Rich Galen
Rich Galen
Richard A. "Rich" Galenis a columnist and Republican strategist and former press-secretary to Vice President Dan Quayle and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich...
based believe congress members president veto
If the president vetoes it, I believe based on my e-mails from members of Congress the veto will be overridden.
beginning scratch surprised
I'm surprised it's not even worse, ... beginning to scratch their heads.
bottom hit hoping kept moving year
I've been hoping for a year that he had hit bottom and was moving up. But the bottom kept moving.
active fingers hill sure
Having their fingers burned, they're being more active in making sure the Hill knows.
democracy firsts election
Democracy is messy. It is messy whether you've been doing it since 1789 or whether you're going to do it for the first time in 2005. The trouble with Democracy is, you hold elections. The trouble with dictatorships is...you don't.
white house would-be
I would be surprised to see the White House scaling back on anything. That would be an admission they are operating from a position of weakness.
smell blood water
You dont have to be a political genius to sniff the smell of blood in the water.
reminded saying
What it reminded me of the other day is 'Baghdad Bob' saying there are no Americans at the airport.