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- Open-Field Politics - Michael Barone, Wall Street Journal
- Major Differences Will Define This Election - Senator John McCain, CPAC
- Where the Dem Race Goes from Here - Thomas Edsall, Huffington Post
- Is Obama Tough Enough? - John Heilemann, New York Magazine
- Republicans Vote for Safety - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
- 5 Reasons Hillary Should Be Worried - Jim VandeHei & Mike Allen, Politico
- The Romney Campaign's 5 Big Mistakes - John Ellis, RealClearPolitics
Obamanomics: Barack Talks Tough on TradeJohn Nichols, The Nation
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: As the Dem primary campaign moves to states like Wisconsin and Ohio, America's hollow economy takes center stage.
Patrick Irelan
Hugo Chávez and High Anxiety at the NYT
Hugo Chávez and High Anxiety at the NYT
CONOMY
Too Short A Lifeline
The nation is in a mortgage crisis. More than one out of every 14 mortgages "are delinquent as of the end of September -- a 30-year high." According to the Federal Reserve, "another 2 million families could face foreclosure in the next 2 years." In an effort to stem this tide, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson this week announced "Project Lifeline," a voluntary private sector initiative. Six major mortgage lenders have agreed to send letters "to truant borrowers detailing how they can 'pause' the foreclosure process for 30 days while the bank evaluates whether they're eligible to modify their loan on better terms." Yet like other Bush administration "solutions" to the economic crisis, this one is nothing more than a short-term "voluntary breather" and would perhaps be more aptly called "Project Band-Aid." "Homeowners at risk of foreclosure are floating 50 feet from shore while Project Lifeline throws them a 30-foot rope," said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL). "We need a plan that goes further."
MORE THAN MARKET ADJUSTMENT: Earlier this week, the White House released the rosy President's Economic Report. "The best course of action is often to simply allow markets to adjust," the report said. "Markets naturally self-correct, rewarding good strategies and punishing bad ones. ... [A]ny government actions mitigating the outcomes of risky behavior may create perverse incentives for reckless decisions by borrowers and investors who may come to rely on government interventions." But the current mortgage crisis needs more than this voluntary, markets-based approach. As David M. Abromowitz and Andrew Jakabovics at the Center for American Progress note, "Markets will do their part, but not if they are frozen by a freefall in home prices that sucks in otherwise responsible homeowners. Homes are not just another commodity; when widespread foreclosures drive whole neighborhoods into rapid decline." During the 30-day pause, banks will presumably modify the loans to make them more affordable in the long term. But if history is any guide, this outcome is unlikely. Lenders did very few loan modifications in 2007, at the height of the foreclosure crisis. Moody's, the rating agency, notes that at the end of September, just 3.5 percent of loans reset in 2007 had been modified. "What they actually will do is anybody's guess," The New York Times concludes about Bush's voluntary program.
TOO LATE FOR 'TRUST ME': Last May, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) convened a meeting of major banks and loan servicers that "promised to 'create a permanent solution,' wherever possible, for troubled subprime borrowers." When the industry fell through on those promises, the Bush administration announced "Hope Now" last fall, another voluntary initiative to "delay interest rate increases for borrowers who hadn't yet gone into default." Project Lifeline involves those same lenders. "If the industry had kept the promises they made last May, the other two efforts might not have been needed," writes The New York Times. "So it's unclear why the administration continues to believe that urging the industry to do more is the most effective way to cope with the foreclosure crisis." Additionally, over the past two months, just 36,000 borrowers have taken advantage of a Hope Now toll-free hotline helping borrowers work out loan troubles. But "fewer than a third of those have actually gotten far enough along in the conversation to get advice for a loan workout." According to Carrie Guzman who works for ACORN and advocates for people dealing with foreclosure, Project Lifeline is too little, too late. "Usually once you've hit that 90 days, it's less than 30 days before your sale of share is set," said Guzman, "and the way this plan is written, it excludes people that are within 30 days of the sale, so it gives people very little time to be able to respond."
LENGTHENING THE LIFELINE: Today, Paulson will be testifying before the Senate Banking Committee. "The members of the committee should quickly disabuse him of any notion he may have that he's doing enough," writes The New York Times. "He should be asked to explain, specifically, what will be different at the end of Project Lifeline's 30-day timeout." American Progress has proposed two plans to restore equilibrium to the housing market. First is the SAFE loan program, which "is modeled after the New Deal's successful Home Owners' Loan Corporation" but uses existing government resources to "purchase pools of loans at current value and refinance those loans that are in default or have negative equity into fully amortizing, fixed-rate loans based on the current value of the property." Second is the Great American Dream Neighborhood Stabilization, or GARDNS, Fund, which would help homeowners in low- and middle-income neighborhoods by providing "money to local housing authorities and non-profit organizations to buy foreclosed properties from banks and return them to productive use as affordable housing."
Too Short A Lifeline
The nation is in a mortgage crisis. More than one out of every 14 mortgages "are delinquent as of the end of September -- a 30-year high." According to the Federal Reserve, "another 2 million families could face foreclosure in the next 2 years." In an effort to stem this tide, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson this week announced "Project Lifeline," a voluntary private sector initiative. Six major mortgage lenders have agreed to send letters "to truant borrowers detailing how they can 'pause' the foreclosure process for 30 days while the bank evaluates whether they're eligible to modify their loan on better terms." Yet like other Bush administration "solutions" to the economic crisis, this one is nothing more than a short-term "voluntary breather" and would perhaps be more aptly called "Project Band-Aid." "Homeowners at risk of foreclosure are floating 50 feet from shore while Project Lifeline throws them a 30-foot rope," said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL). "We need a plan that goes further."
MORE THAN MARKET ADJUSTMENT: Earlier this week, the White House released the rosy President's Economic Report. "The best course of action is often to simply allow markets to adjust," the report said. "Markets naturally self-correct, rewarding good strategies and punishing bad ones. ... [A]ny government actions mitigating the outcomes of risky behavior may create perverse incentives for reckless decisions by borrowers and investors who may come to rely on government interventions." But the current mortgage crisis needs more than this voluntary, markets-based approach. As David M. Abromowitz and Andrew Jakabovics at the Center for American Progress note, "Markets will do their part, but not if they are frozen by a freefall in home prices that sucks in otherwise responsible homeowners. Homes are not just another commodity; when widespread foreclosures drive whole neighborhoods into rapid decline." During the 30-day pause, banks will presumably modify the loans to make them more affordable in the long term. But if history is any guide, this outcome is unlikely. Lenders did very few loan modifications in 2007, at the height of the foreclosure crisis. Moody's, the rating agency, notes that at the end of September, just 3.5 percent of loans reset in 2007 had been modified. "What they actually will do is anybody's guess," The New York Times concludes about Bush's voluntary program.
TOO LATE FOR 'TRUST ME': Last May, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) convened a meeting of major banks and loan servicers that "promised to 'create a permanent solution,' wherever possible, for troubled subprime borrowers." When the industry fell through on those promises, the Bush administration announced "Hope Now" last fall, another voluntary initiative to "delay interest rate increases for borrowers who hadn't yet gone into default." Project Lifeline involves those same lenders. "If the industry had kept the promises they made last May, the other two efforts might not have been needed," writes The New York Times. "So it's unclear why the administration continues to believe that urging the industry to do more is the most effective way to cope with the foreclosure crisis." Additionally, over the past two months, just 36,000 borrowers have taken advantage of a Hope Now toll-free hotline helping borrowers work out loan troubles. But "fewer than a third of those have actually gotten far enough along in the conversation to get advice for a loan workout." According to Carrie Guzman who works for ACORN and advocates for people dealing with foreclosure, Project Lifeline is too little, too late. "Usually once you've hit that 90 days, it's less than 30 days before your sale of share is set," said Guzman, "and the way this plan is written, it excludes people that are within 30 days of the sale, so it gives people very little time to be able to respond."
