BY RICH GALEN
Reprinted from mullings.com
President Obama’s speech on Monday night was, at best, OK. It got tongues wagging about the “Obama Doctrine” which appears to be: “If it won’t drag Iran into the fight we’ll take a look.”
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Dems Score Meaningless Points
BY JOHN FEEHERY
Reprinted from the Feeherytheory.com
My father, a rabid White Sox fan if there ever was one, would always talk derisively about Cubs third baseman Ron Santo as Mr. Clutch.
“If you ever needed a guy that would hit a completely meaningless home run when it didn’t matter and strike out when it did matter, Ron Santo is your guy,” he would say with a laugh. I was thinking about Ron Santo when I heard that the conference committee on the Wall Street reform package had just concluded.
The Democrats were very proud of themselves, with Barney Frank and Chris Dodd exchanging hi-fives and getting standing ovations from their colleagues.
Some commentators have said that with the health care package that passed earlier this year and with this financial services package that will pass next week, theoretically, the President is really putting “points on the board.”
But in my mind, those points are kind of like the points that the reserves get in garbage time, when the game is already over. They aren’t going to help the Democrats win any elections, and more importantly, these legislative victories aren’t going to create any new jobs.