Author: Dick Morris

Mark Twain famously wrote that “no man’s property or liberty is safe while the Legislature is in session.” The same could have been said for the deficit reduction supercommittee. Now that it has reached an impasse, we can all breathe easier! There is a deep, fundamental difference between the parties in Washington. Democrats want higher […]

By Wednesday, Nov. 23, the Deficit Reduction Panel has to report on ways to cut the federal deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over 10 years. Democrats refuse to support spending cuts unless Republicans agree to tax increases. And there is an increasing chance that the Republican members of the commission — or at least […]

Now that Newt Gingrich’s candidacy is rising to the top, expect the brickbats to be aimed at his head. The first to fly is the charge that he was paid off by Freddie Mac to do its bidding while the company, in concert with Fannie Mae, flooded the world with funny money mortgages and brought […]

As the debates accumulate, it becomes more and more evident that Newt Gingrich’s intellect, experience, articulateness and depth of knowledge elevate him to the top of the field. Anyone should be happy to pay admission to watch him duel with Obama in debate. Newt’s not as charismatic as Cain or as smooth as Romney, but […]

Mitt Romney has maintained his one-quarter vote share in the Republican contest against all comers … and against those who stayed home. Whether confronting hypothetical threats from Donald Trump, Mitch Daniels, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin or Chris Christie — or real threats from Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry or Herman Cain — the former Massachusetts Governor […]

Like the assassination of the Austrian Archduke in Sarajevo, which triggered World War I, the decision of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to submit his nation’s bailout deal with the European Union to a national referendum could be the spark that brings down the international financial system. The financial interdependence of the world’s banks is […]

I used to like the flat tax. In fact, I used to propose exactly what Rick Perry is now pushing: an optional flat tax allowing taxpayers to either make their way through the labyrinth of IRS fine print in search of deductions or simply pay a flat percent of their income in taxes and be […]

Liberals often fail to understand the fault lines that run through the Republican Party. But when those lines mirror those in their own party, you’d think they’d get it. Even as President Obama rakes in $35,000 per couple at lavish fundraisers — not to mention having relied on Goldman Sachs to be his largest single […]

The most effective move in electoral politics is to rebut an opponent’s charges and show how they are misrepresentations and falsehoods. Media guru Tony Schwartz once said, “Everyone likes a fighter, but nobody likes a dirty fighter.” Negatives have their place in every campaign. But when one of them is an obvious stretch, twisting facts […]

In 1980, facing a terrible economy, Ronald Reagan called for a new tax program: 10-10-10. : Based on the Kemp-Roth bill, he called for 10 percent cuts in income taxes for three years. : He got it, and it kindled 20 years of prosperity. Now Herman Cain understands that we need fundamental reform to get our economy […]