LENGTHENING THE LIFELINE: Today, Paulson will be testifying before the Senate Banking Committee. "The members of the committee should quickly disabuse him of any notion he may have that he's doing enough," writes The New York Times. "He should be asked to explain, specifically, what will be different at the end of Project Lifeline's 30-day timeout." American Progress has proposed two plans to restore equilibrium to the housing market. First is the SAFE loan program, which "is modeled after the New Deal's successful Home Owners' Loan Corporation" but uses existing government resources to "purchase pools of loans at current value and refinance those loans that are in default or have negative equity into fully amortizing, fixed-rate loans based on the current value of the property." Second is the Great American Dream Neighborhood Stabilization, or GARDNS, Fund, which would help homeowners in low- and middle-income neighborhoods by providing "money to local housing authorities and non-profit organizations to buy foreclosed properties from banks and return them to productive use as affordable housing."
NATIONAL SECURITY
Playing The Fear Card Again
In late 2005, President Bush acknowledged that his administration had authorized a secret warrantless domestic surveillance program. The administration's program operated in violation of the Constitution's Fourth Amendment restriction against "unreasonable searches" without a warrant. It also violated of federal law -- the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) -- which makes it a crime to conduct electronic surveillance, except as "authorized by and conducted pursuant to a search warrant or court order." For the past two years, Congress has sought to rein in Bush's reckless disregard of the Constitution and the law. In early Aug. 2007, Congress unwisely passed a temporary expansion of FISA, called the Protect America Act (PAA), which provided virtually unchecked power to the administration to spy on American communications without warrants. Tomorrow, the unnecessary and dangerous powers given to the administration by Congress six months ago are set to expire. Now, as Congress and the administration wrangle over how to resolve their differences on surveillance legislation, Bush is reacting by spouting fear. Yesterday, he warned Congress that if it does not greatly expand the president's powers to spy, then the country faces terror strikes that would make 9/11 "pale by comparison." Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) added that Congress's unwillingness to cater to Bush's demands means that "there is probably joy throughout the terrorist cells throughout the world."
LET IT EXPIRE: Intelligence experts concede that very little will actually change Saturday if the PAA is allowed to expire. "Expiration of the current Protect America Act would not mean an immediate end to wiretapping." Every spying authorization already entered under the law "can remain in effect for 12 months from the date it was issued." As Richard Clarke, Bush's own former counterterrorism adviser, wrote recently in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "Let me be clear: Our ability to track and monitor terrorists overseas would not cease should the Protect America Act expire. If this were true, the president would not threaten to terminate any temporary extension with his veto pen. All surveillance currently occurring would continue even after legislative provisions lapsed because authorizations issued under the act are in effect up to a full year." Moreover, new authorizations would be permitted through the underlying FISA law, which permits emergency surveillance of terrorists as long as a warrant is applied for within 72 hours. Kate Martin, Director of the Center for National Security Studies, added, "If the government learns of new individuals apparently plotting terrorist activities, it can immediately surveil such individuals -- whether they are here or calling here from abroad -- by obtaining a FISA court order." Lastly, the administration can continue to use its authority under Executive Order 12333 to conduct surveillance abroad of any known or suspected terrorist.
NO FEAR: President Franklin Roosevelt's cautionary admonition that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" remains particularly instructive in the current debate over surveillance. "For this president, fear is an easier political tactic than compromise," wrote Clarke. "With FISA, he is attempting to rattle Congress into hastily expanding his own executive powers at the expense of civil liberties and constitutional protections." Earlier this week, Bush and his conservative allies in Congress thwarted the passage of a 21-day extension of the PAA. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) explained, "The President and House Republicans cannot have it both ways, simultaneously arguing that the PAA is essential to national security and also engineering the defeat of an extension of it. The consequences for inaction are their responsibility." In a terse and direct letter to Bush, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) said, "I, for one, do not intend to back down – not to the terrorists and not to anyone, including a President, who wants Americans to cower in fear. We are a strong nation. We cannot allow ourselves to be scared into suspending the Constitution. If we do that, we might as well call the terrorists and tell them that they have won."
PUTTING TELEPHONE COMPANIES FIRST: The biggest sticking point in negotiations between Congress and the President over surveillance is whether to grant retroactive amnesty to telecommunications companies that broke the law and cooperated with the administration's illegal requests. Caroline Frederickson, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's legislative office, urged Congress not to "give the phone companies a 'get out of jail free' card. If the companies really 'did the right thing' as the president said, then they have nothing to fear from going to court." Bush has declared he will veto any bill that does not include retroactive immunity. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) pointed out that "the president has said that American lives will be sacrificed if Congress does not change FISA. But he has also said that he will veto any FISA bill that does not grant retroactive immunity. ... So if we take the president at his word, he's willing to let Americans die to protect the phone companies."
Playing The Fear Card Again
In late 2005, President Bush acknowledged that his administration had authorized a secret warrantless domestic surveillance program. The administration's program operated in violation of the Constitution's Fourth Amendment restriction against "unreasonable searches" without a warrant. It also violated of federal law -- the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) -- which makes it a crime to conduct electronic surveillance, except as "authorized by and conducted pursuant to a search warrant or court order." For the past two years, Congress has sought to rein in Bush's reckless disregard of the Constitution and the law. In early Aug. 2007, Congress unwisely passed a temporary expansion of FISA, called the Protect America Act (PAA), which provided virtually unchecked power to the administration to spy on American communications without warrants. Tomorrow, the unnecessary and dangerous powers given to the administration by Congress six months ago are set to expire. Now, as Congress and the administration wrangle over how to resolve their differences on surveillance legislation, Bush is reacting by spouting fear. Yesterday, he warned Congress that if it does not greatly expand the president's powers to spy, then the country faces terror strikes that would make 9/11 "pale by comparison." Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) added that Congress's unwillingness to cater to Bush's demands means that "there is probably joy throughout the terrorist cells throughout the world."
LET IT EXPIRE: Intelligence experts concede that very little will actually change Saturday if the PAA is allowed to expire. "Expiration of the current Protect America Act would not mean an immediate end to wiretapping." Every spying authorization already entered under the law "can remain in effect for 12 months from the date it was issued." As Richard Clarke, Bush's own former counterterrorism adviser, wrote recently in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "Let me be clear: Our ability to track and monitor terrorists overseas would not cease should the Protect America Act expire. If this were true, the president would not threaten to terminate any temporary extension with his veto pen. All surveillance currently occurring would continue even after legislative provisions lapsed because authorizations issued under the act are in effect up to a full year." Moreover, new authorizations would be permitted through the underlying FISA law, which permits emergency surveillance of terrorists as long as a warrant is applied for within 72 hours. Kate Martin, Director of the Center for National Security Studies, added, "If the government learns of new individuals apparently plotting terrorist activities, it can immediately surveil such individuals -- whether they are here or calling here from abroad -- by obtaining a FISA court order." Lastly, the administration can continue to use its authority under Executive Order 12333 to conduct surveillance abroad of any known or suspected terrorist.
NO FEAR: President Franklin Roosevelt's cautionary admonition that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" remains particularly instructive in the current debate over surveillance. "For this president, fear is an easier political tactic than compromise," wrote Clarke. "With FISA, he is attempting to rattle Congress into hastily expanding his own executive powers at the expense of civil liberties and constitutional protections." Earlier this week, Bush and his conservative allies in Congress thwarted the passage of a 21-day extension of the PAA. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) explained, "The President and House Republicans cannot have it both ways, simultaneously arguing that the PAA is essential to national security and also engineering the defeat of an extension of it. The consequences for inaction are their responsibility." In a terse and direct letter to Bush, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) said, "I, for one, do not intend to back down – not to the terrorists and not to anyone, including a President, who wants Americans to cower in fear. We are a strong nation. We cannot allow ourselves to be scared into suspending the Constitution. If we do that, we might as well call the terrorists and tell them that they have won."
