How to Win by Negotiating with Ourselves
Normally you don't win anything when you negotiate with yourself. You barter yourself into a worse and worse position. I see an exception. Sam Stein ...
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Calling the Bluff in the Conference Committee
Lieberman and Nelson might well go with the Republican team and vote against cloture. If they do show their fundamental disloyalty, it forces them to join obstructionist Republicans and takes the heat off all the other Democrats.
The Decade Ahead: From Radicalism to Restraint
Washington just turned the page on a decade filled with reckless spending, military adventurism and political fratricide. The costs of that era will be with us for some time.
Fearless Predictions for 2010 and Other Magical Thinking
Tom Friedman will realize that he's losing his success rate to the average stopped clock and retire to focus on writing non-political travel books. They will be very short. But somehow still turgid.
NRA Bosses -- But Not Members -- Defend Policies That Help Arm Suspected Terrorists
If the National Rifle Association's leaders want to help suspected terrorists get easy access to guns, bucking the wishes of their own membership, they should come out and say so.
60+ House Democrats Say "Any" Health Bill With No Public Option Is "Unacceptable"
The battle over the public option isn't over. Somehow, everyone's forgotten that 60+ House Democrats signed a letter demanding it just a few months ago.
Why I'm Not Joining the Call to "Kill the Bill"
Instead of sending more "Kill the Bill" emails, we need to turn our attention now to leaders in the House, insisting they stick to their guns and improve on what the Senate has passed.
'Twas the night before Health Care (C'mon! Everybody join in!)
I would like your help to write the longest "Night Before Christmas" poem ever. Think we can write one as long as a three-gabillion page bill?
Who Does the NRA Represent?
At a recent social gathering, I was approached by a gentleman who had heard I had written a book about the gun control issue. "I am a gun owner," he ...
It's Not Over Yet: We Must Finish Health Reform Right!
While the Senate bill includes significant reforms, it looks weak in comparison with the one produced earlier in the House.
If Obama Was a Liberal We'd Have a Better Bill
If we had more liberals in Washington, instead of blathering about perfection being the enemy of the good, we'd have heard a rallying cry that mediocre is the enemy of effective.
Gun Lobbyists Against 'Wellness And Health'
While our massive health care reform package was hammered out in the back offices of the Capitol, Senators still found time to bend over backwards for the Gun Owners of America.
Why Boo A Political Win?
Like every major piece of legislation, the health care bill is a compromise. It will require tweaking as the law of unintended consequences kicks in -- but such imperfections come with the territory.
Copenhagen Climate Change Marathon: Leaders and Lawmakers Negotiate in the Final Hours
The Copenhagen game of tag-in-the-dark enters its eleventh hour. With over 100 heads of states arriving in the next hours, negotiators are gearing up for the last miles of this two week marathon.
With A Third of Workers at Risk of Job Losses, Progressives Launch New Drive For More Aid (VIDEO)
It doesn't seem that many members of Congress fully understand yet the havoc that's been let loose in the land because of widespread unemployment. Meanwhile, posturing over ideology continues.
It Didn't Have To Be This Way
The void created by both Barack Obama and Harry Reid in the leadership department has been quickly filled instead by "centrist" Democrats who realized that every senator can be called "the 60th vote".
Copenhagen Blues: Obama's Weak Hand on Climate, and the California Option
Obama has cobbled together some impressive-looking cards, including action in California. But he's nowhere near signing a Copenhagen Protocol, were one to emerge, which it will not.
Mr. President: You've Earned Your Stripes, Now Let's End the Gay Ban in 2010
Besides health care and Afghanistan, there are urgent initiatives that need to get done. On this short list should be the repeal of DADT.
What's an Underemployed Gal to Do? Run For Office.
The experience of running convinced me that women have a tremendous natural ability for politics. We just have to get over our fear of it and go for the brass ring.
Pass Financial Regulatory Reform - Then Break Up the Big Wall Street Banks
With no regard for history -- and here I mean the events of only 12 months ago -- the Republicans and Big Banks have the audacity to contend that the creation of jobs requires the lowest levels of regulation possible.
NRA Members For Reasonable Gun Restrictions
it is time for Congress to start listening to the American people -- including NRA members and gun owners -- instead of responding to the dictates of NRA bosses.
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