Just heard that the Boss “George Steinbrenner” passed this morning at the age of 80. Just days after Bob Sheppard, the long time Yankee announcer known as the “Voice of God” passed. Steinbrenner bought the Yankees for just over $8 million in the early 1970’s. Then they were a bumbling franchise that had long strayed from their glorious past. George had a win at all costs attitude that brought the Yankees 7 World Series titles during his tenure, today the team is worth 1.6 billion.

George had a colorful history with Major League Baseball. His hiring and firing of managers like Billy Martin are legendary. His relationships with players and the city of New York was historic. His beloved Yankees gave him one last championship in 2009 making his final months fulfilling for sure. He will be missed and Baseball won’t be the same with out him.

I am back on Fox in the strategy room tomorrow at 3pm Log on to watch it live… Speaking of my Fox appearances, I was at a Democratic Party event last night and got my first negative comment from a fellow Dem. It wasn’t about what I had said on Fox, the person who delivered the rebuke had never seen me on Hannity, Cavuto or in the Strategy room, no she feels that all Dems should boycott the channel, never watch it… and for God’s sakes never appear. You legitimize it she said to me….

I told her it’s easy to preach to the choir, it’s a lot harder to be a missionary… Furthermore, Fox doesn’t need me to legitimize it, it’s the most watched cable news network and much bigger Democratic names then me have appeared on it. Bill and Hillary Clinton and President Obama to name a few.

She also suggested that Fox must be telling me what to say when I appear and editing my appearances if I get too good a point across… Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact quite the opposite, all but one appearance has been live and nothing I ever said was cut. Early on a producer told me not to hold back no one will be offended by anything you say about policy.

This woman is in the minority, most of my Democratic friends are tickled pink about my recent appearances. They know I love a good debate, and Fox has provided me a forum to debate some of the top Conservatives in the nation. I regularly go toe to toe with them and anyone who has seen my work would tell you I more then hold my own. Off camera everyone is friendly and cordial. We need more comity in this nation, we need more spirited debates about public policy, we can’t close our eyes and pretend that the other side doesn’t exist and hope that they will just go away. I may not agree with most conservative principles, but we can’t simply ignore them.

I go on Fox and I bring a Progressive Democratic message. It’s an opportunity to convince their viewers that Democrats aren’t socialist hippies but that we actually have some good ideas for America. I welcome the debate, I think we win it with most voters every time. I am thankful that I have a forum… what do you think?

Here’s my appearance on FOX Friday 7-9-2010….

This should be an interesting week. In New York we will find out how much candidates have in the bank for there campaigns. Expect Cuomo to have around $20 million. Lazio is anyones guess… There are 5 Democratic candidates for AG… This week we find out which of them are serious…

As for me I will be back in the fox strategy room on Tuesday at 3pm talking national politics with my conservative friends…. to view log on to http://live.foxnews.com/strategy-room and email questions to strategyroom@foxnews.com I will have a post about what we discussed after the show and hope to continue the conversation here.

On a personal note, I will compete in the NYC Triathlon I hit the water around 7:30 am. 1 mile swim, 25 mile bike and a 6.2 mile run… I hope its not too hot….

Talking Business and the President with Cavuto….

I don’t care if he wins 10 titles in Miami he would have been a king in a city that really loves the game. The Garden is the home office of B-Ball and if he had brought 1 ring to NYC he would have been a hero forever… Another missed opportunity for the Knicks… LeBron good luck in Miami but why man why….

So today we talked about Lindsay Lohan and the Arizona Immigration Law. The conversation was fast and furious. I feel for Lindsay and I hope she knows she is lucky that no one was hurt as her abuse got worse. My advice to her is to get a driver. Second I hope she decides to get her life turned around ala Robert Downey Jr. There is nothing the world loves more then a comeback.

As for Arizona. I think the national debate this has sparked clearly points out the need for comprehensive immigration reform. This being an election year I wouldn’t hold my breath. 1 point I must make again is that immigration is a federal power. The supremacy clause of the US constitution would not allow the states to present a law that is in conflict with federal policy. Let’s see what the courts decied.

I am back on the strategy room tomoorrow at 1 with Alan Colms. Tune in if you can.

I am blogging from the train so excuse any typos. Today’s strategy room was interesting. We talked about Isreal, US Dept of Justice and other issues. It was the very brief conversation about GOP Chairman Mike Steele that was interesting. I brought up the point on how Republicans are all over Steele for his recent gaffe about Affganastan which was a slip up at a private event yet they let Joe Barton keep his job as ranking member of te Energy Com. Barton’s got real power and would have more if the GOP takes the House… He made his comments in at an official hearing yet the calls for him to resign have ceased. I wonder why? Could it be they agree with Barton?