PUTTING TELEPHONE COMPANIES FIRST: The biggest sticking point in negotiations between Congress and the President over surveillance is whether to grant retroactive amnesty to telecommunications companies that broke the law and cooperated with the administration's illegal requests. Caroline Frederickson, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's legislative office, urged Congress not to "give the phone companies a 'get out of jail free' card. If the companies really 'did the right thing' as the president said, then they have nothing to fear from going to court." Bush has declared he will veto any bill that does not include retroactive immunity. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) pointed out that "the president has said that American lives will be sacrificed if Congress does not change FISA. But he has also said that he will veto any FISA bill that does not grant retroactive immunity. ... So if we take the president at his word, he's willing to let Americans die to protect the phone companies."
In the Washington Post today, Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell badgers the House to accept without reservation the Senate extension of the Protect America Act that includes retroactive immunity for telecoms, claiming there will be "gaps or lapses in gathering intelligence" if there is "failure to shield private parties from liability."
"There have been at least three accidental drug overdoses and four suicides" between June 2007 and Feb. 5 among soldiers "in so-called 'warrior transition units'" the Army set up to help soldiers make the move "toward either a return to uniform or back into civilian life." Three other deaths are still under investigation, Army officials said yesterday.
Yesterday, Office of Legal Counsel head Steve Bradbury said the Justice Department hasn't determined whether waterboarding would be unlawful. "The department, as I've tried to indicate, has not had occasion to address the question since the enactment of these new laws. "It is the first time the administration has gone that far," the AP noted.
"The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to review an appeals court decision that it said had created a 'serious threat to national security' by requiring the government to supply extensive evidence supporting the classification of more than 180 Guantanamo detainees as enemy combatants."
The federal government said it would "intensify its efforts to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of trailers and into apartments or hotels" after the CDC "confirmed that many trailers were contaminated with high levels of formaldehyde." "About 38,000 families are still living in the trailers and mobile homes."
"A federal judge ordered the Bush administration yesterday to tell him whether two CIA interrogation videos destroyed in 2005 were relevant to a case before him." The Justice Department "has urged judges not to seek information about the tapes."
Yesterday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates "privately rebuked a four-star general for suggesting the Air Force intended to buy twice as many sophisticated F-22 Raptor aircraft as the Bush administration had approved." One senior official called Gen. Bruce Carlson's remarks "borderline insubordination," because they contradicted a decision by the president.
Iran has postponed a fourth round of talks between the U.S. and Iran "on security issues facing Iraq that had been expected to take place in Baghdad this week," the U.S. embassy said on Thursday. "No reason was given for the delay."
Two suicide attackers "targeted worshippers leaving a Shiite mosque Friday" in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, "killing at least three people and wounding 17."
And finally: At yesterday's memorial service for Tom Lantos, U2's Bono sang the late congressman's wife a Valentine's Day song: The Beatles' "All You Need is Love." Watch it here.
Editorials
Attack on Northern Illinois - Chicago Tribune
Campaign Finance Infringement - Los Angeles Times
Putin's Long Farewell to Russia - Daily Telegraph
Bush of Africa - New York Sun
Political News & Analysis
Obama Ties May Fuel 'Republican Attack Machine' - Bloomberg
Lewis Leads African-American Defection from Clinton to Obama - NYT
Romney Releases Delegates, Backs McCain - Washington Post
Clinton at OSU: 'The People of Ohio Get Me' - Columbus Dispatch
New Texas Poll Shows Obama ahead
February 15, 2008
In a state that Hillary Clinton desperately needs to stay in the race, an ARG poll released today shows an Obama lead in Texas. More
Terrorist chief Mughniyeh was plotting big attacks
February 15, 2008
Hezb'allah terrorist chief Imad Mughniyeh was planning massive terrorist attacks on moderate Arab countries prior to his being assassinated, according to a Kuwaiti newspaper: More
Did Saudis Play Hardball with Blair over Bribes Case?
February 15, 2008
This would be shocking if we didn't suspect the Saudis weren't giving a wink and a nod to terrorists already. More
Obama receives the Danny Ortega Seal of Approval
February 15, 2008
There are endorsements. And then there are "endorsements." More
An open letter to Speaker Pelosi
February 15, 2008
Madame Speaker: I just heard on the news that you are leading the Democrats out of the House for a break without passing the new intelligence bill. What are you thinking? More
Obamamania and the liberals
February 15, 2008
I have a theory as to why the MSM and the liberal pundits are falling in love with Obama More
Riots in Denmark by Muslim "Youths" - Authorities stumped as to why
February 15, 2008
Outraged Muslim "Youths" torched cars, burned an elementary school, and attacked at least one journalist in the 5th night of rioting in Denmark: More
Civil RIghts Icon Lewis Switches from Hillary to Obama?
February 15, 2008
There is considerable confusion this morning as to whether or not civil rights icon Representative John Lewis (D-GA), an influential congressman and Super Delegate who was supporting Hillary Clinton, has switched sides and now supports Barack Obama. More
February 15, 2008
In a state that Hillary Clinton desperately needs to stay in the race, an ARG poll released today shows an Obama lead in Texas. More
Terrorist chief Mughniyeh was plotting big attacks
February 15, 2008
Hezb'allah terrorist chief Imad Mughniyeh was planning massive terrorist attacks on moderate Arab countries prior to his being assassinated, according to a Kuwaiti newspaper: More
Did Saudis Play Hardball with Blair over Bribes Case?
February 15, 2008
This would be shocking if we didn't suspect the Saudis weren't giving a wink and a nod to terrorists already. More
Obama receives the Danny Ortega Seal of Approval
February 15, 2008
There are endorsements. And then there are "endorsements." More
An open letter to Speaker Pelosi
February 15, 2008
Madame Speaker: I just heard on the news that you are leading the Democrats out of the House for a break without passing the new intelligence bill. What are you thinking? More
Obamamania and the liberals
February 15, 2008
I have a theory as to why the MSM and the liberal pundits are falling in love with Obama More
Riots in Denmark by Muslim "Youths" - Authorities stumped as to why
February 15, 2008
Outraged Muslim "Youths" torched cars, burned an elementary school, and attacked at least one journalist in the 5th night of rioting in Denmark: More
Civil RIghts Icon Lewis Switches from Hillary to Obama?
February 15, 2008
There is considerable confusion this morning as to whether or not civil rights icon Representative John Lewis (D-GA), an influential congressman and Super Delegate who was supporting Hillary Clinton, has switched sides and now supports Barack Obama. More
Like Hope, but Different The inevitable parodies of Barack Obama’s “Yes We Can” video have begun—this one isn’t so much about Obama or Hillary Clinton as it is about Republican front-runner John McCain, whose infamous hundred-year (or more) plan for America’s presence in Iraq is deservedly and humorously lambasted here.
The Clintons' Beef With the Media - at The Washington Post - Fri, Feb 15, 2008
Hillary's Unappealing Path - at The Washington Post - Fri, Feb 15, 2008
Out For Themselves. - at American Prospect - Fri, Feb 15, 2008
Clintons Delegate Tactics - at The New York Times - Fri, Feb 15, 2008
What's Waiting for Obama - Joe Conason via Yahoo! News - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Peeking Behind the Curtain - RealClearPolitics via Yahoo! News - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
The perfect match - USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Unstoppable Obama - The Nation via Yahoo! News - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Hillary Clinton neglects Wisconsin - at Capital Times - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Don't supersede voters - at The Los Angeles Times - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Clinton, Iron Lady, Needs Another Game Plan - at Bloomberg.com - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Hillary's Unappealing Path - at The Washington Post - Fri, Feb 15, 2008
Out For Themselves. - at American Prospect - Fri, Feb 15, 2008
Clintons Delegate Tactics - at The New York Times - Fri, Feb 15, 2008
What's Waiting for Obama - Joe Conason via Yahoo! News - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Peeking Behind the Curtain - RealClearPolitics via Yahoo! News - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
The perfect match - USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Unstoppable Obama - The Nation via Yahoo! News - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Hillary Clinton neglects Wisconsin - at Capital Times - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Don't supersede voters - at The Los Angeles Times - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Clinton, Iron Lady, Needs Another Game Plan - at Bloomberg.com - Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Obama's Campaign: An Emotional Escape Hatch from the Bush Era
Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com
Election 2008: When Americans vote for "change," what they're really saying is, "Get us out of here!"
