Frank James

Obama gives eventual Republican nominee taste of Michigan campaign ahead

Frank James — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:18:39 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF4l7OqdzGo

Obama waited for GOP to reveal deficit-reduction hand before showing his

Frank James — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:14:18 +0000

President Obama, now scheduled to give a major speech Wednesday afternoon at George Washington University on deficit reduction, has been criticized for arriving so late to this particular fiscal-responsibility party.

As has been widely noted, the president didn't fully embrace the results of his Simpson-Bowles fiscal reform commission which in December recommended a series of spending cuts, including reforms of both entitlements and taxes, to reduce the nation's deficits.

Later, when he introduced his own budget for fiscal year 2012, he didn't offer a comprehensive plan to deal with federa

Deal averting shutdown proves compromise is alive, if not well

Frank James — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:56:06 +0000

Reports of the death of compromise in Washington are greatly exaggerated.

That's one important message from the 11th-hour agreement that averted a partial shutdown of the federal government Friday night.

"No compromise" has been the rallying cry of the Tea Party movement. Some Republican lawmakers have echoed that.

But the agreement reached Friday was the epitome of compromise.