Paul Luvera Journal

A well written commentary entitled Strange Bedfellows by Chris Grygiel was published at the Seattle PI Blogs http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/199041.asp March 22nd. It dealt with the ill-advised political decision of the Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna to join a lawsuit to block the comprehensive health care bill passed by the House. The governor responded to his attempt to try to sabotage the law by saying: "I completely disagree with the Attorney General's decision and he does not represent me," the governor said. "This…

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Clearly, across the country, there is one primary concern among people and that's the economy: Jobs and taxes. Until that is the main focus and dealt with in a way that is seen as forceful leadership, it's political death for incumbents. George H.W. Bush was seen as unbeatable in 1992, when James Carville coined the phrase "It’s the economy, stupid." Carville posted a sign at campaign headquarters in Little Rock that said: "The economy, stupid" along with other slogans. That…

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The truth is the title is not really accurate. I read a quote from former president Bill Clinton where he was actually talking about the bad decisions of president Bush, but which is exactly the advice I would like to give to president Barack Obama, so here it is: "People think it is better to be strong and wrong rather then weak and right"