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Michael Barone: Obama's weak policies increase rather than lessen risk of war
Michael Barone
Updated: Sat, Feb 9, 2013
There were two extraordinary disclosures in Thursday's testimony of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey before the Senate Armed Services Committee. One was that there was no communication between them and Barack Obama or Secretary of State Hillary...
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WH stung by inaugural coverage, expect a less partisan SOTU
Michael Barone
Published: Sat, Feb 9, 2013
The well-sourced Ron Fournier of National Journal reports that White House aides say they and the president were “stung by the coverage of the inaugural address.” They were evidently surprised that the feisty liberal speech was seen as a feisty liberal speech. And so, they say, Barack...
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Obama seems to think all decent people share his views
Michael Barone
Published: Sat, Feb 9, 2013
The well-sourced Ron Fournier of National Journal* reports that White House aides say they and the president were “stung by the coverage of the inaugural address.” They were evidently surprised that the feisty liberal speech was seen as a feisty liberal speech. And so, they say, Barack...
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Michael Barone: At last, Republicans make their case to Main Street
Michael Barone
Published: Tue, Feb 5, 2013
The House Republicans, in serious trouble with public opinion as they blinked facing the "fiscal cliff" over New Year's, seem suddenly to be playing a more successful game -- or, rather, games, an inside game and an outside game. The inside game can be described by the Washington phrase...
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Michael Barone: Fewer dollars and babies threaten social programs
Michael Barone
Updated: Fri, Feb 1, 2013
Our major public policies are based on the assumption that America will continue to enjoy growth. Economic growth and population growth. Through most of our history, this assumption has proved to be correct. These days, not so much. Last week, the Commerce Department announced that the gross...
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Michael Barone: Better tools for immigration reform than in 1986
Michael Barone
Published: Tue, Jan 29, 2013
Yesterday, as Barack Obama called for a bipartisan immigration bill in Las Vegas and Sen. Marco Rubio called for one on Rush Limbaugh's program, the chances for passage look surprisingly good. But in some quarters, mostly from the right but also from liberals like blogger Mickey Kaus, comes a...
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Michael Barone: Democrats' dream of permanent dominance is unlikely
Michael Barone
Published: Sat, Jan 26, 2013
These days our political parties are defined by their presidents. Their policies and their programs tend to become their party's orthodoxies. And the perceived success or failure of those policies and programs tends to determine how the party's candidates, even those who don't support many of...
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