Over the last four years various readers say they like the pieces I post from elsewhere. Today all the newspapers are full of commentary.
Jim Lees long involved in reform efforts and WV Democratic politics writes about an “election of ideas” saying the 2014 U. S. Senate contest offers that potential. Read it here.
THE SUNDAY TAKE by columnist Dan Balz picked up on a paper “Persuasion Is Not Power” presented to the American Political Science Association the weekend before Obama said he would go to Congress before taking military action in Syria. You will find the Balz piece “Obama, Syria and the limits persuasion” interesting and enjoy comparisons to Reagan, LBJ and FDR. Read it here.
“To save the GOP, look to Bill Clinton” by Democrats William A. Galston and Elaine C. Kamarck goes back a quarter of century when their party was in a bad way. Read it here.
“Bucking the RINO charge” by Dana Milbank offers a look at what is faced by some congressional Republicans in the Syria debate. Read it here.