In his interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews last week, President Barack Obama said that one of the problems with the federal government is the size of it and what it takes to change course when problems arise. On this weekend’s
George Will on the ‘FOX News Sunday’ panel…
There is considerable consternation among conservatives that Republicans are about to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory once again, this time by trying to “fix” Obamacare–bowing to pressure from the media and other sources to take some joint ownership
GEORGE WILL: Well, it’s one thing for Bill Clinton to say, “I feel your pain.” It’s another thing for Barack Obama to say, “I feel your pain that I have caused,” and for him to say it was caused by
During the last debt ceiling fight, in the summer of 2011, Republicans and Democrats were near a “grand bargain” on the long-term budget when President Barack Obama, seeing Republican poll numbers fall, made a last-minute demand for $400 billion in
Fox News Channel as Contributor George Will on the “Fox News Sunday” panel
Tuesday night’s “League of Denial” PBS documentary appears more sensationalistic Inside Edition than staid Frontline. Atop a montage of pornographic gridiron violence in its promotional trailer, Will Lyman, PBS’s voice of God, intones: “Frontline investigates what the NFL knew and
On the Fox News Sunday” Panel: George Will slams the National Park Service and the government shutdown.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) put on a masterclass in his appearance on NBC News’ Meet the Press with David Gregory on Sunday. In less than twenty minutes, Cruz not only demolished Democrat arguments–as transmitted by the ever-eager Gregory–but also showed a keen
I’m pretty excited that Ann Coulter has a new book coming out on October 14. Never Trust a Liberal Over Three-Especially a Republican is a classic Coulter title (and the striking cover pose is also classic Coulter). A few years ago
On ABC’s “This Week” George Will attacks Chris Christie over his dislike of libertarian ideas…
George Will has a column on Detroit which is well worth reading. The best bit comes near the end when he sizes up the urge to rescue Detroit as the final act in a drama of liberal irresponsibility which has
Conservative commentator and columnist George Will describes the failings of bankrupt city Detroit as cultural rather than fiscal on ABC’s “This Week.”
Conservative Washington Post columnist George Will said the Obama Administration’s decision to waive Obamacare’s employer mandate for another year may have handed Republicans opposed to the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill a silver bullet to defeat the legislation. On Sunday,
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. US News | George Zimmerman Trial | More ABC News Videos George Will, Cokie Roberts, Donna Brazile, and Rick Klein discuss Obamacare and immigration on ABC’s “This Week.”
Discussing President Obama’s Syrian intervention, columnist George Will said on ABC’s “This Week”: “Napoleon said, ‘If you start to take Vienna, take Vienna.’ That is, don’t be tentative, whatever else you do, and don’t be tardy. General McArthur said every
Liberal economist and leading modern Keynesian, Paul Krugman of The New York Times, has been one of Barack Obama’s biggest cheerleaders, but suddenly he is a bit down on the Obama administration saying that he is afraid that the country
George Will, Ret. Gen. James Cartwright, Ruth Marcus, and Jonathan Karl.
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JONATHAN KARL, SUBSTITUTE HOST: George, right to you. You heard a debate among Republicans on immigration. Which side should the Republican Party come down on? GEORGE WILL: Every conservative sympathizes with what Jeff Sessions was saying about not rewarding law
Dr. George Will is a respected social scientist and acclaimed writer, but he’s not a lawyer. And he shows it by suggesting the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a challenge to
Commentators George Will and Cokie Roberts on ABC’s “This Week”
STEPHANOPOULOS: “And those House Republicans who are worried about Speaker Boehner do — did not vote for the deal, are doing exactly what they — they believe their constituents elected them to do.” WILL: “They are dissenting from the great
via NEWSBUSTERS: GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS,HOST: Some big news out of the Supreme Court on Friday. They took up two big gay marriage cases, one on the Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal benefits to couples that are legally married in
If you watch the “fiscal cliff” debate play out across the mainstream media landscape, you would think that taxing the rich is the solution to all our deficit problems. Though we’re going to rack up somewhere around $10 trillion in
George Will, hardly an excitable voice within the political pundit class, made a bold prediction on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos: “I’m projecting Minnesota to go for Romney. It’s the only state that’s voted Democratic in nine consecutive elections,
George Will on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos: “I’m projecting Minnesota to go for Romney. It’s the only state that’s voted democratic in nine consecutive elections, but this year, there’s marriage amendment on the ballot that will bring out
On the Sunday, October 28 edition of ABC’s This Week, Andrew Sullivan of The Daily Beast claimed that Obama might lose this election because the whole South is filled with racists that are somehow just like the Old Confederacy. As
George Will made a relatively quixotic proclamation immediately after the second presidential debate held at Hofstra University in New York. First of all, he thought the debate was “immeasurably the best” in American presidential debate history. Just as quixotically, Will
George Will on ABC’s This Week Sunday WILL: A subtext of all this is that we’re all racists. Can I ask you a question? What is the largest city in Illinois? DONNA BRAZILE: Chicago. WILL: You’re a racist. The guys
The DNC has just released an ad composed of Republicans joining the chorus of those demanding Romney release his tax returns. “More and more Republicans agree that Mitt Romney has not released more tax returns because he has something to
Sometimes Hollywood produces a movie so utterly insane that you have to wonder whether it’s really not some sort of NEA-funded, meta commentary/performance art piece designed to fool the squares out in flyover country. I don’t know if “The Obama
This Week in Politics Roundtable: Rep. Xavier Becerra, George Will, Major Garrett, Peggy Noonan, and Hilary Rosen.
Trend lines in the past few weeks have conservatives feeling upbeat about the fall election. Romney has been disciplined and steadfast, and has amalgamated his base already. Obama meanwhile has been beleaguered with a slowing economy, critiques from his own
George Will, Ann Coulter, Van Jones, Matt Bai and Terry Moran appear on ABC’s roundtable.
In Washington this week, a rare drama is unfolding in the U.S. Supreme Court. The momentous question that is before the court is this: Shall we be Citizens or Subjects? The high court is considering a historic challenge by twenty-six
On the Sunday edition of ABC’s This Week, conservative commentator George Will weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Obama Administration’s policy to force Catholic institutions to provide contraception services that conflict with the Church’s beliefs. Mr. Will laid a portion
Arianna Huffington tried to tell the “This Week” panel that the Komen Foundation was “politicizing” abortion by removing funds from the abortion provider Planned Parenthood. George Will responded by asking her to explain the logic that it is politicizing abortion