Exclusive: Bob Kerrey On His Uphill Senate Race

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 THE BIG STORY, BY MATT TAYLOR Bob Kerrey, Running As A Bipartisan Democratic Populist The former Nebraska governor running to win back his old seat in the U.S. Senate told The National Memo in an exclusive interview Tuesday that he was lured back into public life by something many consider increasingly elusive: the potential to solve nagging national problems the old-fashioned way, with strong bipartisan cooperation. But that doesn't mean he will abandon the populist fight. "When men and women go to work and obey the law, they should share in the results of the production," said Kerrey, usually a centrist Democrat. "And the market won't always value them the way we value them personally, the way we value teachers or the people who manufacture our products. The market won't always place the same value and we'll have to adjust with laws and taxes, or trade policies." READ MORE Send To A Friend >> MY FRONT PAGES, BY JOE CONASON Paul Ryan's Plan For American Decline If the foreign adversaries and competitors of the United States imagined a future that would fufill their most ambitious objectives, it might begin with a government crippled by the House Republican leadership's "Ryan budget" released on Tuesday. Following its path would lead America rapidly toward a withered state, approaching the point where Marxian dreams and Randian dogma converge. Or at least that's the view suggested by the sober analysts at the Congressional Budget Office, whose report on the Ryan budget shows that nearly every department of government today, from law enforcement and border patrols to scientific research, food safety, environmental protection, federal highways, national parks, weather monitoring, education, and all other essential functions would take a big hit. Defense, of course, would increase. But in a demoralized nation stripped of science and infrastructure, exactly what would be left to defend? READ MORE Send To A Friend >> FEATURED COLUMN: GENE LYONS Why We Don't Need Another Needless War... In Iran Short of openly endorsing the GOP nominee, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bellicose stance appears contrived to put Obama in a corner: damned if he doesn't, ruined if he does. Meanwhile, the prospect of war in the Persian Gulf has driven the world price of oil sky-high, a boon to speculators and GOP candidates. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> ELECTION 2012 Romney Routs Little Ricky In Illinois Mitt Romney took yet another stride toward the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night, routing Rick Santorum in the Illinois primary for his third straight big-state win and padding his already-formidable lead in the race for convention delegates. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> FEATURED COLUMN: LEONARD PITTS JR. Bruce Springsteen Captures The State Of America That is what America is -- hope and defiance in the face of challenge -- and there is something oddly patriotic in Springsteen's evocation of that in these hard times. Not the easy patriotism of Lee Greenwood's song and children waving sparklers on July 4th, but the hard and determined patriotism of those who will be down, but never stay down, never accept the gap between the America that is and the one that ought to be. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> DIRTY POLITICS Guess Which Filmmakers Don't Like Rick Santorum? The U.S. adult film industry's movers and shakers are not happy -- and accused Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Monday of pandering to conservative voters when he vowed to crack down on their business if elected. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> CARTOON OF THE DAY Send To A Friend >>

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