by Terrance Heath | Feb 16, 2011 | Blog
Covering CPAC was like stepping through the looking glass. It was like a lot of political conferences I've seen, just with the context flipped. Usually, these conferences are mix of pragmatists and true believers. Ideally, that blend yields a message with broad...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 16, 2011 | Blog
Believe it or not, the appearance of Donald Trump at CPAC was not the most surreal moment of my first day at the conference. That came later, but not by much. In his second "surprise appearance" this week, the curiously coiffed real estate mogul, and...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 16, 2011 | Blog
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » I have to admit, I got a little excited during Mitt Romney's speech at CPAC. It began so well, in a sense. I wrote yesterday that I heard (and...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 15, 2011 | Blog
President Obama is right. The Democrats got a "shellacking" in the midterm election. But not from the people who voted. And in a sense, the pundits and prognosticators are maybe half right. The president and his part were sent a message in this election. But...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 11, 2011 | Blog
Whatever you may think of him, you've got to give Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) credit. He said he would present his own budget, and now he's done it. He's even taken to the pages of The Wall Street Journal to defend it, and challenge Republicans and Democrats to: find other...