There Is No Such Thing

Conservatives May Worship Adam Smith's 'invisible Hand,' But For Obama, The Helping Hand Comes In Large Measure From The Public, Not The Private Sector. To Call This 'socialism' Is To Do Violence To The Word And To The Concept. To Call It 'un-american' Is A Smear.

When An Office-holder Facing A Multi-count Indictment Says That He Has Decided To Spend More Time With His Family, The Proper Response Is A Horse-laugh. When An Accused Politician Explains That A Charge Of Corruption Is 'really' An Attack On His Or Her Race, Religion, Ethnic Background Or Gender, The Odds That Something Felonious Happened Jumps.

More Things In Politics Happen By Accident Or Exhaustion Than Happen By Conspiracy.

In Every Debate, Whatever The Format, Whatever The Questions, There Is One And Only One Way To Identify The Winner: Who Commands The Room? Who Drives The Narrative? Who Is In Charge?

Men And Women In My Lifetime Have Died Fighting For The Right To Vote: People Like James Chaney, Andrew Goodman And Michael Schwerner, Who Were Murdered While Registering Black Voters In Mississippi In 1964, And Viola Liuzzo, Who Was Murdered By The Ku Klux Klan In 1965 During The Selma March For Voting Rights.