The current version of the Defense Authorization bill that's stuck in the Senate contains more than one controversial provision.
CNN's Jack Cafferty asks: Should unemployment benefits be extended without a way to pay for them?
Jack Cafferty asks: Why did Senate Republicans block financial reform legislation when two-thirds of Americans want it?
Here's something to think about:
There is a chill wind blowing across this land of ours.
The American dream is in peril, and Jack Cafferty has something to say about it. In his new book, Now or Never: Getting Down to the Business of Saving Our Dream, CNN's irascible commentator takes on the economy, foreign policy, education, health care, immigration, energy, the Bush legacy and Obama's opportunity--nothing less than the future of the country. He even manages to tie in his life story, complete with a hardscrabble youth, alcoholism, and redemption in marriage and fatherhood. Fortune spoke with Cafferty about what he sees is wrong with the country--and what needs to be done about it. Below are excerpts from that discussion:
What a welcome change to feel like someone is running the country instead of running it into the ground.
Now or never
updated: Wed Mar 11 2009 15:40:00
CNN's Jack Cafferty discusses his new book "Now or Never: Getting Down to the Business of Saving Our American Dream."
The Republican Party is becoming a cartoon.
I think this time, it's different. I have this uneasy feeling our country is in the process of changing forever, and not necessarily for the better -- unless our perspective changes with it.
What a joke. Your Congress has voted to spend almost $790 billion of your money on a stimulus package that not a single member of either chamber has read.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry demanded Tuesday that CNN's Jack Cafferty apologize for remarks he made last week, in which he called the Chinese "goons and thugs" and said products manufactured in China are "junk."
After more than a week of protests against what some Chinese see as the demonization of their nation by the West, there are indications the Chinese government is making an effort to rein in the anger.
Protests against Tibetan independence have continued Sunday in several Chinese cities, according to the country's state-run news agency.
About 1,500 pro-Chinese demonstrators gathered outside CNN's bureau in Los Angeles on Saturday, demanding that a commentator apologize and be fired from the network over comments critical of China and the U.S. government's relationship with it.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Thursday that CNN has not done enough to ease its concerns over a commentator who referred to the Chinese as "goons and thugs" and said products manufactured in China are "junk."
Jack Cafferty asks: Would you be more or less likely to vote for John McCain if Condoleezza Rice is his running mate?
Jack asks: Does Barack Obama have to go negative to win the Democratic presidential nomination?
Jack Cafferty asks: What do you make of a study that shows 935 false statements about the threat from Iraq?
Jack asks: What should Congress focus on instead of MoveOn.org ads and Rush Limbaugh's comments?
The CNN anchor talks about his new book, his troubled family and impeaching the President
CNN's Jack Cafferty takes e-mails on President Bush's recent comment about Iraq while attending a summit in Australia.
President Bush's proposed guest worker program is dividing Republicans ahead of a Senate vote on an immigration bill next week. CNN's Jack Cafferty asked viewers of the "Situation Room" what needs to be debated when it comes to immigration reform. Here is a selection of their responses, sent in by e-mail:
A proposed business deal that would turn control of six U.S. ports over to an United Arab Emirates-based company has raised security concerns among some lawmakers. CNN's Jack Cafferty asked viewers of the "Situation Room" what they thought. Here is a selection of their responses, sent in by e-mail:
"American Morning" is adding another O'Brien to its mix.
When the case of Terri Schiavo came to Washington in what appears to be the last stages of that poor woman's life, it evoked passion contrasting with the usual political play-acting in the nation's capital.
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