Cafferty File

What should U.S. do if violence continues to escalate in Iraq?

Iraqis stand outside a destroyed building the morning after two car bombs were detonated within minutes of each other on the outskirts of Mosul. Nine people were killed and 22 wounded in the blasts that came just over a week after U.S. forces pulled out of Iraqi towns and ...

Can New Haven firefighters derail Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination?

FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: There's an old saying: "Payback's a bitch." Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor ruled against a promotion test for firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut because not enough minorities scored well enough to qualify. Last week the Supreme Court overturned that decision and now it's the firefighters' turn. Republicans plan ...

Releasing prisoners early a good way to save states money?

(PHOTO CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES) FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: No doubt, tough economic times call for tough decisions and some thinking outside the box. So in an effort to relieve budget woes, the Governor of Illinois is proposing the early release of up to 10,000 prisoners. The move would reportedly save taxpayers $125 million ...

Will voters blame Democrats for economic problems in 2010 election?

FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: At some point it will become President Obama and the Democrats' recession, not George W. Bush's. If the economy doesn't start to show signs of picking up, Democrats could feel the voters' anger in next year's mid-term elections. President Obama is traveling a path not unlike the one ...

Should health care legislation contain billions for parks, walking paths and farmers markets?

Here’s my question to you: It is perhaps the centerpiece of President Obama's agenda for his first term in office. Reform the nation's health care system before it bankrupts the country. It also comes with a hefty, as yet undetermined, price tag which has been estimated as high as $1 trillion. With ...

Politics a good second career for actors and comedians?

Left to Right: Alec Baldwin, Al Franken, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Fred Thompson. (PHOTO CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES) FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: The actor Alec Baldwin is reportedly eyeing a run for Congress just as former comedian Al Franken becomes the newest show biz type to join lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Baldwin vowed to leave ...

Have your views of Palin changed since she announced quitting as Governor?

FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: As quickly as Sarah Palin announced she was quitting her job as Governor of Alaska in the middle of her term, the airwaves were filled with pundits eager to pronounce her political career dead in the water. Even Rush Limbaugh was stumped. Which doesn't happen often. Yesterday on ...

Should gov’t consider second stimulus package?

FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: An outside adviser to President Obama says the U.S. should consider a second stimulus package because the $787 billion package approved in February was "a bit too small." Others have criticized the plan for not distributing the money fast enough to create the jobs necessary to halt ...

What does it say about the GOP in S.C. that they won’t call for Sanford’s resignation?

FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: The arrogance of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford knows no bounds apparently. And the hypocrisy of the South Carolina Republican Party doesn't either. In the wake of his admission that he's been cheating on his wife, the state GOP voted to censure Sanford. Which amounts to looking ...

How important are better relations between U.S. and Russia?

President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walk by the Czar Cannon in the territory of the Kremlin. (PHOTO CREDIT: DMITRY ASTAKHOV/AFP/GETTY IMAGES) FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: President Obama is in Moscow for meetings with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in an effort to smooth things over ...