David Frum answers this over at CNN. Politics is a contest, limited by certain unwritten rules. And over the past two decades, old rules have broken down. Under the old rules, there were certain things that political parties did not do — even though theoretically they could. If one party controlled the Senate and another [...]
Bill Clinton
14 Ways to Create Jobs in this Economy
Few Presidents have been able to create jobs like Bill Clinton did during his eight years in office. In Newsweek (it still exists?) he outlines 14 ideas for creating more jobs. 2. CASH FOR STARTUPS If you start a business tomorrow, I can give you all the tax credits in the world, but since you [...]
Bill Clinton makes the case for bailing out Greece
He compares it to the Mexican financial crisis in 1995 The year 2010 is the 15th anniversary of the Mexican peso crisis — the financial crisis in Mexico. And Bob Rubin said, you know, Mexico’s got two hours to live and if we don’t give them a loan guarantee, they’re going to go belly-up tomorrow. [...]
Christmas with Reimers
We spent an early Christmas dinner with the Reimers and Kristy before the the Reimers head south to California for Christmas with their kids. It’s our family Christmas dinner and it is a really nice evening. The food is always good and during dinner I was having my second helping of a bean and mushroom [...]
The John Edwards Sales Pitch
Maureen Dowd on John Edwards For some reason, super-strivers have a need to sell what is secretly weakest about themselves, as if they yearn for unmasking. Edwards’s decency and concern for the weak in society — except for his own wife. Bill Clinton’s intellect and love of community — except for his stupidity and destructiveness [...]
