Lanny Davis Purple Nation Weekly

By Lanny Davis – 10/26/2011 – Even before the first Republican debate, I have consistently stated in TV and print interviews that Mitt Romney would be the strongest Republican candidate against President Obama. Full disclosure: I am strongly supporting the president for reelection. I think he’s done a good job starting out on his first […]

By Lanny Davis – 10/19/11 – In the 1960s, the late New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (D) used conservative, market-based, competitive forces to renew and create new jobs in the inner-city wasteland of the minority neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn. A cynical New York City reporter (a redundant expression) was heard to mutter, […]

By Lanny Davis – 10/12/11 – If ever there were an example of hyper-partisanship, the recent personal attacks challenging the honesty and competence of Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the ATF’s errors in its “Fast and Furious” gun-tracking program should be Exhibit A.

By Lanny Davis – 10/05/11 – I like and respect Grover Norquist. Despite the many matters on which I disagree with him, I respect his consistent, deeply held belief in limited government, which leads him to oppose higher taxes as an enforcement mechanism. Norquist genuinely believes that government is a barrier to helping the poor and […]