Democratic Conversation

The Democratic presidential hopefuls staged their first debate, and it was not Thursday Night at the Fights. It seems they want to present a more-or-less amicable style to political campaigning against which the American voters can see a stable Democratic Party that has differences, but is not fractious to the point where people say “these […]

Hillary Clinton has finally spoken. “I’m in. I’m in to win.”
This is the Republican strategists’ dream come true. They will try as hard as they can to “soften” Hillary so that she can get the Democratic presidential nomination. And then they will pounce: on her past, her politics, her connection to her husband, her failed […]

Saddam Hussein is about to be executed. It’s 2:37 a.m. in France, where I live, Saturday December 30th, and I have CNN International giving me up-to-the-minute info on his walk to the gallows. Naturally, they do not have a camera in the execution chamber, but this does not leave CNN without the opportunity to affect […]

Nancy Pelosi has extended an olive branch to George W. Bush. My only question is, Why? Here is a chief executive who just two years ago gloated to half the nation after the 2004 election that he “had political capital” and was going to use it. He did use it, with as much besmirching tactics […]

The American Democratic Party may win back the majority of seats in the House of Representatives in a week’s time. They also may win back majority of the Senate. This would give them a distinct advantage—but not an overwhelming advantage—in legislative matters for the final two years of George W. Bush’s presidential term. This advantage […]