RI’S Raimondo for President in 2016?

Gina Raimondo (D-Rhode Island)Nearly two months later, I am still broken up about CranstonMayor Allan Fung’s loss. He was not a bad candidate (although the Blockheadcommercial was a bad move). In comparison, Raimondo was no better, since sheran against her...

Walker is Presidential Material

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is president material, according to Meet the Press’ moderator Chuck Todd and Washington Post reporter Aaron Blake. His record looks presidential. After his 2010 election, he warned his legislative peers that voters viewed Republicans as...

Claude's Take on the CRomnibus

My friend Claude commented on my extended take on the last-minute CRomnibus bill which passed in the US Senate on December 13.  Claude Todoroff It was business as usual for the Congress. Waiting until the last second to pass a bill and one so big that...

The Waning of Henry Waxman (D-CA)

Riding into office on the 1974 Watergate outrage-reform voting wave, California assemblyman Henry Waxman launched his steady ascent into progressive politics. Working behind the scenes with local donors and federal power players, Waxman and his fellow liberal...

The Politics of Senate's Final CRomnibus Vote

On December 13th, 2014, with hours to spare before another government shutdown, HR 83, otherwise known as the CRomnibus (continuing resolutions combined with comprehensive, large-scale spending in an omnibus bill) passed with a bipartisan majority in the US...