Democracy and Power 107: Counting Votes Successful ... politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies. —Walter Lippmann (1889-1974), American Journalist and Author

Will America Call His Bluff? President Obama is relying on his payroll tax cuts for the middle class to kick off his 2012 campaign. Rassmussen Reports recently found that Mr.

Last night, I showed up at East High School in Sioux City, Iowa for the Republican caucuses with Milton Friedman's book "Free to Choose" under my arm. I was excited to be attending my second caucus. We filed into the gymnasium with our blue paper ballots and heard a few words from representatives of the candidates. They were supposed to speak for two minutes, but each went on for at least four.

Today, the Drudge Report linked a short YouTube clip of ultraliberal Susan Estrich discussing the Democrats' view of a Huckabee nomination. Huckabee could win tomorrow. Huckabee is the Democrats' dream...If the Republicans nominate Huckabee, honey, I'm dancing at the inaugural ball. It's a bad sign when the other party approves of your frontrunner.