Over the last year Bob Woodward has refined a perfect synthesis of green lanternism ("the president could convince his partisan opponents in Congress to do anything if only he were enough of a leader to lead, thorough leadership") and tightly related centrist wankery ("the national...
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Is Ron Fournier real? A vicious parody of a self-consciously "centrist" beltway pundit? It's impossible to tell. We can start with the Green Lanternism: But the president won't get off.
I finally saw Lincoln last night. I doubt what I have is to say is anything others haven't verbalized. But a couple quick points. As a film, it's classic Spielberg..
A couple follow-ups to my post about Lincoln and Obama are in order, given the comments. First, Corey Robin makes a good point: Scott, you refer to “people who think that Barack Obama is precisely comparable to Abraham Lincoln and the PPACA precisely comparable to...
I have a piece in Salon on the Obama administration's pending decision regarding what to do about the fact that Colorado and Washington have legalized marijuana. In my view the.
I've mostly sat out the recent rehashing of the Nader Wars here. Like Rob and Scott, I have grown deeply critical of Ralph Nader and his 2000 presidential campaign. But.
The latest Drew Westen article has the same fundamental problems as every other Drew Westen article. There is, however, one howler that's particularly instructive. Starting with the stimulus makes sense, because there's a least a plausible argument that Obama left some money on the table....
As some of you know, the Sidney Hillman Foundation gives out its monthly Sidney, in honor of exceptional journalism. It's a great thing to follow; sometimes it honors stories at.
I strongly recommend John Sides's post, and for that matter I also strongly recommend On Deaf Ears and the Strategic Presidency, the most essential readings about the presidency this side.
One the one hand, although I understand his point I can't go along Mike Konczal's quasi-defense of Drew Westen. Ignoring Westen's theory of politics is very much an "apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln" proposition -- his ignorance of American political history is so comprehensive, his...
Matt has some useful additions to my post yesterday on presidential power. On the second term, one could add the the 2005 bankruptcy "reform," which again involved legislation supported by.
I have more to say about what the presidency and what it can and can't accomplish based on Jeff Shessol's terrific book on FDR and the court-packing fight. But.