Rush Limbaugh Is Trying to Tear the GOP ApartEric Boehlert, Media Matters for America
MediaCulture: Hey, GOP, that's quite a Noise Machine you've constructed. Now good luck trying to dismantle it.
Columnists
Sean Gonsalves:
Understanding the Obama Surge
I like Clinton as a person. But I don't vote based on whether I'd like to have a beer with a candidate.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson:
What Will Obama Do When There's No Hillary Firewall?
Blinded by hatred for Hillary, the Right has not paid much attention to Obama. That will quickly change if he gets the nomination.
Will Durst:
Can Bill Clinton Keep His Mouth Shut?
The most difficult fix for the Clinton campaign? Figuring out how to get the candidate's husband to shut the hell up.
Robert Scheer:
Aboard the Condoleezza Rice
Clearly, what's good for big oil isn't good for most Americans. So why are the interests of oil companies mistaken for those of the nation?
Clinton Camp Begins 11th Hour Effort - David Paul Kuhn, The Politico
Hillary's 'McGovern' Problem - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
Dems Try to Avoid Convention Rift - Don Van Natta & Jo Becker, NY Times
Obama, the Messiah of the Pseudo-Revolution - Mark Steyn, OC Register
Is Obama Too Hip For His Own Good? - John Dickerson, Slate
By Picking McCain, GOP Plays Dirty - Michael Kinsley, Time
Democrats and the Politics of Identity - Blake Dvorak, RealClearPolitics
The Mittification of McCain - Gail Collins, New York Times
Dems Are Learning to Find Their Faith - Amy Sullivan, Time
The McCain Economic 'Team' - Andrew Ferguson, Weekly Standard
Hillary Trapped by Her Story in the Press - John Heilemann, NY Magazine
Hillary's 'McGovern' Problem - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
Dems Try to Avoid Convention Rift - Don Van Natta & Jo Becker, NY Times
Obama, the Messiah of the Pseudo-Revolution - Mark Steyn, OC Register
Is Obama Too Hip For His Own Good? - John Dickerson, Slate
By Picking McCain, GOP Plays Dirty - Michael Kinsley, Time
Democrats and the Politics of Identity - Blake Dvorak, RealClearPolitics
The Mittification of McCain - Gail Collins, New York Times
Dems Are Learning to Find Their Faith - Amy Sullivan, Time
The McCain Economic 'Team' - Andrew Ferguson, Weekly Standard
Hillary Trapped by Her Story in the Press - John Heilemann, NY Magazine
Beyond Change: The Obama Mystery
- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Do-or-Die Hillary Turns Bully
- Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times
A Super Fight Down the Road
- Michael Barone, US News
Never Underestimate the Clintons
- John Brummett, LV
- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Do-or-Die Hillary Turns Bully
- Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times
A Super Fight Down the Road
- Michael Barone, US News
Never Underestimate the Clintons
- John Brummett, LV
What Obama Offers - Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News
Beyond Change: The Obama Mystery - David Ignatius, Washington Post
McCain is Tonic for a GOP in Trouble - Jonathan Rauch, National Journal
A Super Fight Down the Road - Michael Barone, US News & World Report
Do-or-Die Hillary Turns Bully - Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times
The Roots of the Clinton-Media Tension - Evan Thomas, Newsweek
Five Questions for John McCain - George Will, Boston Herald
John McCain: On the Trail of a War Hero - Greg Sheridan, The Australian
Grand Old White Party Vs. Obama - Frank Rich, New York Times
Obama & Che: What Would JFK Do? - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
Barack's Rock: Who is Michelle Obama? - Richard Wolffe, Newsweek
What Evangelical Shift? - Nathan Gonzales, Rothenberg Political Report
Iraq's Jihad Myths - Reuel Marc Gerecht, Washington Post
The Only Winner in Beijing Will Be Tyranny - Nick Cohen, The Observer
A Modest Sacrifice for the Climate - David Warren, Ottawa Citizen
The Dumbing Of America - Susan Jacoby, Washington Post
Should America Be the World's Policeman? - IQ2 US Debate (pdf)
Delegate Race: Obama 1,302, Clinton 1,235 | McCain 846, Huckabee 243
RCP Avgs: Wis.: Obama +4.3 | Ohio: Clinton +17.3 | Texas: Clinton +10.3
Beyond Change: The Obama Mystery - David Ignatius, Washington Post
McCain is Tonic for a GOP in Trouble - Jonathan Rauch, National Journal
A Super Fight Down the Road - Michael Barone, US News & World Report
Do-or-Die Hillary Turns Bully - Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times
The Roots of the Clinton-Media Tension - Evan Thomas, Newsweek
Five Questions for John McCain - George Will, Boston Herald
John McCain: On the Trail of a War Hero - Greg Sheridan, The Australian
Grand Old White Party Vs. Obama - Frank Rich, New York Times
Obama & Che: What Would JFK Do? - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
Barack's Rock: Who is Michelle Obama? - Richard Wolffe, Newsweek
What Evangelical Shift? - Nathan Gonzales, Rothenberg Political Report
Iraq's Jihad Myths - Reuel Marc Gerecht, Washington Post
The Only Winner in Beijing Will Be Tyranny - Nick Cohen, The Observer
A Modest Sacrifice for the Climate - David Warren, Ottawa Citizen
The Dumbing Of America - Susan Jacoby, Washington Post
Should America Be the World's Policeman? - IQ2 US Debate (pdf)
Delegate Race: Obama 1,302, Clinton 1,235 | McCain 846, Huckabee 243
RCP Avgs: Wis.: Obama +4.3 | Ohio: Clinton +17.3 | Texas: Clinton +10.3
Never Underestimate the Clintons - John Brummett, LV Review-Journal
Obama's No-Win On Financing - Reid Wilson, RealClearPolitics
Gov. Pawlenty Sparks McCain Veep Talk - Jonathan Martin, The Politico
The Branding of a President - Jim Hoagland, Washington Post
Obama Sells Same Old Stuff - Terence Corcoran, National Post
But Will Hillary Be Ready for Day Two? - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
The Deeper Roots of Economic Anxiety - Rich Karlgaard, Forbes
Sunday Talk: McCain on This Week | Fox News Sunday | Meet the Press
Obama's No-Win On Financing - Reid Wilson, RealClearPolitics
Gov. Pawlenty Sparks McCain Veep Talk - Jonathan Martin, The Politico
The Branding of a President - Jim Hoagland, Washington Post
Obama Sells Same Old Stuff - Terence Corcoran, National Post
But Will Hillary Be Ready for Day Two? - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
The Deeper Roots of Economic Anxiety - Rich Karlgaard, Forbes
Sunday Talk: McCain on This Week | Fox News Sunday | Meet the Press
Peter Mandelson: New Labour, Free Trader - Kyle Wingfield, WSJ
Playing Hardball with Warren and Eliot - Editorial, New York Times
What Would Warren Do? - John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline
Mo Ibrahim: Mixing Social Justice w/ Big Business - William Wallis, FT
The Perils of a Weak Dollar - Brad Setser, Boston Globe
Learning from the Greenspan Legacy - Editorial, Financial Times
Decoupling Was a Sucker Play From the Start - Michael Sesit, Bloomberg
Look Out Below If Long Rates Go Higher - Tim Petruno, LA Times
Democrats' Attacks on Business Heat Up - L. Meckler & K. Maher, WSJ
In the GOP, Free Markets Are Losing to Huckanomics. - D. Weigel, Reason
Is Stimulus Package "A Gift to the Middle Class?" - K. Birrell, TCS Daily
Forestalling Foreclosure Delays Price Discovery - D. Gross, Newsweek
Playing Hardball with Warren and Eliot - Editorial, New York Times
What Would Warren Do? - John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline
Mo Ibrahim: Mixing Social Justice w/ Big Business - William Wallis, FT
The Perils of a Weak Dollar - Brad Setser, Boston Globe
Learning from the Greenspan Legacy - Editorial, Financial Times
Decoupling Was a Sucker Play From the Start - Michael Sesit, Bloomberg
Look Out Below If Long Rates Go Higher - Tim Petruno, LA Times
Democrats' Attacks on Business Heat Up - L. Meckler & K. Maher, WSJ
In the GOP, Free Markets Are Losing to Huckanomics. - D. Weigel, Reason
Is Stimulus Package "A Gift to the Middle Class?" - K. Birrell, TCS Daily
Forestalling Foreclosure Delays Price Discovery - D. Gross, Newsweek
What About the Wealth Gap? Krugman vs. Cox & Alm
Should the GOP Shun Tax Cutting? David Brooks vs. John Tamny
Does Stimulus Actually Stimulate?: Larry Summers vs. Amity Shlaes
How Do We Fix the U.S. Economy? : New York Times vs. Larry Kudlow
Price Stability or Inflation In Our Midst? Bowyer vs. Tamny
Should the GOP Shun Tax Cutting? David Brooks vs. John Tamny
Does Stimulus Actually Stimulate?: Larry Summers vs. Amity Shlaes
How Do We Fix the U.S. Economy? : New York Times vs. Larry Kudlow
Price Stability or Inflation In Our Midst? Bowyer vs. Tamny
Clinton, Obama and the Social Security Table
Rick Richman
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both have plans to fix Social Security, cloaked in rhetoric and code, but crystal clear upon analysis. It's the oldest Democrat solution in the book. More
Is an October Surrender in the Making?
