While History Never Repeats Itself, Political Patterns

For The Past Eight Years, The Right Has Been Better At Working The Refs. Now The Left Is Learning How To Play The Game.

Whether One Agrees Or Disagrees With The Tactics Of The Occupy Wall Street Movement, It's Easy To Understand The Inspiration For Its Anger As Well As Its Impatience.

Few Progressives Would Take Issue With The Argument That, Significant Accomplishments Notwithstanding, The Obama Presidency Has Been A Big Disappointment.

So Was It A Political Mistake For Obama To Put So Many Eggs In The Health-care-reform Basket? Well, A Negative Decision From The Supreme Court Will Certainly Make It Appear So.

If Newspapers Were A Baseball Team, They Would Be The Mets - Without The Hope For Those Folks At The Very Pinnacle Of The Financial Food Chain - Who Average Nearly $24 Million A Year In Income - 'next Year.'