Mr. Vice President

Mike Cronin
Maryland-Gov.-Martin-OMalley

  Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley took a substantive step today toward the vice presidency… he announced his candidacy for president. He will just have to play nice with Hillary during his quixotic campaigning. He’s relatively young (52) , but not so young in appearance to …..

How bad is this?

Mike Cronin

Various speakers of the House of Representatives have gotten into trouble in the past. Democrat Jim Wright, amid allegations of financial impropriety, resigned his position. This was after one of Wright’s main aides, John Mack, was convicted of an exceedingly violent crime …..

George and Jeb: The week that was

Mike Cronin

It was reported, correctly, George Stephanopoulos contributed a total of $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation…that is, former key advisor to President Clinton and now ABC News’ Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos. Oops! Jeb Bush, brother of W, was unbelievably and completely unprepared for …..

It’s different this time

Mike Cronin

I live in a boom-bust part of the world known as south Florida. 2008 and its housing implosion and financial Armageddon have seemingly been forgotten as rents skyrocket, Miami condos go for ungodly sums and dozens upon dozens of condo …..