‘Mad Dog’ Takes Charge

By Steve Kornacki
Roll Call Staff

June 29, 2006, 12 a.m.

It was Lou Holtz who once observed that you can’t turn a losing team around by changing coaches “any more than you are going to fix a flat tire by changing the driver.” Then again, Holtz built a Hall of Fame coaching career as college football’s Mr. Fix-It, inheriting downtrodden programs and quickly whipping them into winners.

Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel

Nov. 16, 12 a.m.

As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article