In Tom Clancy’s novel Executive Orders, Jack Ryan becomes President after a long and successful career in the CIA. A terrorist takes out the President, Congress and the Supreme Court, just after he was sworn in as Vice President, replacing someone that had resigned. It was done to re-unite the country, but was only supposed to last for one year. What is so appealing about | Read More »
It’s time. The silly season officially ends tomorrow as we begin to see rhetoric converted to votes. Although the Colorado caucus and primary are not for some time, I felt it was important to select a candidate. I recently wrote a diary with my evaluations of the candidates, so I see no reason to repeat that information here. As many of you likely expected, I’m | Read More »
I have to start all the way back on August 29, 2008. It was the day after the Democratic National Convention ended in Denver. I was leaving on a business trip to Italy that day, and found myself on a flight to Boston filled with delegates from the Convention. As you might imagine, there was quite a bit of chatter about the convention and the | Read More »
Michelle Bachmann – “You’re retarded if you don’t vote for me…or you might be.” Herman Cain – “It’s about my management style. I’ll find people that know about that stuff later.” Newt Gingrich – “I’ve known more in and out of politics than anyone else.” Jon Huntsman – “You will soon come to know the greatness that is me.” Ron Paul – “AUDIT THE FED!!! | Read More »
Yeah, that’s pretty much it. That should be the singular, loud and clear message from the Republican candidates for President. Sure, the right candidate will have foreign policy experience, executive experience, and a strong understanding of how government works. Every election is about something, and this one is no different. This election will be about jobs. This is the issue foremost in the minds of | Read More »
Now that the dust has finally settled on the 2010 political campaign in Colorado, it’s time to assess the results and find the way forward. Unless we learn the lessons from this and past elections, we’re doomed to continue along the same path. Although this diary is about Colorado, it could apply to many other states. There are probably many that won’t agree with my | Read More »
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