MICHAEL SMERCONISH

When it comes to the law enforcement coordination and intelligence sharing, not only does the left hand have no knowledge of what the right hand is doing, one hand does not even recognize that the other hand exists.

I speak to people for whom the issues are a mixed bag; they are liberal on some, conservative on others, middle of the road on the rest. But politicians don't take their cues from those people. No, politicians emulate the world of punditry.

When it comes to the law enforcement coordination and intelligence sharing, not only does the left hand have no knowledge of what the right hand is doing, one hand does not even recognize that the other hand exists.

I speak to people for whom the issues are a mixed bag; they are liberal on some, conservative on others, middle of the road on the rest. But politicians don't take their cues from those people. No, politicians emulate the world of punditry.