This Is America, And We

Phil Gramm Had A Stump Speech About How His Mother's Devotion Kept Him From Being An Academic Failure In Life. She Got Him Into A Special School That Turned Him Around - Under A Government Program For The Children Of Deceased Veterans. He Was Repeatedly Asked At Press Conferences Why He Would Then Turn Around And Support Draconian Cuts In Federal Funding For Education. He Never Had An Answer.

Take Hispanic Voters. They Favor Democrats Because They Like The Party's Programs, From Health Care Reform To Government Spending On Education. It's Not Because The Republicans Don't Have A Big Enough Office Of Hispanic Outreach.

At The Beginning Of His Administration, Obama Homed Right In On Medicare, Which He Wanted To Fix By Reducing The Overall Cost Of Health Care In This Country. He Risked Everything - Some Would Claim He Lost Everything - By Being So Single-minded.

Downplaying Their Faults Is Pretty Much The Point Of Campaigns. But We Do Count On Them Living With The Constant Terror Of Public Rejection.

My Own Dream Is That We Discover That The Nsa Has Been Secretly Keeping Files On Members Of The National Rifle Association.