The Democrats Current Crudeness Is A Function

I Believe That Poverty Is Often The Result Of Inappropriate Behavior - Out-of-wedlock Births, Dropping Out Of School, Crime And Drugs - Which Should Not Be Rewarded. But Often It Isn't, And Common Decency Requires That We Take Care Of The Least Of These.

In Point Of Fact, 'simpson-bowles' Has Become A Symbol, Or Simbowl, Rather Than An Actual Plan, Political Shorthand For The Process Of Long-term Deficit Reduction.

We`re Facing A Very Different Sort Of Threat Now, A More Amorphous Threat, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, And So On. And So The Military Has Abandoned The Two-war Strategy.

Ever Since John Kennedy, Democrats Have Had A Weakness For Dashing Younger Men Like Bill Clinton And Barack Obama And, I Suppose, Jimmy Carter. They Balance Their Tickets With Senior Statesmen - Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden, Walter Mondale. (al Gore Was Young But Played Ancient).

Affirmative Action Was Always Racial Justice On The Cheap.