Hillary Clinton Supports Egypt Protests By Not Endorsing Mubarak
Jan 31, 2011 Opinion
Sec. of State Hillary Clinton was on Meet The Press today speaking about the crisis in Egypt. Sec. Clinton urged President Hosni Mubarak to move the nation towards democracy, but what was most important what we she didn’t say. At no point, did she endorse the Mubarak regime, or support the notion the Mubarak should remain in power.
Boehner Defends Crying and Smoking
Jan 31, 2011 Opinion
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) offered some tough defenses of his personal habits during an interview with Fox News Sunday.
Immigration reform: Economic Downturn Opens a Window
Jan 31, 2011 Opinion
Reports of the death of immigration reform in the 112th Congress may be exaggerated. True, immigration politics are divisive and sometimes toxic, and Republicans don’t want to enable President Obama to claim another legislative victory as he gears up for the 2012 election. Even so, the strands of effective reform are there, waiting to be knitted together into a grand bargain by political entrepreneurs.
Why is America so afraid?
Jan 31, 2011 Opinion
I’m as thrilled as anyone by what I see in the Cairo streets, but when I turn on American television I see only grim faces. Robert Gibbs looked frightened during his delayed press briefing yesterday afternoon; he didn’t know what to say. Obama’s comments last night were equivocal and opaque: I’m with Mubarak, for now. This is his 9/11 — the day Arabs blindsided a president.
What next for Egypt, the USA and the Middle East?
Jan 31, 2011 Opinion
As Washington struggles to come to terms with a rapidly changing Middle East,
US President Barack Obama is acutely aware he must get Egypt right, for the
wrong side of history eagerly beckons.
The Tea Party Wags The Dog
Jan 31, 2011 Opinion
The Republicans, who sold themselves as the uncompromising champions of Tea Party-fueled fiscal austerity, have discovered that most Americans prefer compromise to confrontation.
Hillary Clinton Supports Egypt Protests By Not Endorsing Mubarak
Jan 31, 2011 Politics
Sec. of State Hillary Clinton was on Meet The Press today speaking about the crisis in Egypt. Sec. Clinton urged President Hosni Mubarak to move the nation towards democracy, but what was most important what we she didn’t say. At no point, did she endorse the Mubarak regime, or support the notion the Mubarak should remain in power.
Boehner Defends Crying and Smoking
Jan 31, 2011 Politics
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) offered some tough defenses of his personal habits during an interview with Fox News Sunday.
Immigration reform: Economic Downturn Opens a Window
Jan 31, 2011 Politics
Reports of the death of immigration reform in the 112th Congress may be exaggerated. True, immigration politics are divisive and sometimes toxic, and Republicans don’t want to enable President Obama to claim another legislative victory as he gears up for the 2012 election. Even so, the strands of effective reform are there, waiting to be knitted together into a grand bargain by political entrepreneurs.
Why is America so afraid?
Jan 31, 2011 Politics
I’m as thrilled as anyone by what I see in the Cairo streets, but when I turn on American television I see only grim faces. Robert Gibbs looked frightened during his delayed press briefing yesterday afternoon; he didn’t know what to say. Obama’s comments last night were equivocal and opaque: I’m with Mubarak, for now. This is his 9/11 — the day Arabs blindsided a president.