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Mort Kondracke
Mort Kondracke is the Executive Editor of Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill since 1955. © 2007 Roll Call, Inc.
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Recent Articles
- There's Room for Compromise on Both Sides - January 28, 2009
- Claiming the moral high ground as he visited with Republicans for three hours on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, he called for them to "put politics aside," implying that...
- In Obama Era, National Service's Time Has Come - January 21, 2009
- The centerpiece of the process will be passage -- its advocates hope, in Obama's first 100 days -- of the Serve America Act, sponsored by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.)...
- Obama Should Spray the Taliban's Poppies, Rep. Kirk Asserts - January 16, 2009
- In December, Kirk became the second Member of Congress -- and first House Member -- since 1943 to serve on active duty in a combat zone, witnessing parts of a major...
- Reform Is Coming On Immigration, But Problems Remain - January 8, 2009
- President-elect Barack Obama denounced the raids during the campaign, but canceling George W. Bush's policies could open the new administration to charges that it's...
- Obama Should Say 'No' to 'War Crimes' Probes of Bush Team - December 25, 2008
- But now Bush haters are calling for the Obama administration to investigate Bush officials for alleged war crimes and other misdeeds connected with the war on...
- Best Auto Plan: Bankruptcy Terms Minus Bankruptcy - December 17, 2008
- But neither the incoming nor outgoing administration thinks that -- mainly because bankruptcy for General Motors could also result in the failure of companies that...
- Everyone Will Have Health Insurance -- But It Will Be Costly - December 10, 2008
- Health reform plans advanced by President-elect Barack Obama, incoming Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Daschle and Congressional leaders such as Sens. Edward...
- Will Obama Opt For Pragmatism In Energy Policy? - November 25, 2008
- On Oct. 20, Jones made it clear at a panel discussion I was part of that he regards energy policy as "an international security issue of the highest order," which...
- First Steps to GOP Recovery - November 19, 2008
- If one governor would fully implement a widely circulated proposal to transform U.S. education -- based on having most children graduate after 10th grade and using the...
- 'Keynsian Moment' Needed to Fight 'Great Recession' - November 12, 2008
- An emerging consensus among conservative and liberal economists seems to indicate that we'll experience negative growth - 2 percent to 4 percent-through 2009 and into...
- Obama Needs Help in Keeping Promise to Unify Country - November 5, 2008
- But while he may believe, as he said, that "in this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people," other people -- starting with members of his own party --...
- President Obama: We Still Don't Know Who He Really Is - October 30, 2008
- But as Obama delivered his "closing argument" this week, beginning Monday in Canton, Ohio, it remained impossible to tell how far left Obama will tilt on economics or...
- McCain's Slim Hopes Ride on Obama's 'Poor Closer' Record - October 22, 2008
- The same situation prevails in Nevada, where Obama has 49.3 percent; North Carolina, 49.2; Missouri, 48; West Virginia, 43.8; and Indiana, 46.7.Obama has broken through...
- Strategic Pakistan Steps Up Terror Fight, Needs Aid - October 18, 2008
- "The Pakistani army has committed itself, especially in an area called Bajur, which borders Kunar province in Afghanistan, which has been a stronghold for al-Qaida....
- McCain, Obama Again Dodged Priority Questions - October 8, 2008
- A sentence or two later, he proposed a new $300 billion program to buy up distressed home mortgages. "Is it expensive? Yes," he said, but it's necessary to stabilize...
- If Rescue Passes, Here's Who Gets Credit and Blame - October 1, 2008
- It's emphatically true that the House's 23-vote rejection Monday of what was widely tagged as a "$700 billion Wall Street bailout" constituted a massive, bipartisan...
- Bush's Second Term Is Better Than First -- Credit Josh Bolten - September 27, 2008
- That is based largely on the fact that Bush has kept the nation safe from terrorist attack and had the courage not to give up in Iraq during the war's darkest hours, and...
- No More 'Lipstick'-- With Financial Crisis, Politics Gets Seriou - September 17, 2008
- The economy has been Issue No. 1 on the minds of voters for months, but the McCain campaign managed for two weeks -- with some mistaken help from Obama -- to divert...
- Which Ticket Really Will Deliver Change Voters Want? - September 3, 2008
- President Bush's approval ratings currently average 30 percent, according to Real Clear Politics, and 75 percent of voters think that the country is on the wrong track....
- Obama Camp Claims Its 'Ground Game' Will Beat Bush's in '04 - August 27, 2008
- And in Pennsylvania, where Kerry won by 145,000, Obama aides said Democrats have registered 360,000 new voters while Republicans have lost 60,000, for a net shift of...
- With Vast Agenda, Obama Must Say What Priorities Are - August 22, 2008
- Democrats legitimately complain that President Bush and Congressional Republicans piled up deficits that raised the national debt from $5 trillion to $9 trillion over...
- Bush Makes Wager Pakistan Will Become South Korea, Not Iran - August 15, 2008
- Musharraf, who seized power in a military coup in 1999, has been President Bush's friend and anti-terrorist ally since late 1981 - rather like Philippine dictator...
- McCain Is Right to 'Go Negative' -- But Needs Positive - August 10, 2008
- It has become standard among Democrats to accuse Republicans of "smearing" or "sliming" their candidates whenever the GOP goes negative."Willy Horton," "Swift Boat" and...
- Do Democrats Want Obama to Be Another 'War President'? - August 4, 2008
- He's right, of course. The "central front" in the war on terrorism -- along with platoons of terrorists, intelligence agencies report -- has moved back from Iraq to...
- Pakistan's Democracy Deserves Full Support, Not Double Messages - July 31, 2008
- Pretty clearly, there's a wink-wink arrangement between Pakistan and the U.S. about such operations, but surely the U.S. could have kept quiet about the attack, at least...
- Obama Makes Gains Among Workers Hurt By Bush Economics - July 23, 2008
- They don't say so directly, but I would: What Obama is offering -- and eloquently -- is hope for a better deal, while Republicans are offering more of the same. And, to...
- Obama Errs on Iraq, McCain on Economy, to Placate Party Bases - July 17, 2008
- A new Quinnipiac poll shows that a majority of likely voters -- 51 percent to 43 percent -- opposes immediate withdrawal from Iraq or setting a fixed deadline. But 64...
- Obama's Changes Raise Issue: Can You Believe in Him? - July 10, 2008
- In a year when Democrats have everything going for them, I think the primary reason Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) is trailing Obama by only 2 points in the Gallup...
- Who's to Blame for $4 Gas? Both Democrats and GOP - July 2, 2008
- Here's what the federal Energy Information Administration says: "A variety of factors have caused oil prices to increase, including strong demand growth in non-OECD Asia...
- U.S. Must Increase Energy Research Funding - Roll Call - June 19, 2008
- Why Won't Obama Agree to Townhalls? - Roll Call - June 12, 2008
- Historic Odds Favoring Obama in '08 - Roll Call - June 4, 2008
- Another Media 'Aha!' Moment - Roll Call - May 28, 2008
- Will 2008 Be 1964 for the Democrats? - Roll Call - May 22, 2008
- How Bush Can Prevent A War With Iran - Roll Call - May 8, 2008
- Clinton Needs Miracle to Win Popular Vote - Roll Call - April 30, 2008
- Wounded Obama Needs to End This - Roll Call - April 23, 2008
- How Will McCain Handle 'Are You Better Off'? - Roll Call - April 16, 2008
- Obama Wins 'Petraeus Primary' - Roll Call - April 9, 2008
- Dumb Talk Ruins 'Smart Power' - Roll Call - March 27, 2008