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What We Need To Hear From President Obama On His ISIS Strategy Tomorrow Night

We’ve been hungering for consensus in America and we’ve got it: 91% of Americans see ISIS as a threat to the vital interests of the United States, according to a new Washington Post poll. 71% of respondents support airstrikes in…

The American Dream isn’t dead but we have work to do

May 20, 2009: The Statue of Liberty against the deep blue sky in New York Harbor. On Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 the statue will host the 125th anniversary of its dedication with a Naturalization Ceremony, the presentation of a gift…

Divided GOP only thing Obama, Democrats have going for them before 2014 midterms

April 29, 2014: House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, joined by Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., talks to reporters following a Republican strategy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington.AP Tuesday’s Washington Post/ABC News poll will not be welcome news to a…

Obama is right to grant drug offenders clemency

President Barack Obama. (AP) Attorney General Eric Holder announced this week that the Obama administration will welcome applications for clemency from non-violent drug offenders – users or, perhaps, distributors – who have served at least 10 years in jail and…

Why David Jolly’s Florida win should be a warning to Democrats in 2014 and beyond

Tuesday was a dark day for the Democrats. In the midst of crumbling foreign policy endeavors in Ukraine, Syria and Iran and an ever-growing backlash over President Obama’s unpopular health care policy, the Democrats lost Florida’s 13th Congressional district in…

In State Of The Union, Obama Fails To Rise To The Challenge Of The Moment

President Barack Obama delivers the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool) President Obama took the stage tonight for his annual State of the Union address on shaky…

Obama sets out to save his legacy — will it work?

President Obama has begun a new 20 day effort to sell the Affordable Care Act. And while his press conference on Tuesday was less defensive and more forward looking than his previous comments, it very much remains to be seen…

You Can Keep Your Health Insurance Plan — But What Else Are You Losing?

Bowing to pressure, President Barack Obama said Thursday he will permit continued sale of individual insurance plans that have been canceled because they failed to meet coverage standards under the health care law. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) In this afternoon’s press…

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

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…

Obama Opts To Delay and Diffuse

In Tuesday’s address President Obama didn’t change any minds. And he certainly didn’t offer any answers to the litany of questions from Congressmen, Senators, commentators and everyday Americans that have been posed since the President came out in support of…