Elena Kagan, Barack Obama’s second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, would be the first person to join the bench in 48 years without having served previously as a judge. Ironically, Kagan’s lack of judicial and litigation experience runs contrary to what she herself has called the “threshold requirement” for …

The Democratic Leadership in the Congress made a pretty big strategic mistake on Thursday. They, for all intents and purposes, announced that they will raise your taxes on January 1, 2011. They did so plainly, and I tend to believe them. For weeks on my radio show, at Tea Party …

This week marks the first anniversary of the emergence of the Tea Party phenomenon into a national movement. Tax Day 2009 saw 1,000 or more anti-tax, anti-spending, anti-big government demonstrations crop up spontaneously all over America, most of them adopting some variation of the title Tea Party. Democratic pollster and …

Americans are now bored with the health care debate. Our infamous short attention span is about to get us into big trouble, as voters zone out during the final push to get a bill through Congress. The looming legislation will upend a sizeable portion of our economy and without a …

On “FOX News Sunday,” yesterday Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she didn’t believe that Americans want to be in Afghanistan for 10 years. Put that way, she’s probably right. But put another way– where it’s clear we’re in the fight to win — where we’re adapting to challenges from the Taliban …

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:19:52 +0000 – Last summer I wrote an article which made its way around my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio called “Is America Cleveland? “. As I drove through my city– which was once ranked sixth in total U.S. population– I saw schools, roads and public buildings …

In September of 1962, in a speech at Houston’s Rice University, President John F. Kennedy set the tone for the decade. Reminding the nation of the words of William Bradford who, speaking in 1630 at the founding of the Plymouth Bay Colony, said that “all great and honorable actions are …

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:26:39 +0000 – Senator Specter’s decision is a continuation of what we have seen across the nation — at least since the 2006 Democratic Congressional takeover of both Houses of Congress and the substantial margin of Barack Obama’s victory and further dramatic gains by Democrats in …

President Obama is bungling the health care and losing control of his message. Here is what he needs to do to save face on health care: 1. Abandon the Public Option: Obama is losing the public option argument, and with it, he hazards losing credibility as a public servant. He …

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:09:18 +0000 – By John TantilloMarketing Expert Folks, there are now three distinct brands in Washington: Democrat, Republican and Brand Obama. Here’s what this means and why it matters. Let’s start with Brand Obama. The single most important aspect of this brand is that it is …