Some Republicans Push New Approach The stars may be aligning for some sort of comprehensive immigration reform this year. Remember, I said maybe. The focus is on a plan coming from Senate Democrats and Republicans that would offer a path to citizenship for the 11 million or so illegal immigrants currently in the United States. […]
Obama: Full Steam Ahead
Posted January 23rd, 2013 at 8:19 pm (UTC+0)
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Big Agenda but Time is Fleeting If you look at Washington politics as a poker game, President Obama went all in this week. His second inaugural address caught some by surprise with a more edgy, partisan vibe that runs counter to the tradition that the president’s maiden speech be full of lofty rhetoric and vague […]
Inauguration Preview
Posted January 18th, 2013 at 9:31 pm (UTC+0)
Obama’s Second Term Challenge It sure does feel different than four years ago. Remember the crowds, the excitement and the sense that history was being made in 2009 with the inauguration of the country’s first African-American president? There is definitely a different feel to this second inauguration. More tempered, I guess. It seems less about […]
Confirmation Battles to Come
Posted January 9th, 2013 at 8:18 pm (UTC+0)
Hagel in the Crosshairs The conventional wisdom in Washington is that while there will be a fight in the Senate, Chuck Hagel will win Senate confirmation as President Obama’s new Secretary of Defense. But the battle is shaping up as a contentious one right from the start. Some Republicans began squawking even before the Hagel […]
Cliff Averted but Quicksand Ahead
Posted January 3rd, 2013 at 9:46 pm (UTC+0)
Spending Clash Coming In the end, the best Congress could do was a narrow compromise to avoid everybody’s taxes from going up. In the modern polarized political age, I guess that constitutes some sort of victory. But any true deficit reduction — and remember this is supposed to be about cutting the deficit — will […]