James Lewis
Right in the middle of the hottest presidential primary in decades, both Obama and Hillary are sending their foreign policy honchos to Damascus. These advisors are people who have a chance of running US foreign policy in the next administration. More
America's Three Worst Presidents
Ari Kaufman
Presidents Day on Monday now celebrates all presidents, not just our greatest. That being the case, let's "celebrate," or at least recall, the three worst presidents in our country's otherwise proud history. More
Rick Richman
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both have plans to fix Social Security, cloaked in rhetoric and code, but crystal clear upon analysis. It's the oldest Democrat solution in the book. More
Is an October Surrender in the Making?
James Lewis
Right in the middle of the hottest presidential primary in decades, both Obama and Hillary are sending their foreign policy honchos to Damascus. These advisors are people who have a chance of running US foreign policy in the next administration. More
America's Three Worst Presidents
Ari Kaufman
Presidents Day on Monday now celebrates all presidents, not just our greatest. That being the case, let's "celebrate," or at least recall, the three worst presidents in our country's otherwise proud history. More
Obama in secret meeting with Edwards
February 18, 2008
Politics as usual for the politician who promised an end to that. More
Obama encounters media skepticism
February 18, 2008
We live in an age of cynicism, so perhaps Barack Obama's vapidities will turn enough of the mainstream media into skeptics to burst his bubble a bit. More
February 18, 2008
Politics as usual for the politician who promised an end to that. More
Obama encounters media skepticism
February 18, 2008
We live in an age of cynicism, so perhaps Barack Obama's vapidities will turn enough of the mainstream media into skeptics to burst his bubble a bit. More
PBS To Air Haditha documentary
February 17, 2008
This Tuesday, February 19 at 9:00 pm ET, PBS' Frontline will air a one hour show on what has come to be known as "The Haditha Massacre". More
Clintonian swoon envy
February 17, 2008
With Barack Obama becoming the biggest object of adulation for adolescents and young adults since Sanjaya, it should surprise no one that Bill and Hillary Clinton have developed a case of swoon-envy More
February 17, 2008
This Tuesday, February 19 at 9:00 pm ET, PBS' Frontline will air a one hour show on what has come to be known as "The Haditha Massacre". More
Clintonian swoon envy
February 17, 2008
With Barack Obama becoming the biggest object of adulation for adolescents and young adults since Sanjaya, it should surprise no one that Bill and Hillary Clinton have developed a case of swoon-envy More
The End of Conservatism? - Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek
Is This Generation of Democrats Capable of Governing? - Bill Kristol, NYT
Obama's Fine Words & the Economic Reality - Clive Crook, Financial Times
Economy is Hillary's Last Best Chance - Chris Lehane, NY Daily News
Media Adds to Clinton's Steep Climb - Howard Kurtz, Washington Post
Why the Religious Right is Stuck with McCain - Dan Gilgoff, USA Today
Can McCain Reinvent Republicanism? - Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker
Obama is The JFK Of Our Times - William Rees-Mogg, Times of London
Kissinger: Europe Hides Behind Bush's Unpopularity - Der Spiegel
Free-falling in Health System - Sheila Suess Kennedy, Indianapolis Star
Dying To Save 'The System' - Lorne Gunter, National Post
Torts and Terrorism - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
Creeping Intrusions an Assault on Constitution - Andrew Napolitano, LAT
An Intelligence Reform Reality Check - Jack Devine, Washington Post
Unintelligence on Iranian Nukes - Michael Rubin, Weekly Standard
Watching Russian Democracy in Action - Christopher Marcisz, Boston Globe
Churchill Takes Charge - Williamson Murray, Military History Magazine
Sunday Talk: McCain on This Week | Fox News Sunday | Meet the Press
The RCP Blog: The Daily 2008 / More Election Videos
Is This Generation of Democrats Capable of Governing? - Bill Kristol, NYT
Obama's Fine Words & the Economic Reality - Clive Crook, Financial Times
Economy is Hillary's Last Best Chance - Chris Lehane, NY Daily News
Media Adds to Clinton's Steep Climb - Howard Kurtz, Washington Post
Why the Religious Right is Stuck with McCain - Dan Gilgoff, USA Today
Can McCain Reinvent Republicanism? - Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker
Obama is The JFK Of Our Times - William Rees-Mogg, Times of London
Kissinger: Europe Hides Behind Bush's Unpopularity - Der Spiegel
Free-falling in Health System - Sheila Suess Kennedy, Indianapolis Star
Dying To Save 'The System' - Lorne Gunter, National Post
Torts and Terrorism - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
Creeping Intrusions an Assault on Constitution - Andrew Napolitano, LAT
An Intelligence Reform Reality Check - Jack Devine, Washington Post
Unintelligence on Iranian Nukes - Michael Rubin, Weekly Standard
Watching Russian Democracy in Action - Christopher Marcisz, Boston Globe
Churchill Takes Charge - Williamson Murray, Military History Magazine
Sunday Talk: McCain on This Week | Fox News Sunday | Meet the Press
The RCP Blog: The Daily 2008 / More Election Videos
Editorials
Celebrating America's Father - New Hampshire Union Leader
Kosovo Becomes Europe's Newest Nation - Times of London
Ballots and Bombs in Pakistan - The Economist
Political Surge in Iraq - Los Angeles Times
Political News & Analysis
Clinton Would Look at Civilian Trials for 9/11 Plotters - McClatchy
Obama Vists Edwards - Reuters
Texas Delegate System Worries Clinton Backers - Washington Post
For McCain, a Choice on a Role for Bush - New York Times
Homeland Security Won't Explain Why the Mexican Border Wall Bypasses the Rich and Connected
By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer
Texas resident Eloisa Tamez wants to know why her land is getting a border wall, while a nearby golf course and resort remain untouched.
