THE NAME IS THE GAME

A couple months ago on Meet The Press, Thomas Friedman stated what might be the golden rule in politics. He said "when you can name an issue you own the issue". Look at how the Republicans have called the inheritance tax the "death tax", and look at the way they have been able to call the womans right to choose "anti life". With regards to health care, what been lacking sorely on the right is frankly a good name from the left. So we thought up a couple choices and they all come down to security. How about the "health security act" or the "American security act" or the "insurance security act". To name it is to claim it and for health care (as will everything in politics) that's the name of the game.

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A JOE LIEBERMAN WAKE UP??

Yesterday on Meet the Press, Joe Lieberman (I-CT) may have lost some cred for the anti-insomniac Jo-Do's, which of course is a recording of his voice. He said he would not vote for a health care bill that would raise the deficit. To his credit David Gregory responded by asking Joe if he would vote for the Afghanistan troop increase which is unfunded, and Joe has voted for them throughout the Bush years even though they were never funded. Joe candidly admitted that until Bush we had never gone to war without having a plan to fund it, Joe acknowledged that because of the wars we are in the economic hardships that we currently face. This admission is a wake up by Sen. Lieberman, and while we still endorse Joe as a cure for insomnia, his words yesterday actually had a waking up effect.

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SEE YOU AT THE GATES OF TELL

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates conceded on Meet the Press that for the first time in US history you had a Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense who a doctorate in Russian history and said we (the Bush administration) didn’t have a clue what was going on in Russia. We appreciate his candor and we see why he is the first Defense Secretary to serve Presidents from both major political parties.

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WHERE “THIS WEEK” IS WEAK

The program “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” is growing in prestige and importance and will soon be on the level of Meet the Press. But when interviewing Republicans they consistently forget the ask the 2 most important questions. 1. When discussing small business, Mr. Stephanopoulos keeps forgetting to mention that fact that one of the first actions of George W. Bush was to cut the small business bureau in half. 2. When they criticize the budget of President Obama, he fails to respond religiously that Bush’s budget didn’t include the Iraq war at all, could it get any more misleading than that? Additionally, he should point out that 90% of debt in this country happened under Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43. So while we love the program, there are some areas in which “This Week” is weak.

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FLIPPING OVER BARNEY, AND HE’S NO DINOSAUR

We’ve got to hand it to Congressman Barney Frank on this week’s Meet the Press, he definitely nailed it. We wish he would speak a bit slower so more Americans can follow his rather direct logic, but he did have a great analogy about Wall St. compensation. He said that if they takes risks and score they get a bonus, and if they take risks and lose they pay no penalty. He followed by saying “heads I win and tails I break even encourages people to flip way too many coins”. Again, this Barney is no dinosaur.

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