Politics. On Point.

Speaking today at the US Chamber of Commerce, presidential candidate Mitt Romney told those attending the Latino Coalition Economic Summit he see to it that every child gets a good education. Blah. Blah. Blah. Bore. Bore. Bore. Why?   Because we've heard the promise before.   If everyone who said they're interested in seeing every child get a first-rate, quality education, kids East of the River in DC would have had more new text books, and less metal detectors by now.  Every politician promises a good education for all.   Yet we still, as Romney pointed out, see in America "one in four kids" fail to get a high school degree, and half that don't graduate. "Kids in America are getting a third-world education", Romney said, calling the education crisis "the civil rights issue of our era."   Gee, we thought gay marriage was.  (At least it was two weeks ago). In addition to creating jobs, saving the economy, finding alter...

It's always just a matter of time before presidential candidates put their foots in their mouths and say something insensitive, or just plain stupid. Gingrich's contract 'against' America's poor. This time, it was Newt Gingrich's turn (again).  Thankfully, someone on the national level spoke out .  (We need more like that). Gingrich spoke in Iowa recently, and his remarks about the most vulnerable of our society are deplorable, proving Newt is as far removed from the American populous as a repeat adulterer is from a sex addiction clinic. Gingrich claims poor children have no work habits unless it's "illegal." They have no habit of ‘I do this and you give me cash’ unless it’s illegal", he said. (As if working in Congress has yielded no illegal activity among its own 'employed' members). He further thrusted his foot in his mouth when he said that poor children "have no role model to show them the habits of work....