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Allow me to retort ...

Tom from Illinois, a conservative who is one of my best-informed readers, wrote me yesterday to alert me to the storm I had kicked up with my column on Sarah Palin. Very few of the comments that follow my columns are useful — most are angry, accusatory ...

From A.B. STODDARD, The Hill,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Palin

What a week for government

Why avoid investigating the fact that our military allowed one of its own, who would eventually murder 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, to continue communicating with radical clerics who advocate terrorist acts? Why recommend women stop getting ...

From A.B. STODDARD, The Hill,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Washington Times,  U.S. Democratic Party,  David R Obey,  Washington Post Company

Ever more on the plate

The discovery of water on the moon — exciting as it is — was actually not the most dramatic news of the weekend. The details and implications are fascinating, but it was actually when I saw that the Obama administration is pledging to push for ...

From A.B. STODDARD, The Hill,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  White House

Health reform on life support

Former President Bill Clinton hit up the weekly caucus lunch of Senate Democrats on Tuesday, imploring them to shelve enough differences to pass healthcare reform. "We're winning," he told them, which couldn't be further from the truth.  Should ...

From A.B. STODDARD, The Hill,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Bill Clinton,  Jim Cooper

No good option, but still, he must decide

On his first Veterans Day as president, Barack Obama was seen in all the usual places, paying homage and his respects to all those — fallen and still among us — who fight for our freedom. The day of honor and remembrance came as a painstaking review of ...

From A.B. STODDARD, The Hill,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Hamid Karzai,  Stanley A. McChrystal,  Taliban

The Dems' (mis)reading of the off-year elections

"From my perspective, we won," said Pelosi, pleased that she picked up two Democratic House members in special elections in California and New York that will add two votes to her slim margin for a pending healthcare reform vote in the House. As I ...

From A.B. STODDARD, The Hill,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama

Time to hang up the teabags?

Sarah Palin couldn't deliver New York's 23rd district for Republicans with her endorsement of Conservative third-party candidate Doug Hoffman, but candidates across the country are still scared of the power of Palin, Tea Parties and the Club for ...

From A.B. STODDARD, The Hill,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Sarah Palin

Elections: Pulling Dems’ HC plug?

The Hill's A.B. Stoddard and Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis consider what the future will hold for the Democratic agenda on Capitol Hill and in the White House after the 2009 elections if the majority party starts slipping in numbers. The contents ...

From A.B. STODDARD, The Hill,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House

GOP rout looming

Looks like the Democrats are facing a tough night tomorrow; they could lose both gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia and the special election in New York's 23rd district. While they will be able to credibly explain away each loss, those ...

From A.B. STODDARD, The Hill,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party

My congressman is nuts

There is much to ponder today — an escalation in Afghanistan, the disaster that is Pakistan, elections Tuesday that could hit Democrats hard and historic healthcare reform hanging in the balance. But I am going with Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.). I know ...

From A.B. STODDARD, The Hill,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party

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