Should Defense Cuts Be On the Table?

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  April 29th at 10:33 AM  | 

     With mounting federal debt and record budget deficits, some within the G.O.P.- current elected officials, would be Presidential nominees, and major operatives- have weighed in on ways to cut the budget.  Among them is the often off-limits defense budget.  As many freshman Republican Representatives are finding out, what sounds good in theory is not so good in political reality.  For example, Rep. Scott Rigell, who | Read More »

About That Social Issues Truce

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  April 25th at 08:21 AM  | 

     A lot of attention has recently been cast on a the so-called proposed truce on the social issues.  In reality, this is a pipe dream for one very important reason- the opposition- the liberals and the Democrats and other liberals would never honor such a truce.  If we kept the upcoming elections strictly to national security and fiscal issues, Democrats lose on the merits | Read More »