Commentary by Dick Morris

February 2, 2011

Obamacare: D.O.A. By Dick Morris

How did Obama ever think that his program would pass constitutional muster?  How could he imagine that the Interstate Commerce clause could cover something that wasn't interstate (health insurance cannot be sold over state lines) and wasn't commerce (failure to buy insurance is not commerce) would stand up in court?  He was so sure that he would win any constitutional challenge that he arrogantly failed to put a severability clause in the bill so that it would survive even if parts were stricken down.

January 25, 2011

Stopping the Obama Surge By Dick Morris

All the public opinion polls now confirm that President Obama has moved up sharply and significantly in popularity and job approval since he began to tack toward the center after the November election.  Rasmussen and Zogby both have him over 50% job approval for the first time in almost a year.  The key event was his high-minded speech in the aftermath of the Tucson shootings and his clear separation from the blame-oriented liberal commentators who tried to pin the killings on the Tea Party and Sarah Palin.

January 18, 2011

The Orphaned Left By Dick Morris and Eileen McGann

For the past three years, the left and Obama have been indistinguishable, joined at the hip in a marriage of ideology and, where that failed, of convenience.  Now the marriage is on the rocks and some see a divorce in the offing.

January 5, 2011

How to Defeat Obama By Dick Morris

The pas-de-deux between the Republican House and the Democratic president and Senate can get old pretty quickly. The Republican House passes repeal of ObamaCare. The Senate either kills it or Obama vetoes it. The Republican House passes spending cuts. The Senate ... you get the drift.

February 24, 2010

Governing Ourselves: The American Passion By Dick Morris

With his up-to-the-second published polls, Scott Rasmussen has revolutionized the way politics is practiced in America. Now, in his new book, In Search of Self-Governance, he bids us all remember that the real political debate is not left vs. right, but rather between being governed by a bureaucracy and self-governance.

October 13, 2009

Pessimism: Obama's Political Ally By Dick Morris

President Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize, but nobody thinks he deserves the Nobel in economics. Despite $800 billion of economic stimulus and the accumulation of a $1.4 trillion deficit, he has been unable to lower the unemployment rate below 9.8%.

August 11, 2009

Elderly Swing Against Obama Plan By Dick Morris

The most ominous signal yet for the Obama health care plan emerged in the poll by Scott Rasmussen released today. While public support for the plan fell to a new low (42% support, 53% oppose -- down five points in two weeks), the elderly emerged as the strongest opposition group.

July 24, 2009

Obama's Dwindling Power By Dick Morris

Superficially, the United States appears to have a presidential system, but in fact it more and more resembles a parliamentary form of government.

July 14, 2009

BAM's Slipping Grip On The Public By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann

In the polling hierarchy, the least signif icant data measure is a president's per sonal popularity. Here, President Obama excels, with most polls showing him in the high 60s. Next comes his job approval, significant but not necessarily predictive.

June 17, 2009

Healthcare: Obama's Waterloo? By Dick Morris

To quote the esteemed Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the chickens that were hatched in the stimulus package are coming home to roost in the healthcare proposal.

June 11, 2009

Inflation Looms: O's Deficit Dilemma By Dick Morris

It's increasingly looking like President Obama may be sunk by his own deficit.

June 10, 2009

Obama's Vulnerability By Dick Morris

At last there is convincing evidence that Obama’s poll numbers may be descending to earth. While his approval remains high – and his personal favorability is even higher – the underlying numbers suggest that a decline may be in the offing.

June 3, 2009

What's Keeping Obama Up? By Dick Morris

The Rasmussen poll conducted over the weekend of May 30-31 asked a key question designed to give us perspective on Obama's current popularity.

May 26, 2009

Obama's War on Talk Radio By Dick Morris

Obama's liberal philosophy dictates that when the news is bad, shoot the messenger. The newest data from Arbitron, the company charged with measuring the size of radio audiences, suggests that listenership to hip hop, inner city, and minority radio has been overstated in the past and that the popularity of conservative talk radio has been under-reported.

May 25, 2009

The Death of Israel By Dick Morris

From Caroline Glick, deputy editor and op-ed writer for the Jerusalem Post, comes alarming news.

May 21, 2009

Why Pelosi Must Go By Dick Morris

It's obvious that either Leon Panetta, Obama's head of the CIA, or Nancy Pelosi, his party's Speaker of the House, has to go. No administration can tolerate a permanent, public civil war between two such high-ranking officials.

May 18, 2009

When Will Obama Own the Recession By Dick Morris

When will the economy stop dropping because of the recession and start dropping because of the harm Obama's cure to the recession is inflicting?

April 7, 2009

The Declaration of Independence Has Been Repealed By Dick Morris

On April 2, 2009, the work of July 4, 1776 was nullified at the meeting of the G-20 in London. The joint communiqué essentially announces a global economic union with uniform regulations and bylaws for all nations, including the United States.

October 22, 2008

The Populism Divide By Dick Morris

As the election enters its last two weeks, social populism wars with economic populism to become the major outlet for American anger and angst and to satisfy the demand for change. In his book The Populist Persuasion, Michael Kazin articulates the difference between these two types of populism: economic and social.

October 17, 2008

Mac's Shot at a Late-Game Win By Dick Morris

The short term impact of the third debate will be to help Barack Obama. But the long term implications may give John McCain a needed boost. Obama looked good, but McCain opened the tax-and-spend issue in a way that might prevail.

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