December 2011

President Obama’s most difficult decision this Christmas may not be whether to compromise with the Republicans over the payroll tax extension. Instead, he will have to choose whether to join his family in Hawaii or remain in Washington over the Christmas holiday. Since the president has insisted that members of Congress stay in town to [...]

President Obama’s Osawatomie speech earlier this month, in which he proposed that the rich pay their “fair share” to address income inequality, doesn’t appear to have convinced all of the faithful from 2008. While it may have aimed to fire up the believing base for his 2012 re-election campaign, there is a contingent that seems [...]