Samantha Power and Obama's Foreign Policy Team
Richard Baehr and Ed Lasky
Senator Barack Obama, though impressive in his oratorical abilities, may not have the foreign policy experience that many would like to see, or that his opponents possess. More
A President's Day Superdelegate Super Sale?
Marc Sheppard
While shoppers took advantage of longer store hours and bargain prices this Presidents' Day, the Democrats' two candidates were probably doing some shopping of their own. More
Obama's Global Tax
Lee Cary
Senator Barack Obama's sponsorship of Senate Bill 2433 aligns with the emerging core theme of his general election campaign. The change he promises will bring much-needed relief, not just to America's victims of economic injustice, but to victims worldwide. More
Richard Baehr and Ed Lasky
Senator Barack Obama, though impressive in his oratorical abilities, may not have the foreign policy experience that many would like to see, or that his opponents possess. More
A President's Day Superdelegate Super Sale?
Marc Sheppard
While shoppers took advantage of longer store hours and bargain prices this Presidents' Day, the Democrats' two candidates were probably doing some shopping of their own. More
Obama's Global Tax
Lee Cary
Senator Barack Obama's sponsorship of Senate Bill 2433 aligns with the emerging core theme of his general election campaign. The change he promises will bring much-needed relief, not just to America's victims of economic injustice, but to victims worldwide. More
Pakistani Elections Produce a Chance for Democracy
February 19, 2008
If preliminary results hold up, the two largest secular parties in Pakistan will have won big victories while the Islamist and conservative parties have gone down to humiliating defeats: More
Fidel Castro 'Retires'
February 19, 2008
At this point, many of us may be harboring such unchristian and politically incorrect thoughts such as, "So why don't you just croak already?" More
Michelle Obama Ashamed to Be an American - until today
February 19, 2008
"She said What?" (John Podhoretz) More
Official Obama web site mysteriously makes a page vanish
February 18, 2008
I wonder why this web page, titled "Escalation is not the answer", has disappeared from the official Obama website? More
Obama's spiritual mentor retires
February 18, 2008
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Jr., Barack Obama's spiritual mentor, has caused no end of embarrassment for the campaign. More
Former FEC Commissioner Brad Smith on Obama's Federal Financing Dilemma
February 18, 2008
Given the ease with which Barack Obama has demonstrated raising colossal sums of money, one would think that he would be crazy to live up to his promise to eschew private donations for the general election campaign. More
February 19, 2008
If preliminary results hold up, the two largest secular parties in Pakistan will have won big victories while the Islamist and conservative parties have gone down to humiliating defeats: More
Fidel Castro 'Retires'
February 19, 2008
At this point, many of us may be harboring such unchristian and politically incorrect thoughts such as, "So why don't you just croak already?" More
Michelle Obama Ashamed to Be an American - until today
February 19, 2008
"She said What?" (John Podhoretz) More
Official Obama web site mysteriously makes a page vanish
February 18, 2008
I wonder why this web page, titled "Escalation is not the answer", has disappeared from the official Obama website? More
Obama's spiritual mentor retires
February 18, 2008
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Jr., Barack Obama's spiritual mentor, has caused no end of embarrassment for the campaign. More
Former FEC Commissioner Brad Smith on Obama's Federal Financing Dilemma
February 18, 2008
Given the ease with which Barack Obama has demonstrated raising colossal sums of money, one would think that he would be crazy to live up to his promise to eschew private donations for the general election campaign. More
How Hillary Can Still Win - Ben Smith, The Politico
The Magic Fades but Obama Persists - David Brooks, New York Times
Dems Should Challenge McCain on Terror - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
How McCain Should Take On Obama - Peter Wehner, RealClearPolitics
The Manchurian Conservative - Christopher Buckley, New York Times
Who's More Liberal, Clinton or Obama? - Scott Moss, The Politico
Michelle Obama: She Said What? - John Podhoretz, Contentions
Cult of Obama Will Turn Off Independents - Froma Harrop, Houston Chron
White Men Hold Key for Democrats - Jonathan Kaufman, Wall St. Journal
Is Demography Destiny? - Kurt Andersen, New York Magazine
The Case for Super Delegates - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Taxes, Stem Cells, the Surge: Give Bush Credit - William McGurn, WSJ
Forging a Negotiated Path to Iraq's Future - Sen. Ted Kennedy, Boston Globe
'Supporting the Troops' - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
The Consequences of Kosovo - Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
Mr. President, Don't Forget Iran - Christopher Hitchens, Wall Street Journal
Is Our Electoral System Working? - Michael Barone, USA Today
'08 Polls: Texas | Wisconsin | National Tracking | General: FL, MN & WI
RCP Blog: A Day of Events | Daily 08 / Politics Nation: The Real World
The Magic Fades but Obama Persists - David Brooks, New York Times
Dems Should Challenge McCain on Terror - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
How McCain Should Take On Obama - Peter Wehner, RealClearPolitics
The Manchurian Conservative - Christopher Buckley, New York Times
Who's More Liberal, Clinton or Obama? - Scott Moss, The Politico
Michelle Obama: She Said What? - John Podhoretz, Contentions
Cult of Obama Will Turn Off Independents - Froma Harrop, Houston Chron
White Men Hold Key for Democrats - Jonathan Kaufman, Wall St. Journal
Is Demography Destiny? - Kurt Andersen, New York Magazine
The Case for Super Delegates - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Taxes, Stem Cells, the Surge: Give Bush Credit - William McGurn, WSJ
Forging a Negotiated Path to Iraq's Future - Sen. Ted Kennedy, Boston Globe
'Supporting the Troops' - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
The Consequences of Kosovo - Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
Mr. President, Don't Forget Iran - Christopher Hitchens, Wall Street Journal
Is Our Electoral System Working? - Michael Barone, USA Today
'08 Polls: Texas | Wisconsin | National Tracking | General: FL, MN & WI
RCP Blog: A Day of Events | Daily 08 / Politics Nation: The Real World
Editorials
Cuba After Castro: The Comandante Retires, Sort of - The Economist
Pelosi's Wiretap Offensive - Wall Street Journal
More Guns, No Butter - The Nation
The Obama Triangle - Investor's Business Daily
Political News & Analysis
Clinton Camp Says Obama Plagarized - New York Times
McCain Team Forms New Plan for New Fight - Washington Post
Former President Bush Endorses McCain - Houston Chronicle
Obama Boosts Interest in Hawaii Caucus - Chicago Tribune
Transcripts & Speeches
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Special Report w/Brit Hume: Roundtable on the War over Words
Hannity & Colmes: Interview with Man Who Confronted Bill Clinton
CNN: Interviews with Huckabee & Gov. Richardson
The NewsHour: Interview with U.S. Envoy to Kosovo
The White House: Press Conf. with Presidents Bush & Kagame
Newsweek: Barack's Rock
- Gawker, Manhattan Media News and Gossip: Newsweek put hope-monger's wife Michelle Obama on the cover this week, and they offer a lengthy inte...
- towleroad: The Advocate talks to Jason Rae, at 21 the nation's youngest superdelegate: "I have not yet come out...
- The Earth Times Online Newspaper, Serving the Planet: COVER: Michelle Obama (p. 26). Senior White House Correspondent Richard Wolffe profiles Michelle O...
More on a Clinton Comeback
- Michael Barone, US News
The End of Conservatism?
- Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek
Forget the Kool-Aid: Obama's Support is Real
- Steve Kornacki, NYO
Is This Generation of Democrats Capable of Governing?
- Bill Kristol, NYT
- Michael Barone, US News
The End of Conservatism?
- Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek
Forget the Kool-Aid: Obama's Support is Real
- Steve Kornacki, NYO
Is This Generation of Democrats Capable of Governing?
