The Deal that Blew Up
A bailout that rescues Wall Street without re-regulation is a fool's errand. If the bankers think their losses are covered and no limits are put on their gambles, they will soon be taking even greater risks.
If Obama goes along with the latest bill it in the name of post-partisan comity, he's making a big mistake. Washington is not lacking political leaders willing to go along with the flow.
A bailout that rescues Wall Street without re-regulation is a fool's errand. If the bankers think their losses are covered and no limits are put on their gambles, they will soon be taking even greater risks.
In her interview with Katie Couric, Palin essentially called Kissinger naive and also proved that she just hasn't done her homework on foreign policy.
It is time to confront an awkward but profound question: whether in picking Palin as his running mate, McCain has committed -- by his own professed standards of duty and honor -- a singularly unpatriotic act.
The format is mired in the 1960s. It encourages candidates to cram like college kids. But the debates could be mesmerizing, revealing TV.
It's a good bet that if Goldman Sachs makes it through, Mr. Buffett's involvement will prove to have been a smart one as well as a bailout. Why not call in Mr. Buffett as the people's representative?
While trickle-down economics theory can be used to mask a raw power grab, it is also a philosophy of moral superiority which many conservatives have come to truly believe.
Charlie Gibson just really isn't all that knowable outside his little 6:30 TV window, but four little words can change that, and catapult Gibson back to ratings glory: Dancing. With. The. Stars.
Feel pretty good about calling off the old debate. Still got my surrogates firing away, still got the negative ads running in the swing states, and this old Airman's taking the high road!
Ah, for the good old days, before we were immersed in the free-floating anxiety of the nanosecond news cycle that follow us everywhere, telling us that the sky is falling.
After hearing Matt Damon's brilliant comparison of a Palin presidency to a bad Disney movie, I said "Let's make a trailer for what that movie would look like."
Iranians have in the last few weeks been as engrossed with the US presidential elections as Americans are, and hopeful that US policy towards Iran will be in for a change.