The biggest message about Thursday night’s encounter between VP Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan may be that debates work better when all the participants show up.” National Journal
This caught my eye...15 years since John Denver died in that airplane crash. I underappreciated him at the time. Here's a tribute to a true American original.
The Nobel Committee awarded its peace prize for 2012 to the European Union. Just wondering ... who gets the prize money?
Ah…momentum. As the National Journal pointed out, it undeniably exists in politics, and feeds off itself. Momentum drives coverage, attracts money, energizes supporters, and begets more momentum. The Romney/ Ryan ticket had the wind at its back heading into last night’s vice-presidential debate. VP Joe Biden’s assignment was to reverse,...
William Faulkner wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” The line certainly applies to the work of former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) and former Clinton White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles who co-authored the infamous 2010 deficit reduction plan that now seems to be enjoying a...
FED MINUTES SHED LIGHT ON QE3 DECISION-MAKING. Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy-setting meeting, released Thursday, shed light on the range of factors the bank weighed before launching an aggressive, open-ended round of bond-buying last month. Although concerns ranging from the potential difficulty the Fed could face when it...