- Bill Kristol, NYT
Uri Avnery
Blood and Champagne
Paul Craig Roberts
Paying Insurgents Not to Fight
Gary Leupp
The Independence of Kosovo
Fidel Castro
The Moment Has Come
David Macaray
Management's Dirty Little Secret
Reza Fiyouzat
Buck the Circus! The Left and the Elections
Blood and Champagne
Paul Craig Roberts
Paying Insurgents Not to Fight
Gary Leupp
The Independence of Kosovo
Fidel Castro
The Moment Has Come
David Macaray
Management's Dirty Little Secret
Reza Fiyouzat
Buck the Circus! The Left and the Elections
Obama Continues His Winning Streak - Jennifer Parker, ABC News
How Obama Won Wisconsin - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Beginning of the End for Clinton? - Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times
If You Have to Ask, It Isn't Over - Susan Estrich, FOX News
The Obama Delusion - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
The History of Hope - Peter Dreier, The Nation
Michelle Obama and the General Election - Mark Halperin, Time
How Obama Won Wisconsin - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Beginning of the End for Clinton? - Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times
If You Have to Ask, It Isn't Over - Susan Estrich, FOX News
The Obama Delusion - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
The History of Hope - Peter Dreier, The Nation
Michelle Obama and the General Election - Mark Halperin, Time
CNN: 'Be nice to Fidel'
February 20, 2008
So how does an American news giant tell its on air talent to handle Fidel Castro's resignation? More
'A sad, empty, narcissistic, ungrateful, unthinking lot'
February 20, 2008
That's Michelle Malkin describing the audience who listened and did nothing when Michelle Obama opined that there has never been a time in her adult life that she has been proud of America. More
Baehr/Moran on Live Internet Radio
February 19, 2008
The dynamic duo of Rich Baehr and Rick Moran are giving their take on the outcome of the Wisconsin primary on The Rick Moran Show. More
Michelle Obama, America, and pride
February 19, 2008
Perhaps the Obama Campaign should reconsider its priorities and message. The object of one's civic life is not to live in a country one can be proud of More
Ronald Lauder: foreign policy advisors are important
February 19, 2008
Controversy rages over Barack Obama's choice of foreign policy advisors, a topic familiar to AT readers. More
February 20, 2008
So how does an American news giant tell its on air talent to handle Fidel Castro's resignation? More
'A sad, empty, narcissistic, ungrateful, unthinking lot'
February 20, 2008
That's Michelle Malkin describing the audience who listened and did nothing when Michelle Obama opined that there has never been a time in her adult life that she has been proud of America. More
Baehr/Moran on Live Internet Radio
February 19, 2008
The dynamic duo of Rich Baehr and Rick Moran are giving their take on the outcome of the Wisconsin primary on The Rick Moran Show. More
Michelle Obama, America, and pride
February 19, 2008
Perhaps the Obama Campaign should reconsider its priorities and message. The object of one's civic life is not to live in a country one can be proud of More
Ronald Lauder: foreign policy advisors are important
February 19, 2008
Controversy rages over Barack Obama's choice of foreign policy advisors, a topic familiar to AT readers. More
Media angst over low Asian-American support for Obama (updated)
February 19, 2008
Barack Obama receives 90% of the black vote versus Hillary Clinton, but when another racial minority, Asian-Americans, shows signs of disproportionately voting for Hillary Clinton in primary elections, the media wrings its hands about possible racism More
Afghanistan: Second Serious Suicide Attack in two days
February 19, 2008
Al-Qaeda is getting busier in Afghanistan. More
Supremes Toss Challenge to Terrorist Surveillance Program
February 19, 2008
In a victory for the Bush Administration, the Supreme Court threw out a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against the government over the Terrorist Surveillance Program: More
Obama's rhetoric versus reality on Korea free trade pact
February 19, 2008
Barack Obama talks a fine-sounding game about renewing our diplomacy and earning international respect. But when push comes to shove and key domestic political support is at stake, he is behaving like a craven pol More
David Brooks on Obama's "Change"
February 19, 2008
What eventually will bring Obama back down to earth is...Obama More
Pakistani Elections Produce a Chance for Democracy
February 19, 2008
If preliminary results hold up, the two largest secular parties in Pakistan will have won big victories while the Islamist and conservative parties have gone down to humiliating defeats: More
February 19, 2008
Barack Obama receives 90% of the black vote versus Hillary Clinton, but when another racial minority, Asian-Americans, shows signs of disproportionately voting for Hillary Clinton in primary elections, the media wrings its hands about possible racism More
Afghanistan: Second Serious Suicide Attack in two days
February 19, 2008
Al-Qaeda is getting busier in Afghanistan. More
Supremes Toss Challenge to Terrorist Surveillance Program
February 19, 2008
In a victory for the Bush Administration, the Supreme Court threw out a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against the government over the Terrorist Surveillance Program: More
Obama's rhetoric versus reality on Korea free trade pact
February 19, 2008
Barack Obama talks a fine-sounding game about renewing our diplomacy and earning international respect. But when push comes to shove and key domestic political support is at stake, he is behaving like a craven pol More
David Brooks on Obama's "Change"
February 19, 2008
What eventually will bring Obama back down to earth is...Obama More
Pakistani Elections Produce a Chance for Democracy
February 19, 2008
If preliminary results hold up, the two largest secular parties in Pakistan will have won big victories while the Islamist and conservative parties have gone down to humiliating defeats: More
Wisconsin Voters Give Obama Decisive Victory - Dan Balz, Washington Post
How Obama Won Wisconsin - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Another Grim Result for Hillary - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer
The Obama Delusion - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
It's Panic-Button Time for Clinton - Ron Fournier, Associated Press
Last Night Settled Little - Nicholas Wapshott, New York Sun
Clinton Could Turn Toxic as Options Dry Up - Gerard Baker, London Times
She Lost the Nomination Two Weeks Ago - Richard Adams, The Guardian
History's Hurdle for the Democrats - Michael Lind, Financial Times
McCain May Upset Dems' Western Strategy - Jonathan Weisman, Wash Post
Arizona Dems On the Rise - Reid Wilson, RealClearPolitics
Michelle Obama Gets Tripped Up - Carol Marin, Chicago Sun-Times
Both Sides Must Agree on Spending Limits - Barack Obama, USA Today
Attack Iran, With Words - Reuel Marc Gerecht, New York Times
Beyond Musharraf - Husain Haqqani, Wall Street Journal
Without Castro, What Will Cuba Become? - Jon Lee Anderson, LA Times
A Card to Play for Cuba's Freedom - Robert Kagan, Washington Post
Delegate Race: Obama 1354, Clinton 1263 | McCain 960, Huckabee 245
RCP Blog: Daily 2008 / Politics Nation: Is Obama Lead Insurmountable?
How Obama Won Wisconsin - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Another Grim Result for Hillary - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer
The Obama Delusion - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
It's Panic-Button Time for Clinton - Ron Fournier, Associated Press
Last Night Settled Little - Nicholas Wapshott, New York Sun
Clinton Could Turn Toxic as Options Dry Up - Gerard Baker, London Times
She Lost the Nomination Two Weeks Ago - Richard Adams, The Guardian
History's Hurdle for the Democrats - Michael Lind, Financial Times
McCain May Upset Dems' Western Strategy - Jonathan Weisman, Wash Post
Arizona Dems On the Rise - Reid Wilson, RealClearPolitics
Michelle Obama Gets Tripped Up - Carol Marin, Chicago Sun-Times
Both Sides Must Agree on Spending Limits - Barack Obama, USA Today
Attack Iran, With Words - Reuel Marc Gerecht, New York Times
Beyond Musharraf - Husain Haqqani, Wall Street Journal
Without Castro, What Will Cuba Become? - Jon Lee Anderson, LA Times
A Card to Play for Cuba's Freedom - Robert Kagan, Washington Post
Delegate Race: Obama 1354, Clinton 1263 | McCain 960, Huckabee 245
RCP Blog: Daily 2008 / Politics Nation: Is Obama Lead Insurmountable?
