Editorial #2- Health Care Summit

On Thursday, February 25, President Barack Obama met with several leaders of both parties for some "bipartisan chatting" prior to the start of the health care summit.

This editorial states that the attempts at bipartisanship were phony because President Obama talked much longer than anyone on the Republican side and often interrupted Republican speakers and didn't allow them to respond to his criticisms. Other Democratic speakers, such as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, also interrupted a lot. The author believes that Republicans had many good ideas, but the Democrats were unwilling to listen or compromise. He also believes that anyone who watched the summit on TV will probably agree that the White House made a fool of themselves.

I did not watch the summit on TV, so I can't definitely say that the author is correct here. This editorial sounds like a very strong opinion and was probably written by a Republican. But if what the author said is true, then President Obama and other Democratic leaders sound very arrogant. They claim to want bipartisanship, but the only way to achieve this is to really listen to each other. I feel like that's the only way we're ever going to get anything done in politics.

Click here for the editorial in the Washington Times.

Editorial #1- Washington Snow!

This editorial talks about how DC handled the major snow storms that hit last week. The author believes that Washington forces handled the snow as best as they could. There were minimal deaths and streets were plowed quickly.

However, the author also states that 2 areas could be improved if, (hopefully not anytime soon) DC is hit with other large snow storms. He thinks that we should have changed the way metro operated during the storm and that the federal government should have done more to help out. He also believes that there were several issues with clearing sidewalks and parking.

I agree with the author that those 2 issues are something that need to be sorted out for future storms, but based off of what I heard on the news, I believe this author is being too optimistic. DC isn't designed to handle this large amount of snow, but many residents were frustrated that snow plows took so long to arrive and plowed snow right into cars. I really don't see a solution to solving snow-related problems in the Nation's Capital. I think we will just have to deal with it and learn from our mistakes.

Read the editorial from the Washington Post here