I think that the S.E.C. has been pretty feckless when it comes to reigning in reckless behavior on Wall Street.
We can't expect Wall Street to police itself - that's why we have a federal government.
People are looking for a leader independent of powerful, wealthy special interests that always push to the front of the line.
I'm not for the sort of trade deals that hollow out our standards while they hollow out our middle class and middle class wages.
A lot of our Democratic consultants have fallen into the self-defeating prescription that the candidate that runs the most negative ads wins. I have a new theory: Positive is the new negative.
The attitude in Baltimore in 1999 was almost one of resignation, that our problems were bigger than our capacity to handle them.
There are times in Annapolis when a governor's support can move an issue over the goal line.
