Carol Platt Liebau is an attorney, political analyst and commentator based near New York. She has provided analysis and commentary on national television for PBS, CNN, the Fox News Channel, and MSNBC, and has appeared locally on the Orange County News Channel and Cox Cable. In addition, Carol serves as a substitute host for KABC radio in Southern California and for the nationally syndicated "Hugh Hewitt Show." She has been a guest on a variety of radio programs across the country, including nationally-syndicated shows like "Beyond the Beltway," "Dateline: Washington," and "American Scene," as well as on Southern California PUblic Radio and Pacifica Radio. A weekly columnist for CaliforniaRepublic.org, she has also contributed to the editorial pages of The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Times, The Orange County Register, The Sacramento Bee and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Her work has appeared online at Human Events and FrontPage Magazine, as well. Carol's work in politics began early. Born on February 13, 1967 and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Carol attended Princeton University, where she was Editorial Chairman of The Daily Princetonian and graduated in 1989 with a degree from The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The summer before her sophomore year, she joined the first Senate campaign for former Governor (and current U.S. Senator) Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO), where she spearheaded the opposition research on then-Lt. Governor Harriett Woods. After Princeton, Carol headed off to Harvard Law School, where she served as the first female managing editor of the Harvard Law Review and graduated in 1992. Carol then moved to Washington, D.C. to become a law clerk for Reagan appointee Judge David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In that capacity, she assisted Judge Sentelle with matters arising from his status as chief of the three-judge panel charged with appointing prosecutors under the now-defunct Independent Counsel Act. At the conclusion of her clerkship, Carol went to Capitol Hill. She served as legislative assistant to Senator Bond, specializing in Judiciary, Crime, Tax, Small Business and Nominations matters and handling the legal issues pertaining to oversight of the Executive Office of the President. Carol also consulted on judiciary and crime issues for the 1994 U.S. Senate campaign of John D. Ashcroft. She subsequently returned to St. Louis in 1994, and practiced law in St. Louis at Armstrong, Teasdale LLP, as part of the firm's appellate and litigation departments. Consistent with her ongoing political interests, she also served as Spokesman for Missouri Women for Dole in 1996, and later directed Senator Bond's office in eastern Missouri. In that capacity, Carol acted as a surrogate for the senator at official events, and advised on and oversaw the implementation of assorted policy matters. She left St. Louis in 1998, upon her marriage to F. Jack Liebau - a third generation Californian. Since moving to California, Carol has served as a policy advisor and counsel for Tom Campbell's U.S. Senate campaign in 2000. She has also enjoyed having the opportunity to travel widely throughout California to present speeches, including keynote addresses for the Golden State Republican Women Leaders' Forum; the California Federation of Republican Women's biennial conference; the San Diego County Federation of Republican Women's 76th Annual Convention; and the San Bernardino County Federation of Republican Women's Conference in 2003. Carol also assists on a variety of free-lance projects, including providing advice on the script for Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, and participates extensively in volunteer work for organizations as diverse as the Junior League of Pasadena and Soldiers' Angels. Carol lives in San Marino, California, with her husband, Jack, and Winston, their four-year-old West Highland white terrier. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 05 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT Mon, 05 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ This week, as President Obama prepares for a big jobs speech (yet again!), even his partisans have begun to lose hope that he’s going to have any new or effective ideas about how to create jobs in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2011/09/05/obama_uses_euphemism_to_obscure_his_unpopular_agenda fb6412bc-c54c-4c22-a475-c79e02f0444e Mon, 05 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT Buoyed by poll data claiming that Americans finally embrace "taxing the rich" in order to reduce the skyrocketing national debt and deficit, the President spent last week's bus tour calling for "shared sacrifice" and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2011/08/22/presidents_economic_policy_is_limited_to_class_warfare fd9b29c0-12a9-4ee6-9b8e-d44da72aff0a Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:46:00 GMT Tonight's Republican presidential debate marks the beginning of the real campaign season, when GOP regulars start looking in earnest at the declared candidates for their party's nomination. Participants include... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2011/06/13/a_checklist_for_tonight's_gop_debate c744f8b0-50f7-4d15-a003-464ce17f34d1 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT For the last week, California has existed under a "State of Emergency" - at least, according to the California Teacher's Association. The union's invocation of "emergency" status has been intended to pressure state... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2011/05/16/shouldnt_californias_state_workers_share_the_sacrifice 183689bd-d18e-4c6a-8bd7-5825009ac220 Mon, 16 May 2011 14:58:00 GMT As the GOP prepares to release its 2012 budget on Tuesday, news reports reveal that the document proposes more than $4 trillion in cuts over the next decade, along with spending caps and reforms to Medicare and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2011/04/04/in_calmness,_not_drama,_lies_republican_strength c12b2015-655e-44cd-acb4-e89d506ecae7 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:18:00 GMT After the past few weeks, many GOP conservatives - and Tea Partiers - are beginning to understand how some of the Obamaphiles feel. Like Obama supporters, conservatives worked hard to secure leadership that, we... