By Lanny Davis, 12/05/12 – There is no doubt that there will be serious, adverse consequences to ordinary Americans if, on Jan. 1, 2013, the nation goes over the “fiscal cliff” — meaning, on that day, $1.2 trillion in cuts in federal domestic and defense spending over the next eight years will begin, combined with […]
By Lanny Davis – 11/28/12 I strongly disagree with Grover Norquist and his anti-tax pledge. But I believe his views are sincere. And I condemn those who substitute personal attacks on Norquist for factual arguments to prove him wrong.
By Lanny J. Davis – 11/07/12 My advice to President Obama in the next several days: Make three phone calls, for starters — as soon as you and your team finish celebrating, with justification, having run a great victory. These three calls should be made to conservative Republican senators who I know, from personal experience, […]
By Lanny Davis – 11/06/12 If Obama wins tonight, as now seem likely if current trends continue, Romney and Republicans face three heart-wrenching “what if”s:
By Lanny J. Davis – 11/02/12 I believe President Obama, based on all the evidence and my own gut instinct, which I will explain below, will win a narrow victory on Tuesday to serve a second term.
By Lanny J. Davis – 10/26/12 Last week on the ABC Sunday morning news program “This Week,” Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago, was asked about what to expect in an Obama second term if he is reelected on Nov. 6.
By Lanny Davis – 10/15/12 Dear Mr. President: I disagree with most of the advice you have been getting regarding what you should do in Tuesday night’s debate, as I do with the analysis from the same critics from my fellow liberals in the Democratic Party regarding your performance in the first debate on Oct. […]
By Lanny J. Davis – 10/03/12 I predict that nothing that happens tonight at the first debate is likely fundamentally to change the status quo: a tight election with President Obama likely to win.
By Lanny Davis – 09/19/12 07:12 PM ET The irony is too overwhelming to resist. After Bill Clinton’s speech on Sept. 5, the same pundits on the left who were critical of Bill Clinton’s “centrism” and “triangulation” in the 1990s and through the Obama primary campaign were gushing about Clinton on national TV. And many […]
by: Michael Steele and Lanny Davis | from: AARP Bulletin | September 5, 2012 Bringing back civility to the presidential campaign. For Civility in the Campaign. The very headline suggests we have an uphill battle convincing most people that civility and etiquette are still possible in American presidential campaigns — since we felt obliged to […]