Obama Sotu Response

These terms that mean so much to passionate ideologues, like "privilege" or "personal responsibility," do not really belong to either side. Being a liberal does not make a person a socialist, and being conservative does not make someone a racist.

There are two traits conspicuous in Obama no matter what the pressure of the occasion: He rarely explains complex matters with a complexity equal to the subject matter; and he hates to be a bearer of bad news.

Bill Clinton -- who recently urged President Obama to show more optimism about the future -- hailed Obama for getting the tone right in his speech las...

Tonight, for the seventh long year, the American people heard a State of the Union that didn't reflect the America we see, and didn't address the ch...