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2011/03/07/a_word_of_warning_for_hill_republicans 47c8ceeb-e651-4fb9-b814-c671ea601806 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:01:00 GMT There's no doubt that the government-union protests taking place in Madison, Wisconsin are about fiscal responsibility, and the public sector learning to live within its means. But they're also about much, much more. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2011/02/21/message_to_madison_no_special_treatment_for_government_workers! f2a24574-e2dd-4e9a-945c-a922bc47651e Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:35:29 GMT Big Labor is reaping the rewards for having poured a billion dollars into the Democrats' coffers during the 2008 elections - and spending millions more last November. In a furtive, Friday-afternoon news dump, the Obama http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2011/02/07/the_obama_administrations_tsa_giveaway 6f3e68bc-20e6-4a9d-88e0-a34e803e4f68 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:01:00 GMT Saturday marked the 38th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court decision establishing abortion as a constitutional right throughout the United States. Perhaps coincidentally, that anniversary capped off a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2011/01/24/there_should_be_common_ground_-_even_in_the_abortion_debate 8d37c785-57b6-47ee-ae61-96d3a548046a Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:01:00 GMT As the nation reeled from news that a gunman had shot a group of Arizona citizens including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, an all-too-predictable response emanated from some on the left. Despite news reports... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2011/01/10/left-wing_blame_game_wont_work_with_arizona_tragedy f34e44b5-25d3-42f9-a1c9-8c5a2acd5e5b Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:01:00 GMT With approximately 21 million Americans flying during the 12-day period surrounding Thanksgiving - and more preparing to fly over the Christmas holidays -- the public debate over the new, intrusive TSA searches isn't... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/11/29/treating_terrorists_like_americans_-_and_americans_like_terrorists 74df41a7-986e-454f-9776-293154d627a4 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:00:42 GMT Election Day is a scant 24 hours away - which means that it's almost all over but the shouting. Most Americans long ago decided whom they will support. For those who might be wavering, here are a few reasons why... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/11/01/six_good_reasons_to_vote_republican dd5606ce-aca0-4a80-b8e0-211227f913af Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:01:00 GMT With pollsters predicting catastrophic losses for his party, President Obama has resorted to unsavory tactics on the campaign trail. Race-based appeals, demonization of the Chamber of Commerce and fabricating details... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/10/18/by_the_numbers_the_democrats_deplorable_record 20c80003-9257-46a2-a0a4-e4a2ca61cd9d Mon, 18 Oct 2010 04:00:47 GMT It's an old lawyers' cliché: If you don't have the law on your side, use the facts. If you don't have the facts, pound the table. Apparently, the Obama/Pelosi Democrats have decided they need to pound the table - at... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/10/04/republicans_should_prepare_for_october_surprises 7d30aef0-b7d8-4730-976c-b9b81ac8da4d Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:00:56 GMT Left with no other plays in his book, President Obama has taken to personal attacks - seeking to tar as an elitist Republican Congressman John Boehner, who stands to become the Speaker of the House if Republicans... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/09/20/victims_or_victors_the_choice_in_november 595650ec-53b8-4baa-a7a2-927ff32b9ce9 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:01:00 GMT Left with no other plays in his book, President Obama has taken to personal attacks - seeking to tar as an elitist Republican Congressman John Boehner, who stands to become the Speaker of the House if Republicans... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/09/20/victims_or_victors_the_choice_in_november 433c8d17-d9a6-48d5-94fd-a6ef37d3fadc Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:00:34 GMT Over the past few weeks, we have heard plenty about the bigotry of the American people. The recent debate about an imam's plans to locate a large mosque at Ground Zero has highlighted, as never before, the liberal... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/08/23/time_for_the_left_to_curb_its_corrosive_contempt 225d7339-4c00-4dc7-9403-f370f23a5633 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:00:53 GMT The summer of 2010 is turning out to be a hot one - and not just because of the weather. The duration and depth of the recession, exacerbated by the high-tax, big-spending policies of the Obama administration,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/08/09/end_the_government_entitlement_complex 03f73d63-a4b8-4665-97ac-6f23700809ed Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:00:01 GMT This year, for the first time since modern budgeting began, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives has simply refused to pass a budget resolution. Presumably, the failure even to take up a budget would fr http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/06/28/when_lame_ducks_bite 94d70d88-f120-48e8-958b-5d0f9ddc3ade Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:01:00 GMT Last week, combating sinking poll numbers and impotent to contain the oil spill rapidly polluting the Gulf Coast, President Obama reportedly turned to his top aides and said, "Plug the damn hole." His frustration,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/06/01/its_the_frustration,_stupid 219dcdc3-d2ad-4805-9b2e-b041118b0047 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:01:00 GMT For the first time in the post-Bork era, the nomination of a Democratic president's nominee to the Supreme Court has drawn immediate loud, outraged opposition from many on the right. Clinton appointees Ruth... