Dave Ross Commentary: Will they show? 02.09.10
The President has finally decided to deliver on his most famous broken campaign promise -- to negotiate health care reform on television. He's invited Republicans to join Democrats for a health care discussion televised live on CSPAN February 25th.

Dave Ross Commentary: The Superbowl ads America really needs 02.08 10
That was a great Superbowl. Unless you believed that five point spread for the Colts. For New Orleans, it was a clear message that their city is finally back – that was the biggest commercial message: New Orleans is back.

Dave Ross Commentary: 02.05.10
The tea party convention is underway in Nashville - energized by those stunning deficit numbers, and fears of a socialist takeover of health care: "People who could not even spell the word vote, or say it English, put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House... His name is Barack Hussein Obama."

Dave Ross Commentary: And now, the Prius 02.04.10
Toyota once upon a time couldn’t do anything wrong and now –"Add the Prius to the list of vehicles with safety problems."-CNN It’s starting to look like it can’t do anything right.

Dave Ross Commentary: Connecting dots 02.03.10
This was a scary sound bite – did you hear this? Senator Dianne Feinstein with the intelligence chiefs: "What is the likelihood of another terrorist attack in the U.S. homeland in the next 3 to 6 months?" "The priority is certain."

Dave Ross Commentary: I've seen this film before! 02.02.10
You know it's Groundhog Day when the radio comes on with the same story you've heard for 17 years. "The hearing comes some 17 years after Congress set the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' policy." -CBS reporter

Dave Ross Commentary: The new budget delivered to capitol hill 02.01.10
I know it may not fascinate you, but at least it terrifies you. Because these are deficits more gigantic than any of us have ever seen, so we’re terrified. And outraged!

Dave Ross Commentary: You have naked mail! 01.29.10
Children, children, children. It begins with peek-a-boo, then they play doctor, and then mom and dad give them a cell phone, and pretty soon juvenile nudity is everywhere.

Dave Ross Commentary: More suggestions? 01.28.10
The President says he's now focused on creating jobs. All Congress has to do is sit down and work out a friendly compromise: "We were sent here to serve our citizens, not our ambitions."

Dave Ross Commentary: 01.27.10
So to review: Republican Scott Brown won his senate race in Massachusetts with 52 percent of the vote, and overnight, it became a symbol of national outrage.

Dave Ross Commentary: Obama to the rescue 01.26.10
Coming up on the next episode of "State of the Union" -- Barack Obama, Man of the People: "Too many Americans have known their own painful recessions long before any economist declared that there was a recession."

Dave Ross Commentary: Are you reading the calorie numbers? 01.25.10
Calorie information is starting to show up on menus. For example, the 24-ounce Starbucks Hazelnut Signature Hot Chocolate with whipped cream has 860 calories! Add two muffins and you develop your own gravitational field. But does anyone read this stuff?

Dave Ross Commentary (01.22.10)
If I asked you what American politics needs most, I'm sure the answer would be unanimous -- more ads. Not enough political ads. And not nearly enough robo calls at dinner.

Dave Ross Commentary (01.21.10)
Every election has winners and losers, but Tuesday's election in Massachusetts had more than usual. First -- the Tea Party movement, which was powerful enough to sell people on the idea that Brown was an anti-government candidate even though he voted for and still supports Massachusetts expensive health care reform plan.

Dave Ross Commentary 01.20.10
If I had told you last year that on Barack Obama's first anniversary Massachusetts would go Republican? "Next thing, Dave, you'll be telling us Jay Leno will get the Tonight Show back."