Political Equinox

I’m doing something I haven’t done in a long time - respectfully, yet diametrically disagreeing with Neil.

In order to understand the failure, we should first look at where this plan originated - the Bush Administration. This was a brokered bill; nonetheless, the original framework for the bailout was crafted by the Administration, lead by Treasury Secretary Paulson.  Like virtually anything that could had had a chance of passing the Untied States Congress,  the final iteration of the bill was a compromise through and through. In order to get behind the bill, Dems got executive pay limits added for companies selling their mortgages to the government as well as the ability to have controlling shares of some companies, and the Administration …

Tags: Bush, Congress, Democrats, george bush, IRS, president, republican

Because of the fiscal juggernaut that is the Obama campaign, The NY Times recently reported that John McCain’s campaign is mapping out a campaign strategy that is closely tied with the Republican National Committee. This after his campaign finance co-chair resigned because of a conflict of interest based on new campaign rules regarding connections to lobbyists.
From the Times:

“Mr. McCain, who abandoned public financing in the primary but has indicated he would employ it in the general election, is aggressively building a joint fund-raising operation with the Republican National Committee and state party committees in four battleground states. These committees can raise money far in excess of …

Tags: America, campaign finance, Congress, Democrats, environment, finance, John McCain, money, ny times, obama, president, republican, strategy

I’ve decided that I can’t keep bashing the Democrat’s Universal (Socialized - you can call it whatever you like, but it is what it is) Healthcare Plan without offering up a solution of my own. Now let me start by saying that I’m open to changing this plan. In fact, I’m all for scrapping the entire plan or at least large parts of it. But this the best solution I’ve been able to come up with that continues on with the free market American way (controlled with a standardized plan, mind that) and maintains the high-quality of healthcare in this country.

I’m come up with a plan that mixed the current system with some of the elements I feel are the …

Tags: America, controller general, david walker, Democrats, financial, health insurance, healthcare, healthcare costs, IRS, medicare, ny times, social security, socialized medicine, Universal Healthcare

As we edge closer and closer (hopefully) to having a Democratic presidential nominee, I cannot believe how close this election cycle has (so far) ran to perhaps the greatest TV series of all time…I’m talking of course of the West Wing, the a series that garnered both critical and public support in its storied 7 season run.
The last two seasons of the show dealt with (primarily) the decision of who would become the next president after the much beloved Democrat Josiah Bartlet left office.
This is where the show and reality overlap. In the show on the Democratic …

Tags: Barack Obama, candidate, Congress, Democrats, IRS, money, obama, president, republican, west wing

It was Tuesday afternoon and I was romping down Lima Road in my Chevy Suburban with The Dave Ramsey Show at full blast when it hit me. I was going to see the former president of the United States of America. Not the mayor, not a councilman, but the actual president.

As I rolled past the Grand Wayne Center, the line had not yet crept outside the door, but by the time I finally got in line at 4:40pm, we were about 20 feet outside the Grand Wayne Center.

The people around me in line were extremely nice (even though my Republican roots were clearly printed on the back of my …

Tags: America, Democrats, economy, fort wayne, healthcare, IRS, president, republican, Tom Henry, Universal Healthcare