The President is never entirely free to choose his foreign policy team, but Obama has a great deal of latitude for the second term: The upshot is that the Obama administration begins its second term with much greater foreign policy freedom of action, whether in...
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In keeping LGM's long history of pointless competition community building, let me announce the 2012 LGM Electoral Vote Challenge. To enter, create a map here, copy the unique URL (through.
What with all the claiming of credit for killing bin Laden and what not, has Obama forgotten the people who truly matter? Shed a tear for the executives at Lockheed.
I'll confess that I haven't watched the video, and I don't understand most of what people are saying with regards to Obama's embrace of Derek Bell. Nevertheless, while I'm generally reluctant to launch into rants about "Obama apologism," this Derek Bell thing really does seem...
I thought that Jon Chait's long article on leftist disappointment with Democratic Presidents was interesting, but that it succeeded in identification of such discontent without making much effort to explain.
In addition to declaring the month of March Irish American Heritage Month (because we didn't have enough positive attention?He needed to solidify the Irish Catholic vote?), Obama is to serve.
I'll have an article about the NPR coming out tomorrow at TAP, but suffice to say that I'm not particularly impressed with the Obama NPR. Every policy document requires compromise, and this is particularly true of a document focusing on nuclear weapons. A multitude of...
At least they weren't armed.
While most conservatives would be outraged if Barack Obama managed to win a blueberry pie at a 4H raffle, others would simply mutter and cluck their tongues out of feigned.
Over at Slate, the XX factor team is dissecting the wardrobe choices of the candidates' wives last night (what color tie was Bill Clinton wearing? Anyone? Bueller?). They've honed in on Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama's choice of a red suit. Here's what Dana Stevens...
Ok, reader poll time: should we care that Barack Obama used cocaine as a teenager? My answer: no. It's totally irrelevant to his ability to lead this country. The only.