This blog, Capitol Commentary (and its predecessor Just Politics..?), began a few weeks after Barack Obama was inaugurated as president.  The first article to appear here was “Buy American†Sounds Good but Doesn’t Work on February 5, 2009.  Since that time there have been nearly 1,600 article/… Read full post »

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Who controls your state’s land and what responsibilities does local Government have towards its people?  Here in California private-public partnerships have worked well in certain instances such as the ski slopes found around Lake Tahoe where the lands are put to use and managed, private indus… Read full post »

As recently as JFK’s time, Washington, D.C. was, to quote him, a town of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

The business of government has grown so large that even his joke is no longer true.

Well, maybe the “Northern charm” part still holds water.

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At least for Washington, D.C. Sandy was the storm that mostly wasn’t.  If there’s two things the local news loves in D.C. it’s talking about the Redskins and snow.  I’ve never seen a town so transfixed by either.

Of course, when your mayor is on a tropical island and a blizz… Read full post »

It seems like a hurricane has overturned the Obama re-election campaign in the final weeks of its existence.  All four newspapers in Iowa have endorsed Romney and the list of papers switching from Obama is growing.

While I don’t place much weight in what newspapers say, there are still a numbe… Read full post »

Being back in Washington, D.C. hits home the fact, again, the growing size and appetite of the Federal Government.  The Washington, D.C. is now one of the wealthiest areas in the nation due to the Government presence.  The economic difficulties of the rest of the nation don’t seem to be hitti… Read full post »

As regular readers may know, I am a native Washingtonian.  There are not many of us around but I am among the lucky few who can say I grew up here.  Late October is generally when the weather is getting decidedly chilly however I decided to risk it and visit anyway. … Read full post »

As regular readers may know, I am a native Washingtonian.  There are not many of us around but I am among the lucky few who can say I grew up here.  Late October is generally when the weather is getting decidedly chilly however I decided to risk it and visit anyway. … Read full post »

What is getting Benghazied?  Lying about what you knew and when you knew it, of course.

As more truth emerges about what happened in Benghazi, Libya the picture which is emerging shows, clearly, that an aversion to label and deal with terrorism for what it really is drove Obama and his… Read full post »

Foreign policy in America – unlike many domestic issues – is generally ignored by the public except following “acts of war” such as the mass taking of American hostages (Iran) or a domestic attack (Pearl Harbor and 9-11).  As a result of this general indifference, there don�… Read full post »

The 2012 presidential debates are finally over – 4.5 hour total and the end couldn’t have come too soon.  I probably listened to Barack Obama speak more over these past few weeks than I had during his entire presidency.  With few results to tout, Obama went for snark, condescension, and… Read full post »

Tonight, President Obama will have a big disadvantage – his record – and one huge advantage – acting “presidential.”

What will happen..?

Mitt Romney was only a governor so he doesn’t really have any foreign policy record Obama can criticize so Obama’s only ga… Read full post »

The latest scandal to grip the Obama administration – which we will see play out during Monday’s debate if Romney has his way – is why the attack on the American compound in Libya wasn’t labelled by the Obama administration and its ilk as a terrorist act immediately.

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Should Iran have a nuclear weapon or not?  The question of our time… always answered yet never elaborated.

Mitt Romney has not gone out and agreed with Obama that nuclear weapons need to disappear but he has said, regarding Iran:

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The debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama and Candy Crowely was ugly.  I wondered… are these guys going to wrestle and punch each other?  I don’t remember ever having seen a presidential debate quite like it before.  It was clear Obama had utter contempt for Romney while Romney s… Read full post »

Both the Romney and Obama campaigns expressed concern about debate moderator Candy Crowley.

They were right to be concerned.

The town hall-style of debate is intended to place people in a room with the candidates to ask questions which have been selected by the moderator.  Candy Crowley, as moderato… Read full post »

Joe Biden was disrespectful of Paul Ryan during their debate.  No well mannered person should wildly gesticulate, grimace, and carry on the way he did.  And he is this nation’s Vice President no less… a heartbeat away.

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Media bias exists and there is rarely a day which passes when the subject is not mentioned in an article appearing on Capitol Commentary.  If Liberals are fond of saying “Reality has a Liberal bias” then Conservatives say “The media is biased against Conservatives.”

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If anybody remembers this vice presidential debate a year from now they probably will only recall Joe Biden’s smirk and disrespectful attitude towards his opponent.

Ryan and Biden discussed many subjects tonight and though Biden came across as cocky, dismissive, and even doltish the entire 90 m… Read full post »

Common sense amongst Conservatives:

1. Biden is an idiot.
2. Ryan is a wunderkid.
3. Raddatz is a hack.

Joe Biden certainly has made his fair share of gaffes during his career including one that forced him to drop his presidential run in the 80s.  Paul Ryan certainly seems to be that… Read full post »

I think it’s fair to say that Democrats try and make the world a certain way while Republicans simply engage the world the way it is.  So Democrats, it may be said, are either Idealists or Naive and Republicans are either Realists or Pessimists.

There’s a reason why so many people… Read full post »

During the debate last week Mitt Romney said he wanted taxpayers to stop contributing towards PBS.  Romney said  he liked Big Bird but didn’t want people to pay for him.  Turns out, Big Bird is a member of the 1% because of all the money he makes from toy sales and… Read full post »