Editorials
New 'President,' Same Old Dictatorship - Miami Herald
Pakistan and the Bush Doctrine - Wall Street Journal
Exurban Blight - Los Angeles Times
About the Primary Process... - The New Republic
Political News & Analysis
McCain Rolls on in Wisconsin and Toward November - Milwaukee JS
Obama Draws Large Crowds in S.A., Houston - Dallas Morning News
Wisconsin Exit Polls Spell Trouble for Clinton - Politico
McCain Campaigns in Columbus - Columbus Dispatch
The Obama Delusion
- Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
How Obama Won Wisconsin
- Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
She Lost the Nomination Two Weeks Ago
- Richard Adams, The Guardian
Hillary Clinton, The Underperformer
- Ezra Klein, The American Prospect
- Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
How Obama Won Wisconsin
- Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
She Lost the Nomination Two Weeks Ago
- Richard Adams, The Guardian
Hillary Clinton, The Underperformer
- Ezra Klein, The American Prospect
Arianna Huffington:
Why the Media and Independent Voters Need to Break Up with McCain
The straight-shooting John McCain people fell in love with in 2000 is no more.
Odom's view | The war and the recession: a connection?
ASK THIS
The economy has supplanted the war at the top of the national agenda – but only because of two mistaken perceptions, writes Gen. William Odom. Contrary to popular belief, the surge isn’t working; it’s just postponing the inevitable. And that looming recession? A trillion-plus dollars squandered in war spending may have something to do with it.
Connecting the dots | Inequality and the sub-prime crisis
ASK THIS
The press doesn't write much about inequality in America -- that would be class warfare, wouldn't it? But now Henry Banta asks if inequality and the enormous money explosion for the very rich since 1980 are reasons for the sub-prime mortgage crisis, or at least for its severity.
A welcome for the next President | Bush's military spending binge
COMMENTARY
The President’s fiscal 2009 defense budget, just sent to Congress, doesn’t include some emergency appropriations he will request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. With that figured in, one analyst sees spending of $1.2 million a minute all day, every day, all year.
ASK THIS
The economy has supplanted the war at the top of the national agenda – but only because of two mistaken perceptions, writes Gen. William Odom. Contrary to popular belief, the surge isn’t working; it’s just postponing the inevitable. And that looming recession? A trillion-plus dollars squandered in war spending may have something to do with it.
Connecting the dots | Inequality and the sub-prime crisis
ASK THIS
The press doesn't write much about inequality in America -- that would be class warfare, wouldn't it? But now Henry Banta asks if inequality and the enormous money explosion for the very rich since 1980 are reasons for the sub-prime mortgage crisis, or at least for its severity.
A welcome for the next President | Bush's military spending binge
COMMENTARY
The President’s fiscal 2009 defense budget, just sent to Congress, doesn’t include some emergency appropriations he will request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. With that figured in, one analyst sees spending of $1.2 million a minute all day, every day, all year.
The Usual Suspects Challenging the Fed - Caroline Baum, Bloomberg
That '70s Look: Stagflation - Graham Bowley, New York Times
Wall Street Bank Run - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Why There's a Banking Crisis to Begin With - Allan Meltzer, The American
"Chindia Lust" and the Loss of Common Sense - A. Mukherjee, Bloomberg
Get Ready Detroit - Here Comes China - Donald Straszheim, Forbes
Searching for the Next Dubai - Barney Gimbel, Fortune
Presidents Can't "Manage the Economy" - John Stossel, RealClearPolitics
Presidents Should Manage Economy - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post
Markets Have Spoken: Hillary Is Over - Larry Kudlow, RealClearMarkets
Review of Don Boudreaux's Globalization - John Tamny, RealClearMarkets
My Lunch with Lou Dobbs - Lawrence Downes, New York Times
That '70s Look: Stagflation - Graham Bowley, New York Times
Wall Street Bank Run - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Why There's a Banking Crisis to Begin With - Allan Meltzer, The American
"Chindia Lust" and the Loss of Common Sense - A. Mukherjee, Bloomberg
Get Ready Detroit - Here Comes China - Donald Straszheim, Forbes
Searching for the Next Dubai - Barney Gimbel, Fortune
Presidents Can't "Manage the Economy" - John Stossel, RealClearPolitics
Presidents Should Manage Economy - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post
Markets Have Spoken: Hillary Is Over - Larry Kudlow, RealClearMarkets
Review of Don Boudreaux's Globalization - John Tamny, RealClearMarkets
My Lunch with Lou Dobbs - Lawrence Downes, New York Times
Can Barack Obama Be Stopped? - Chuck Todd, NBC News
Obama's Winning: Suddenly, I'm Nervous - Margery Eagan, Boston Herald
Clinton Still Bets Strength Will Sell - Peter Nicholas, Los Angeles Times
Obama's New Vulnerability - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
The World is 'Ready to Turn the Page' - Joe Klein, Time
Ivy League Populism - Victor Davis Hanson, RealClearPolitics
Michelle Obama in Spotlight's Glare - Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
The Media Starts Falling Out of Love - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
Hillary's Definition of 'Fair' Isn't - George Will, Washington Post
Confidence on Ethics Poses McCain Risk - Rutenberg, et al., NY Times
NYT Story Long on Innuendo, Short on Proof - Michael Goodwin, NYDN
Islam at the Ballot Box - Amir Taheri, Wall Street Journal
The Kosovo Precedent - Timothy Garton Ash, Los Angeles Times
Adios In-Fidel - Cal Thomas - Sacramento Bee
NAFTA Gets a Bum Rap - Froma Harrop, RealClearPolitics
Decoding Candidates on Trade - David Wessel, Wall Street Journal
America: Still the Hegemon - Daniel Drezner, Newsweek
Delegate Race: Obama 1356, Clinton 1267 | McCain 967, Huckabee 245
RCP Blog: Did NYT Help McCain? | PA Poll / Politics Nation: Mrng Thts
Obama's Winning: Suddenly, I'm Nervous - Margery Eagan, Boston Herald
Clinton Still Bets Strength Will Sell - Peter Nicholas, Los Angeles Times
Obama's New Vulnerability - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
The World is 'Ready to Turn the Page' - Joe Klein, Time
Ivy League Populism - Victor Davis Hanson, RealClearPolitics
Michelle Obama in Spotlight's Glare - Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
The Media Starts Falling Out of Love - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
Hillary's Definition of 'Fair' Isn't - George Will, Washington Post
Confidence on Ethics Poses McCain Risk - Rutenberg, et al., NY Times
NYT Story Long on Innuendo, Short on Proof - Michael Goodwin, NYDN
Islam at the Ballot Box - Amir Taheri, Wall Street Journal
The Kosovo Precedent - Timothy Garton Ash, Los Angeles Times
Adios In-Fidel - Cal Thomas - Sacramento Bee
NAFTA Gets a Bum Rap - Froma Harrop, RealClearPolitics
Decoding Candidates on Trade - David Wessel, Wall Street Journal
America: Still the Hegemon - Daniel Drezner, Newsweek
Delegate Race: Obama 1356, Clinton 1267 | McCain 967, Huckabee 245
RCP Blog: Did NYT Help McCain? | PA Poll / Politics Nation: Mrng Thts
Editorials
Time for Cuba to Come in From Cold - The Australian
Pakistan on a Better Path - Boston Globe
Obama's Protectionist Folly - New York Sun
Hillary's School for Scandal - Chicago Tribune
Political News & Analysis
For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk - NYT
McCain Camp Vows "War" with NYT - Politico
Clinton's Hispanic Base Has Cracks - Chicago Tribune
Clinton Aides Ponder How to Take on Obama - NYT
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