While many see the fall of Senator Charles Rangel as the fall of a “Black political figure” (since America sees things in term of color), I see his fall as the end of a crook who happened to be Black and Democrat. It is unbelievable to hear that, still, he’s planning to run again for [...]

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Finally, Jim Bunning’s filibuster of a $10 billion package that extends benefits for unemployed workers and pays for road projects has ended in a deal with the Democrats.
He claims his concern is national debt and its legacy for future generations, but his Senate record has shown that he supported most of the Bush administration spending. When these [...]

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For a second time, U.S. Senator Jim Bunning has blocked the extension of unemployment and health insurance benefits. This case confirms again the weakness of the Senate rules. The all American political system is a mess. It is estimated about 1 million people this month will be thrown off the unemployment rolls. These people are [...]

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The health care summit organized by the White House ended as a fiasco. The Republicans and the Democrats could not reach an agreement about how to reform health care. It’s too early to say if the American public was more convinced by Obama’s detailed exposition of policy or the Republicans’ same visceral argument in favor [...]

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Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, a Democrat, is not running for reelection. He claimed that Congress is not operating as it should. While his decision is courageous, many see him as a quitter. Democrats and Republicans tend to blame each other for not achieving what the American people expect them to do: serve them.
Quitting is not the [...]

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Republicans and Democrats are quitting the congress. Many of them have announced that they are retiring. The question is, why now? Two explanations are possible: the American people are waking up after long years in a “coma” and people understand better that the American political system is a system of pure corruption.
Democrats and Republicans are [...]

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When it is about US national security, the political classes in America rarely agree and speak the same language. America is a democratic country, but the duel between Vice President Joe Biden and former Vice President Dick Cheney throughout the media is an illustration that the fracture is deep. It’s our way vs. your way [...]

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A political insurgency is happening in America via the Tea Party movement. It is unclear what are their aspirations. For sure, they appear to be a group of angry people who still don’t accept the change in America.
There are no clear leaders of the movement. The movement is like a car running without a driver. [...]

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The fall of John Edwards is certainly one of the most difficult moments of his life. It is sad to see that every part of his life is falling apart in a very dramatic way. Yes, he admitted having an affair, then being the father of Ms. Hunter’s daughter. He was wrong. Does that make [...]

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The dirty part of American politics is the division, like a coconut with a big crack in the shell. You lose the milk and it’s almost impossible to put it together again. Consider:

Tea Party vs. MoveOn.org
Republicans vs. Democrats
Blue states vs. Red states
Liberal vs. Extremists

The constitution of the United States of America was written to prevent [...]

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