November 9, 2011
In the wake of a significant electoral victory in Ohio Tuesday, unions and their supporters are energized and eager to flex their newly honed political muscles. But the path to greater electoral clout in 2012 could lie in a partnership with young voters and followers of the Occupy movement.Please click here to read the full article.
November 6, 2011
The off-year elections usually don’t attract much voter fervor, but don’t tell that to labor unions in Ohio. They have amassed more than $30 million to fight for a ballot measure next Tuesday that would repeal restrictions on collective-bargaining rights for public employees.Please click here to read the full article.
October 15, 2011
Massachusetts, home of the Kennedy dynasty, the first state to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and the only one to vote for George McGovern for president in 1972, revels in its über-liberal reputation. And while Democrats hold most of the elected offices that matter, the paradox is that voters here don’t seem comfortable electing women to statewide office.Please click here to read the full article.
January 25, 2011
Rahm Emanuel would probably be the best mayor of Chicago, considering who is running for the office. But that’s not why the ruling yesterday of the Illinois appellate court is so egregiously wrong. It’s because the decision totally devalues service to our country.Please click here to read the full article.
January 16, 2011
It is one of the most celebrated and historic classes in congressional history — not the one seated Wednesday but the last group of Republicans who took over the House after the 1994 midterms. With 73 GOP freshmen, that class was smaller than this year’s group, which boasts 87 new Republicans elected in November. But members of the historic ’95 class contend their takeover was more significant because it was the first time Republicans had been in control of the House since the Eisenhower administration.Please click here to read the full article.
January 10, 2011
The tragic events in Tucson this weekend have focused attention on a lot of things that need to be examined—dialing down political rhetoric and hate speech, tightening gun control laws, and having better systems in place to address the problems of the mentally ill.Please click here to read the full article.
December 22, 2010
Over the past few weeks, many of those leaving the U.S. Senate — either voluntarily or by defeat — have given a farewell address, something of a Senate tradition. The speeches have been remarkable for their similarity. Not in terms of thanking staff and family members and recounting memorable moments or greatest hits of a legislative career. Most of the senators did those things. Rather, they have been remarkable for the warning most of them have sounded about the dismal state of the nation’s body politic.Please click here to read the full article.
December 20, 2010
The new group No Labels held its kick-off at Columbia University last week and announced an effort to try to reform our national political culture offering bipartisanship, civility and centrist political solutions. It’s a goal that virtually every recent poll shows a majority of Americans also want.Please click here to read the full article.
December 7, 2010
For the past year or so I’ve been writing a lot about bipartisanship and the need for Republicans and Democrats to work together to get something done for the American people. So it’s hard to criticize the deal the president struck with Republicans on extending the Bush tax cuts for another two years as not being a bipartisan effort. However, it’s pretty easy to call the plan not very good policy, and I expect that’s exactly what a lot of congressional Democrats will be saying in the coming days.Please click here to read the full article.
December 14, 2010
At the rollout for No Labels at Columbia University on Monday, one of the group’s founders called the event “our little Woodstock of democracy.” But the well- organized event, with its national media coverage, roster of top political names like New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, and media heavyweights like David Gergen and Joe Scarborough, felt like anything but Woodstock.Please click here to read the full article.
