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Month: November 2013

Perlstein On JFK

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On November 22, 2013
These two posts by Rick Perlstein make some excellent points about JFK. A few comments: The take on the Cuban Missle Crisis seems right to me.  JFK's actions when the crisis came to a head were admirable, but his actions leading up to the crisis...

Kennedy

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On November 22, 2013

In case you still think John F. Kennedy was a good president, Dylan Matthews has a good run-down of how he was so overrated. It's the basic case--major foreign policy.

Merkley

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On November 22, 2013
For spearheading this filibuster reform effort, Jeff Merkley rises into the upper echelon of Oregon senators, along with people like Wayne Morse and Mark Hatfield.

Detonation

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On November 21, 2013
The filibuster for circuit and district court nominees and executive branch appointments is gone. Never thought I'd see the day, and this will almost certainly be the most important vote of Obama's second term. Luckily, 1)the GOP seems to have the same evaluation of Reid...
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