Spin Cycle

Sen. Charles Schumer was on the Don Imus show this morning talking about the president's State-of-the-Union speech. Schumer also was hawking his first book, “Positively American — Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time,” from Rodale Books ($24.95). He talked about his “imaginary friends,” Joe and Eileen Bailey of Massapequa, the fictional couple he has been talking to for 15 years — running policy decisions by them, explaining how those policies could benefit them. And listening to them when they argue those policies won’t be of assistance.
Schumer said he considers the Baileys his moral compass — and that he has even encouraged fellow Senate members to find their own Baileys in their own states when considering the implications of new legislation.
By doing so, Schumer argued, the Democrats can win back middle-class America, the section of the voting population he believes will decide the next Presidential election.

John Valenti