Contract Renewal
You’ve must admit, there’s something Churchillian about Newt
Gingrich. He may not be the most beloved politician on the
national scene, but Newt always has his eye on the ball. Nobody
does the issues better.
This casts Newt in the role that Churchill played when he
was an [...]
Where We Are and Where We Were
Along with a massive snowstorm, Friday brought a blizzard of new info on the job market. From the perspective of our work at the White House, two points stand out, one about where we are and the other about where we’ve been.
First, while there are encouraging signs regarding jobs, they are early signs and must [...]
Humpty-Dumpty and King Barack
And all the king’s horses and all the king’s men
couldn’t put Humpty together again.
And there’s the problem, I thought, as I watched and
listened to our puffed up and preening president yammer on about
jobs and joblessness. Does he really think that it is within his
[...]
Not a double-down but at least a down and a half
Perhaps the best way to evaluate tonight’s State of the Union speech is to speculate about how it will have sounded to independents and centrists. After all, their defection is mainly what has elected Republicans and driven down President Obama’s approval rating.
Since I’m not an independent, it isn’t easy to put myself in their [...]
The stakes in Afghanistan
Amotz Asa-El, in the Jerusalem Post, delivers a devastating takedown of the Obama administration, both with respect to domestic and foreign policy. According to Asa-El, these policies have two things in common: (1) for Obama, oration is “not a way to announce plans, it [is] the plan itself” and (2) just as Obama [...]
