion of polls, sample, design, questioning technique, and of course, results of opinion polls, in this election than ever before. ; As someone who has made his living doing polls for the last 35 years,…

What Americans know that Obama and Romney do not

09/18/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
Mitt Romney’s off the record remarks are potentially a very serious problem for him. By dividing the country into those who pay taxes and those who don’t pay taxes, the former Massachusetts governor has made both a substantive error and…

Romney takes a giant step in the right direction

08/31/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
Accepting his party’s nomination for president Thursday night in Tampa Mitt Romney delivered a solid speech. It succeeded in beginning the process of humanizing the former Massachusetts governor. ;It demonstrated his comittment to women and his view of government. It…

What Romney-Ryan and the GOP are missing

08/21/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
Make no mistake, Mitt Romney’s appointment of Paul Ryan as his running mate has galvanized the Republican base. But while a recent Gallup poll found a mere 39% of Democrats are now more enthusiastic about voting than in previous elections…