Cheri Jacobus

 
Jury of peers
Cheri Jacobus - 11/19/09 05:15 PM ET

A jury of one’s peers is a guaranteed right of criminal defendants in the U.S. justice system.

Czar light, czar bright
Cheri Jacobus - 11/05/09 07:01 PM ET

After a flurry of justifiable outcries over a number of individuals President Barack Obama chose as his “czars,” the political heat seems to have cooled. How unfortunate. But perhaps with the lowered temperature, the Senate will have the freedom to take some responsible measures to address this ever-expanding problem.

Reid’s landmines
Cheri Jacobus - 10/29/09 05:02 PM ET

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), while trying to be clever, instead has planted landmines for lawmakers in literally every state in the union. Remarkably, he doesn’t even seem to be aware he was doing just that.

Public option for Congress
Cheri Jacobus - 10/22/09 05:24 PM ET

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) submitted three versions of a public option in healthcare to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to be scored. Not one of them includes a query on cost or savings to taxpayers should Congress subject itself to the taxpayer-funded government plan commonly referred to as the “public option,” not to be confused with the fully tricked-out Cadillac plans they now have, for which we, the taxpayers, are footing the bill.

Big Brother wins
Cheri Jacobus - 10/15/09 04:01 PM ET

Feed the beast, and it grows into something that can no longer be controlled, because the beast now controls us. A seemingly well-meaning, small, almost benign intrusion metastasizes into a complete and monstrous takeover. That’s how it starts.

Dancin’ DeLay
Cheri Jacobus - 10/08/09 04:19 PM ET

Come on — admit it. You’ve been watching. Secretly. Perhaps just a little bit embarrassed as you close the shades so the neighbors don’t see what you’re tuning in to as you settle in with your popcorn in front of the TV. It’s all just too good to miss. Maybe you even TiVo it.

Rotten in Denmark
Cheri Jacobus - 10/01/09 05:14 PM ET

President Barack Obama’s trip to Copenhagen, Denmark, to lobby on behalf of his hometown, Chicago, to host the 2016 Olympics is raising more questions about Obama’s past Chicago associations. If Chicago is, indeed, chosen over Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, the dark cloud hanging over Obama’s keen (if unpresidential) interest and involvement in the matter will likely become even more ominous.

Paterson under the bus
Cheri Jacobus - 09/24/09 07:17 PM ET

What do New York Gov. David Paterson and former Illinois State Assemblywoman Alice Palmer have in common? Aside from both being Democrats and African-American, both hold the distinction of being elbowed out of running for office by one Barack Obama.

Start over, Mr. President
Cheri Jacobus - 09/10/09 02:16 PM ET

Start with a clean slate on healthcare. Include Republicans in the process. Act like you were listening to the American people who showed up in droves at August town hall meetings on healthcare. Do something, Mr. President, to illustrate you are more committed to the American people than to a political victory.

Dogs of war (or not)
Cheri Jacobus - 07/31/09 04:00 PM ET

Woof.


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07/23/09 11:16 AM ET Expending popularity
07/16/09 12:34 PM ET Obama wags the dog
07/09/09 12:43 PM ET Powell and the crocodile
06/25/09 11:49 AM ET Welcome back, Barbour
06/11/09 01:48 PM ET Media bias can help GOP
06/04/09 11:47 AM ET Sotomayor should recant
05/21/09 12:28 PM ET Pelosi as president
05/14/09 12:11 PM ET Obama lurches left
04/23/09 11:54 AM ET Obama and Miss California
04/02/09 12:07 PM ET Trust-fund O-baby
03/19/09 10:54 AM ET Mis-micromanagement
03/05/09 11:32 AM ET Rush’s role as firewall
02/25/09 12:36 PM ET (Un)Fairness Doctrine: parsing Obama
02/12/09 12:18 PM ET A cool 10 grand
 
 

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