America Can’t Afford Breach with Pakistan

By Lanny Davis – 06/29/11 – For several years in the late 1990s, I worked for the government of Pakistan, mostly when the late Benazir Bhutto, an inspiring small-“d” democrat and charismatic populist leader, was prime minister of Pakistan. I made lots of Pakistani friends, in Pakistan and among the large Pakistani-American community here.

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Obama and Libya — Sometimes Political is Better Than Legal

By Lanny Davis – 06/22/11 – A remarkable purple moment has occurred regarding the president’s legal decision to define “hostilities” as not having taken place in the U.S. operations in Libya, and thus declaring that there was no need to seek congressional authorization under the War Powers Act. Conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats don’t agree on […]

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Don’t Count Newt Gingrich Out So Fast

By Lanny Davis – 06/15/11 – It was the summer before the presidential year to come, more than seven months before the New Hampshire primary. All of the Republican presidential candidate’s top campaign staff had quit; he was virtually out of money. All the pundit class declared him politically dead, mocking his campaign. “It is about […]

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Prosecuting Edwards

By Lanny Davis – 06/08/11 – At first blush, the decision to indict former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) for conspiracy to accept illegal campaign contributions, given the facts and circumstances, seems like a stretch, to say the least. The definition of “campaign contributions” has never to date been used to apply in this particular fact pattern […]

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No Delay on Medicare

By Lanny Davis – 06/01/11 – As a liberal Democrat, I was happy with the results of the New York 26th congressional district special election, in which Democrat Kathy Hochul defeated Republican Jane Corwin by emphasizing her opposition to Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) budget proposal and her Republican opponent’s support of that plan. The fact […]

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