RANCHO SANTA FE, Ca., August 15, 2011 – Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty demonstrated the kind of leadership that this country needs.  He quit!  Why can’t more presidential candidates follow his lead?  In fact, why don’t they all follow his lead … for the good of the country? Former Gov.

RANCHO SANTA FE, Ca., August 11, 2011 – Holy smoke, Batman, there’s a new summer blockbuster coming to a theater near you:  Legion of the Super Committee!  You can almost see the trailer.  Cue the superhero theme … and “Action!  “While the country teetered on the brink of economic disaster,

RANCHO SANTA FE, Ca., August 4, 2011 – President Obama celebrated his 50th birthday in style:  flying to Chicago on Air Force One and being welcomed by Jennifer Hudson’s obligatory reprise of Marilyn Monroe’s “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.”  Then, he attended a fund-raising concert with several thousand supporters before dining

RANCHO SANTA FE, Ca., July 29, 2011 – As the debt crisis threatened to ruin the President’s birthday fund-raising events, it was obviously time to call upon the citizens to take sides.  In his address to the Nation, President Obama eloquently said, “The American people may have voted for divided

RANCHO SANTA FE, Ca., July 20, 2011 – The debt ceiling debate has forced a third party to emerge in American politics.  We have the “The Party of No” (a.k.a. the Republicans), “The Party of Don’t Know” (a.k.a. the Democrats), and “The Party of Do Nothing” (a.k.a. the Executive Branch

RANCHO SANTA FE, Ca., July 12, 2011 – Picture the following:  President Obama, Speaker Boehner, House Minority Leader Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Reid, and Senate Minority Leader McConnell sitting around a table in the White House holding dollar bills to their foreheads.  Who is willing to bet the entire U.S.

RANCHO SANTA FE, CA., July 6, 2011 – As the Casey Anthony murder trial comes to its conclusion, the Roger Clemens perjury trial gets ready to throw out its first pitch.  Meanwhile, the attorneys involved in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn (a.k.a. “DSK”) contemplate when a rape is not a rape.  Has

RANCHO SANTA FE, CA., June 29, 2011 –  Who wants to have dinner with the President of the United States?  That dream can be yours!  Have you received your personal invitation from the President yet? I received mine via e-mail on June 15th.   Vice President Biden followed up with a

RANCHO SANTA FE, CA., June 22, 2011 –  The cornucopia of Republican candidates has something in common with its most ardent opponent, President Obama:  an insatiable appetite for campaign money.  The question becomes:  should the Office of the President of the United States go to the highest bidder? It shouldn’t

RANCHO SANTA FE, CA., June 13, 2011 – Congressman Anthony Weiner’s tearful apology for his unacceptable behavior has taken front stage in the media for an increasing number of days.  His party’s leadership, which initially offered tepid support, is now sensing collateral political damage and is calling for him to