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Forrester Gets It Wrong On Facebook (Really Wrong)

I’ve read the Forrester research on Facebook Facebook, and it makes very little sense. Forrester has basically said that the entire value and promise of the Facebook brand is vastly overstated because of the lack of utility of mobile advertising,…

Barely A Deal, Certainly Not A Solution

“Berrinche.” That’s the word many Mexicans now use to describe Washington. What does it mean? Tantrums. The Mexicans, and indeed our critics across the globe, couldn’t be more on the money. Our legislators have become nothing more than petulant children,…

Government Shutdown Courtesy Of The Republicans

It wasn’t supposed to go this way. The Republicans’ latest maneuver appears to be a complete failure – we are headed for a government shutdown, and fast. It appears that the Republicans, and certainly Senator Ted Cruz, have become the…

Reframing The Health Care Debate Is A Long-Term Political Must

With the Syria crisis entering a new phase, the focus among Washington policymakers has shifted to the debate over the debt ceiling and efforts by far-right Republicans to try and defund the Affordable Care Act. While it makes for good…

Why Larry Summers’ Withdrawal Is So Important

President Obama failed quietly over the weekend, and it’s important to understand why. His failure had both everything, and nothing, to do with Syria. The withdrawal of Larry Summers as a prospective candidate to head the Fed is indicative of…

Weak On Syria, Weak In The World

I am sure they are breathing a sigh of relief – if not celebrating – in Damascus, Tehran and Moscow. By that I mean that it looks like, at least for the short term, that President Assad has gotten away…

NSA Oversteps (Again)

Let me be clear, Edward Snowden will never be a hero or a patriot in my eyes. I will not argue that he is traitor, though he is certainly a criminal. And no amount of revelations as to how the…

Edward Snowden And The Russian And Chinese Advantage

Another day, another humiliation for the Obama administration. As I argued on my show, Political Insiders, with Pat Caddell and John Leboutiller yesterday, Russia has once again embarrassed the US and President Obama by harboring former NSA contractor Edward Snowden…