Any politician who's ever been re-elected knows that friends come and go; enemies accumulate.
Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action.
Congress as a whole is less popular than it's been since polling was invented.
Equality under the law is the slow triumph of hope over history.
If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy.
In Congress, it's all pork, all the time.
It took the first 204 years of our Nation's history to accumulate $1 trillion in debt. And now we are doing that every 2 or 3 years.
It's not just that families can't buy a home or start a business without some savings tucked away.
Our nation suffers when Congress fails to pay America's bills on time.
President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government.
This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership.
Ultimately, Congressional medicine is like veterinary medicine It must be strong enough to work, and tasty enough to swallow.
We need to take politics out of health care. Congress will cave to pretty much any special interest on the subject.