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/05/17/when_justices_become_super-legislators,_confirmations_must_become_political 14ed2aed-f18d-41e5-9152-14c5241b68d2 Mon, 17 May 2010 04:01:00 GMT Last week, the immigration issue told voters a lot about the men leading Great Britain and its erstwhile colony, the United States. Unfortunately, most of it wasn't very good. Hapless British Prime... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/05/03/immigration_issue_reveals_prejudice_of_leaders f732286f-9069-4093-a26c-a51a5de4d57c Mon, 03 May 2010 04:01:00 GMT As Barack Obama's approval numbers trend ever lower - and a new Gallup poll reports that 50% of Americans believe the President doesn't even deserve a second term - it's going to be very interesting to watch... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/04/19/interested_in_hillarys_plans_just_watch_bill 725b0dc7-5c16-4bd8-b8d4-7291b9bc0acc Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:01:00 GMT Barack Obama's romp to victory in the 2008 presidential election was halted - if only momentarily - when he told a middle-class plumber in Ohio that "I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/04/05/obamacare_just_another_way_to_"spread_the_wealth_around" befd8e47-b598-4981-8dff-40841096b935 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:01:00 GMT The Messiah sacrificed his life to save all who believed in Him, offering them eternal life. In contrast, the Obamessiah has called on his followers in the House of Representatives to sacrifice their political lives... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/03/22/the_true_price_of_obamacare 09d17e0f-1473-49bb-a1a5-05a4264b04b8 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:01:00 GMT Karl Marx insisted that history repeats itself, first as tragedy and then as farce. It seems that at least some of California's teachers are determined to prove him right. Last week, teachers in the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/03/08/public_sector_unions_tarnish_the_golden_state bbca0ec8-0c39-419b-bf66-75c0eb95b595 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:01:00 GMT At the dawn of the Obama administration, there were some optimistic conservatives who refused to buy the media-peddled scenario of the new age of liberal dominance. But few could have known just how thoroughly... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/02/22/does_obama_have_what_it_takes_to_save_himself_--_and_the_country 8c75141a-b75a-444d-8818-613f4758a25a Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:26 GMT Fresh off the best week they've had in years - literally - conservatives and Republicans would be something less than human if they denied themselves the opportunity to savor an amazing trifecta of victories: First and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2010/01/25/lessons_for_the_gop_in_browns_victory 06be2e2d-5046-434d-ab18-efdf84367289 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:01:00 GMT Certainly, 2009 is not ending on the note that Obama supporters - or the President himself - expected. Iran develops a nuclear arsenal unchecked, spitting in the eyes of the United States and the rest of the world. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/12/28/2010_year_of_the_citizen 1453bd00-704c-4d16-9c96-12363bbd0602 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT The New York Times recently revealed that, before abandoning the idea, Barack and Michelle Obama had considered eliminating The White House's traditional nativity scene as part of an effort to celebrate a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/12/14/why_merry_christmas_matters_to_america ea48d25a-0ae8-4639-b542-907b64da449d Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:00:40 GMT Democrats have long complained about the "wedge issues" that Republicans allegedly exploit to "divide" the country. Perhaps it's no coincidence that these so-called "wedges" are the issues where majorities or large... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/11/30/democrats_created_the_wedge_that_may_defeat_them 10dc77af-6a92-4d4b-9bde-a256a587d0e1 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:20 GMT On a November evening back in 1989, it was impossible to take one's eyes from the television screen. There it was, the seemingly impossible - the Berlin Wall falling as East Germans, intoxicated by the promise of f http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/11/02/why_wont_obama_celebrate_freedoms_victory f5af16fa-d998-47fa-8d97-738d57d7670c Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:04 GMT Given the public disenchantment with voter-ignoring, big-government-loving Democrats in Congress and The White House, next year's elections could do much to restore some measure of fiscal sanity and common sense to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/10/19/time_for_the_gop_and_the_tea-partiers_to_grow_up 574a380e-16ad-4f80-b1fe-c412874af0c8 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:53 GMT Comic Rodney Dangerfield made a career out of enumerating the manifold ways in which - as he put it ungrammatically but colorfully - he didn't "get no respect." Today, America has a problem: An increasing number of its... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/09/21/angry_citizens_just_want_some_r-e-s-p-e-c-t b4a36108-5821-4dd0-8858-13f3dc8c25c6 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:00:19 GMT Van Jones, the President's designated "Green Jobs Czar," resigned his post after his ties to a 9/11 "truther" group and use of a vulgarity to describe Republicans began attracting unwelcome scrutiny. Fair... