Time to Clean Up the Senate

by Art Smith

I’ve said it a number of times here in the past: the real power is in the US Congress.  Presidents can negotiate with foreign leaders, take military action (to an extent), and manage the administration as approved (more or less) by Congress.  And then a little...

GOP Has Its Problems Too

by Art Smith

Christopher J. Ward, former treasurer for the National Republican Congressional Committee, is under investigation for allegedly embezzling as much as a million dollars of the organization’s money. When our people mess up, we do it Texas-style. Of course,...

Resign Yourself to This #2

by Art Smith

Geraldine Ferraro is the next contestant on “Who Wants The Most Media Attention?”. Today she resigned from Hillary’s Finance Committee because of remarks considered racist regarding Obama. She had essentially said that Obama’s campaign was...

Resign Yourself to This #1

by Art Smith

Not surprisingly, Eliot Spitzer did resign today as Governor of New York, ,effective Monday. There is lots and lots of pundit commentary on this today (see Memeorandum). I’m sorry for his family, and I’m glad he did the right thing. A coworker of mine made...

Veto is Solid on Torture Bill

by Art Smith

House Republicans made the right choice today when they helped hold the line on Bush’s veto of the bill intended to ban waterboarding. Democrats are resting on the wrong principle here in trying to protect the rights of terrorists. They are convinced they are on...