By Lanny Davis – 05/23/12 The attacks on Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker (D) by the more vitriolic liberal commentators for what he said about Bain Capital on this past Sunday’s “Meet the Press” are just as indefensible as the Republican Party’s cynical and dishonest attempt to exploit and distort what the mayor actually said […]
By Lanny Davis – 05/16/12 Last week, I believe President Obama got it right when he told ABC’s Robin Roberts, “for me personally … I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.” It was also a politically brave decision for Obama. Just the day before, in the critical battleground state of North Carolina, […]
By Lanny Davis – 05/09/12 Virtually every poll in the last two weeks — Gallup, Democracy Corps, USA Today, Rasmussen, New York Times/CBS — shows that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are in a dead heat nationally as well as in the nine battleground states.
By Lanny J. Davis – 05/02/12 Attorney General Eric Holder has been the subject of vicious partisan personal attacks on his integrity over the failed “gun walking” operation, “Fast and Furious.” The hypocrisy of the double standard by congressional Republicans is obvious.
By Lanny Davis – 04/25/12 Sometime in 1973, I first heard the name Charles Colson from my father at the dinner table. My dad, who always told me he “hated” President Nixon, told me that night that he also “hated” a man named Charles Colson, who had the title “special counsel to the president.” He […]
By Lanny Davis – 04/18/12 One of my favorite scenes from the classic musical comedy “Fiddler on the Roof” is when the lovable lead character in the Russian Jewish village of Anatevka, Tevye, is trying to referee an argument between two men.
By Lanny J. Davis – 04/16/12 For anyone interested in understanding why one of the great institutions of democratic government in the world — the United States Senate — has become so dysfunctional and paralyzed by partisanship, Ira Shapiro’s recently published book The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis(Public Affairs, New […]
By Lanny Davis – 03/21/12 Among the most hypocritical aspects of certain purist Democrats who call themselves liberals is their willingness to attack any Democrat who veers even slightly from liberal orthodoxy.
By Lanny Davis – 03/07/12 As someone who has been personally attacked by Rush Limbaugh many times, I yield to no one in my strong disagreement with Limbaugh on virtually everything. I consider his opinions too often hateful, inaccurate and despicable. That is my opinion. What Limbaugh said about Sandra Fluke — calling her a […]
By Lanny Davis – 03/02/12 The definition of tax reform, in today’s polarized politics, goes something like this: Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, Tax the other guy behind the tree. Let’s face it — Republicans believe in tax reform if it means reducing taxes on the wealthy. Democrats believe in tax reform if it […]