The Michigan Primary and the Nevada Democratic Debate

Meanwhile Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to meet “God’s standards”

To those who fear theocracy in America, I say, (badly) paraphrasing Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, “the fear, dear Brutus, is not in the Middle East but in ourselves.”

The Perils of Bipartisanship

I’ve been holding a lot of conversations about politics.

Is it just me or do you also find it exasperating when someone simultaneously complains, “All Democrats and Republicans are the same” and “Why can’t people put partisanship aside and do what’s best for the country?”

When someone says “The Democrats don’t stand by their principles. They’re just like the Republicans.” And then says “why can’t the Dems compromise more and work with Republicans?”

When someone says, “The Democrats spend just as much as the Republicans and support earmarks” and then turns around and says “The Democrats haven’t accomplished anything.”

Today we discuss how much of the American electorate is taught to hold two contradictory ideas in their head simultaneously without realizing the contradiction.

Republican Choices for President 2008

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Mark Debates Ex-Congressional Staffer, Republican Buzz Hawley on the Republican Choices in 2008 Presidential Race

Who's Your Presidential Candidate? Why?

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I’m still undecided at this late stage.

Call in and convince me.

Listen Live here or on 89.3 FM in Metro Washington and Baltimore.

The New Hampshire Primary

The pundits had completely written Hillary Clinton off, just as they coronated her a week before Iowa. Isn’t it wonderful when the voters tell the pundits to back off?

I discuss the impact of this important primary in the future of both political parties.