"I wasn't a great communicator," said the man who talked his way into college, into radio, into the movies, into politics and into the presidency, "but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full blown from my brow, they came from the heart of a great nation -- from our experience, our wisdom and our belief in the principles that have guided us for two centuries." The president who voted for more winning presidential candidates than any other president seems to have always regarded himself as a child of destiny, and it turns out he was. But the destiny, he insisted, was not his own but that of the people of the United States of America.
Byron York - With each passing year, Reagan grows larger in the American political imagination
Republican politicians will continue to seek that elusive mix of attributes that made Reagan Reagan. Perhaps there is another great leader out there right now, and we don't know it. After all, no one knew what Reagan would accomplish until he moved into the Oval Office.
Susan Ferrechio - Senate panel chides Obama on deficit, may devise own plan
Facing dire warnings about the size of the nation's deficit and no solution to shrink it in sight, a top Democratic lawmaker announced Thursday that his committee may override President Obama's recently appointed debt commission and craft its own long-term solution to the budget crisis.
Julie Mason - Obama to push gun-control measures
President Obama's decision to push new gun-control measures in the wake of the mass shootings in Tucson, Ariz., is out of character and faces dubious prospects with a new Republican majority in the House.
Mark Hemingway - Gov. Christie to public employees: 'Don't be angry at the first guy that came here and told you the truth'
Well, this might be the best Chris Christie-tells-off-pubic-employees video yet. In part because in this case the poor policeman doesn't come off as arrogant, and also because Christie does his best to level with the guy and respect him. But that doesn't keep Christie from flinching when it comes to leveling with the guy. Money quote: "“Here’s the thing: You’re getting a paycheck. And there are 9% of the people in the state of New Jersey who are not.”: Read More
J.P. Freire - Housing and Urban Development money went to belly dancer parties, sex offenders, dead residents
In the more than 3,000 public housing agencies nationwide funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and particularly inside the 172 that HUD considers the most troubled, ABC News and the Center for Public Integrity found a struggle to combat theft, corruption, and mismanagement. According to the report, one official embezzled $900,000 and bought a mansion. Other funds went to support sex workers. Read More
David Freddoso - Unions make up 40 percent of employees exempted from Obamacare
Yesterday, the Deparment of Health and Human Services announced it had granted more than 500 new waivers to Obamacare's requirement that health plans have annual limits of no less than $750,000. This annual limit requirement climbs to $1.25 million next year and then to $2 million. Read More
Mark Hemingway - Pence rules out presidential run, may run for governor
Breaking from the Indianapolis Star-Tribune: U.S. Rep. Mike Pence shut the door today on a run for the presidency, but left wide open the likelihood that he’ll seek a different office: Governor of Indiana. Read More
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