I was out most of this past week at a company-sponsored seminar on business leadership.   What did I miss?  Rand Paul’s filibuster; John “Keating Five” calling Cruz, Rubio, Asham “wackos”; learning the Obamas

Eighteen spineless wonders in the Senate voted for cloture, ending debate over Hagel’s nomination.  Instead of a 60 vote requirement to end a filibuster,  the result was the need for only a simple majority of

It’s being reported that some Senate Republicans are considering a filibuster regarding the nomination of Senator Chuck Hagel for the Cabinet post of Secretary of Defense.  Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and James Inhofe (R-OK)

I’m not from Texas, I don’t live in Texas, and perhaps there may be some background/public service information that I’m not aware of that could alter my opinion.  However, listening to Sen. Cruz’s questioning

As you can tell, I’m not a fan of Susan Rice.  No, it has nothing to do with her being a “woman of color.”  That’s the part of the blame game now being foisted

If you’ve read the Sunday New York Times article, or watched the Sunday morning talk shows, specifically “Meet the Press”, you couldn’t escape the advent of the political speculation about 2016 and will Hillary

President Obama’s national campaign manager, Jim Messina, has his 10 takeaways from this past political campaign.  It’s worth reading and digesting by Republicans and some independents still reeling from the 2012 loss.  In Point #2, “hire

Unlike other bloggers and pundits, I needed a full day to digest the news of this, I admit, deeply disappointing defeat.  My first reaction, was thinking about the people I know who voted for

The following post I originally wrote on July 9, 2011.  It lists the five strengths and strategies that would propel Obama to win re-election.  #5 turned out not to be an “international” crisis, but