THE PRESS IS LETTING ROMNEY SLIDE

Mitt Romney has a history of giving different answers to the same question depending upon which of his shifting interests he is trying to serve at the time of his answer. Bain Capital With Bain, there were deals that worked well and deals that went badly, especially for the employees of companies being acquired. Mitt

THIS, THAT AND MEDICARE

At the GOP Convention in Tampa, starting August 27, there will be a lot of talk about President Obama's frequently-quoted "you didn't build that" comment and on whether or not Obama has taken money out of Medicare. Let me add clarity on both points. YOU DIDN'T BUILD THAT To make this point, I've got to

ROMNEY'S WALK

I've been trying to get a fix on Romney's walk. It's odd. All the locomotion is from the knees down. There's no movement in the hips and thighs. There's a guy in my building who aspires to be a stand-up comic. I told him that if he could master the Romney walk and gestures, he'd

JEAN VANIER AND THE L'ARCHE COMMUNITY

GUEST COLUMN BY CAROLINE MCGRAW On December 10, 2012 the Nobel Committee will present the Nobel Peace Prize at Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway. Amongst this year's nominees is Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche (French for 'The Ark'), an international network of faith-based communities that create homes where people with and without intellectual disabilities

MEMO TO MITT NO. 2

I've heard from your people that you liked my June 20, 2012 memo, and that you'd like me to send my advice and views throughout the campaign. Will do. Bain Capital and Outsourcing This topic, along with whether or not you should release more of your income tax returns, has dominated the news for the

MITT SAYS PRESIDENT “POLITICAL”

Mitt Romney described President Obama's action to grant temporary relief from deportation to over 800,000 undocumented immigrants who met certain criteria as "political". Whoa! Mitt, you really know how to hurt a guy.  MEMO TO MITT Mitt, we need to talk.  President Obama occupies a political office. When he takes an action pursuant to a policy

IRRITANT

Bill O'Reilly is an angry, cowardly, pathetic boor. Many have known that for some time.  If you watch O'Reilly on an ordinary evening at 8pm, what you will see is a program that was taped at 5pm. O'Reilly's producers can clean up and retape the rough patches so his angry, over-the-top, childish spasms don't make it

DOES OBAMA BELIEVE HIS OWN MESSAGE

There's an old saying in the investment business that goes like this:  "The reason stockbrokers aren't rich is they don't believe their own BS."  Barack Obama can be a very compelling speaker … at times. He saved his campaign in 2008 with a world-class speech on race. He played the role of "Consoler in Chief"

MITT “EITHER WAY” ROMNEY

A friend of mine who worked for a Senator from Arkansas liked to tell the story about the preacher applying for a job at a church in a small rural community in that state. The church elders, who were charged with making the hiring decision, met with this preacher to ask him his views on

LUNCH WITH PEGGY NOONAN

Peggy Noonan used to write speeches for Reagan and Poppy Bush. Now she writes a weekend piece for Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (WSJ). She's also on the Sunday morning talk shows from time to time. Noonan likes to convey the impression that she understands style and grace, especially as windows into the larger virtues