Many Americans realize all too well that the battle over spending cuts in the 2011 federal budget for the remaining six months of the year is merely an “opening salvo” for the real battle yet to come over the 2012 budget.

Well, golly gee, I just can’t think of anything that would please my blue blood as a Democrat as much as Sarah Palin splitting the Conservatives  in two and having herself a grand ol’ Tea Party in the next Presidential election. I am certain that Republicans are all in a dither about this possibility, while we Democrats say, “Bring it on!”
Folksy Sarah Palin has been whooping up crowds of Tea Baggers to a frenzy in ultra-right rhetoric. The political reality is that any victor must lean toward the center of …

Once again, a line seems to be drawn in the sand between Congressional Democrats and Republicans.  This time the issue is what to do about U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, and when to do it.  Things were certainly not made any better by former Vice-President Cheney’s accusation that Obama was “dithering” in making a decision.  To their credit, Republican leaders Orrin Hatch and John McCain were quick to distance themselves from Cheney’s remarks.  Most foreign policy experts within the Obama Administration and outside of government generally agree that the ongoing conflict in …