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/09/07/van_jones'_toxic_dump_on_obama_and_environmentalism 20f4d899-1667-40ad-8f98-9d472d104469 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT What a relief it was to learn from the President that he has no plans, as he recently put it, to "pull the plug on Grandma." Cute phrase, isn't it? Certainly, it's easy to be flip if, like the President,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/08/24/obamacare_no_dream_for_my_father dbf65f00-5d02-417b-95fd-0bfec4884457 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT In a capital that's at partisan loggerheads, both Democrats and Republicans increasingly agree on one issue: The Obama "stimulus" plan has so far failed to provide the jobs and spur the economic growth that the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/07/13/obamanomics_war_on_business_will_strangle_economic_recovery 6a43df9a-895b-4af5-9007-d5070147afb4 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:00:28 GMT As the end of California's fiscal year approaches, the Governor and state legislators confront a $24 billion deficit. While Republicans and Democrats wrangle over how to address the gaping shortfall, some members of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/06/29/politicians_bankrupted_california,_not_prop_13 56f718de-93c0-462e-88c4-955c871ef4ff Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:38 GMT Perhaps the most revealing moment of Barack Obama's presidential candidacy came in the ABC debate conducted on April 16 of last year. Charles Gibson asked the then-senator why he would possibly consider raising the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/06/15/obamacare_will_make_america_sick 931234b0-2d2a-4c83-a8ed-04e394d1ceed Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:00:11 GMT It's a remarkable irony. Barack Obama is himself a lawyer, and came to power as a supposed champion of the "rule of law," eloquently denouncing Bush administration terrorism policies (many of which he has subsequently... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/06/01/for_obama,_"law"_is_just_politics_by_another_name 3b7681eb-848b-4715-ab64-eb92a9fe8d0c Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:00:21 GMT Once, California was known as the "Golden State." No more. It's struggling with a fiscal crisis of epic proportions. And voters are so disgusted with the ineptitude and waste of a state legislature dominated by... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/05/18/california_is_liberalisms_canary_in_the_coal_mine 4f28cafc-f3a0-4a9b-b103-ab9038eb73a4 Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:09 GMT Preparing to fill the Supreme Court seat soon to be vacated by David Souter, President Obama has announced that he wants a judge with "empathy." According to the President, his nominee must understand "justice" to be... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/05/04/empathetic_justices_threaten_our_freedom 87e5fff2-4b42-4532-8533-472269f5fcd8 Mon, 04 May 2009 04:00:36 GMT The world has gone wild over the video of Susan Boyle auditioning for "Britain's Got Talent." All over the internet, her triumphant rendition of "I Had a Dream" from Les Miserables has attracted the notice of millions,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/04/20/political_correctness_cant_save_susan_boyle ccb6ba8d-941c-4e48-aff5-fadd07f8da45 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:00:50 GMT Just last week, in exchange for government assistance to General Motors, President Obama demanded - and received - the resignation of GM Chairman Rick Wagoner. Now, his Treasury Secretary is claiming the prerogative to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/04/06/in_obama's_world,_accountability_is_only_for_the_private_sector fe89ba30-2543-4396-8cb1-a633f9582ff7 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:00:49 GMT Barack Obama spent a lot of the last week trying to convince Americans that he was just one of us. Sitting on the sofa at "The Tonight Show," he worked hard to prove that he's a regular guy -- offhandedly referencing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/03/23/barack_obama_just_a_regular_guy 06d19634-f95a-4f4c-9807-282545edb5dd Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:00:35 GMT Welcome to the Barack Obama bear market. On Inauguration Day, the official beginning of the era of "hope" and "change," the Dow stood at 8,281. On Friday, it closed at 6,626 - the fastest drop for any president in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/03/09/memo_to_president_obama__first_things_first,_please 077e4435-6a61-495f-bb25-dd9c0a9491e0 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:00:18 GMT I like Sarah Palin. I would like to loooove Sarah Palin. After all, how many other unapologetically conservative, attractive, outspoken female politicians does America have? For a long time, I was a firm... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/02/23/sarah_palins_problem eaf34fc3-b6a0-4760-8f5e-29c6743c0b25 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:00:49 GMT Never before has so much been squandered for so many by so few. And that isn't even counting the ridiculously ineffective and wasteful trillion-dollar "stimulus" package poised to emerge from the Democratic-controlled... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2009/02/09/three_early_lessons_for_president_obama 69157ba9-fda9-4a4a-a377-a0929799de3e Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:00:19 GMT Up until now, Barack Obama has been America's Rorschach ink-blot test: We look at him, and see the realization of our greatest hopes - or our worst fears. But as he names his Cabinet members and other top advisors, it... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarolPlattLiebau/2008/12/01/can_a_"good_student"_be_a_great_president 1526c137-0d46-4048-b973-7b3401d9021b Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:25 GMT