Fallout of Tuesday’s vote? Why it’s perfectly obvious
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
“So what you’re saying, basically, is that the big takeaway from Election Day is that you can take away whatever you want to take away.”
They’re withering about his dithering
By RICK HOROWITZ - Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
If you bring the experts in
To see if there’s some way to win,
And think about the next of kin,
You’re “dithering.”
Isn't that Minneapolis down there?
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
Missing your runway by 100-plus miles will get you talked about, no question about it. Flying on past the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport when Minneapolis-St. Paul is, technically speaking, your “destination” is definitely a conversation starter.
Here’s some money; now go away
By RICK HOROWITZ - Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
They certainly felt like checks. But why would the government be sending them checks?
The importance of being pivotal
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
Olympia Snowe’s vote on health care reform might not have been a tie-breaker, but it was a mood-shifter. A perception-alterer. Which means the senator from Maine was sitting mighty pretty.
Just what he’s always…wanted
By RICK HOROWITZ - Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
When the UPS truck pulled up at the South Portico the other day and they said there was a package for me, I knew it had to be something special. And then when they said the package came all the way from Norway, I was sure it would be something special.
What’s a little oversight between friends?
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009
I’ve got a statement from Chairman Rangel here regarding the recent allegations. Now, the chairman wants to make clear that he genuinely regrets any confusion his actions may have created—or his failure to act—may have created in the mind of the public, or with his colleagues here in the House.
The Rio Games—and those GOP games
By RICK HOROWITZ - Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009
MILWAUKEE --
I’m happy for Rio. But it never would have occurred to me to gloat over Chicago’s loss. As a fellow American, I mean.
Being a gracious competitor is one thing. Being a Republican apparatchik is something else again.
Ensign shows there’s no blushing in politics
- Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009
It’s so heartwarming to see a public servant willing to go the extra mile, willing to take on the sort of mission that would cause a lesser person to hesitate. So raise a toast to John Ensign, U.S. senator from Nevada and upholder of rules.
Inventing the latest health-care scares
By RICK HOROWITZ - Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009
The chance of our actually having a good, honest, fact-based and data-driven debate about reforming the nation’s health-care system is roughly equivalent to the chance of Sarah Palin being chosen the next poet laureate of the United States.
They're banking on the status quo
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009
These have been turbulent times for the American economy. On Main Street and on Wall Street, the past year has tested the resilience of the greatest wealth-creation engine the world has ever known. Now, as America continues its journey on the path to recovery, we in the financial-services sector want to take this opportunity to speak directly to you the consumer about what we've all been through, and what it means going forward.
Just down the road from Backscratch, PA.
By RICK HOROWITZ - Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009
"Good morning, everyone, and a warm Western Pennsylvania greeting to each and every one of you! My name is Carly, and I'm the assistant tour guide for the Murthaville Chamber of Continuous Commerce, and it's so nice to have all of you with us. Now, what brings you to Murthaville today?"
The gang of six: An epic of futility
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009
The Baucus Caucus wouldn’t rush—the chairman made it very clear,
He’ll take whatever time it takes. Could be a month. (Could be a year.)
There’s high finance, then there’s slow finance
By RICK HOROWITZ - Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009
There’s a guy standing there. Mid-40s maybe, in a T-shirt, shorts and sandals. He’s waiting to use the drive-thru, too.
Just another heckler in the crowd
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
The congressman in question was one Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, but it didn’t have to be Joe Wilson. It could have been somebody else. And if it hadn’t happened when it did, on Wednesday evening, it would have happened soon enough. It was waiting to happen.
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