I’m not the kind of blogger to get furious about things like Obama’s tax cut cave-in (unnecessary and wrong on the merits though it certainly is) very often because my expectations of presidents also tend to be low. I will quibble with Matt on one point: Obama is clearly not “the greatest progressive president in […]
Tag: presidential politics
I have some wonky thoughts about the possibility that a Republican Congress would impeach Obama over at TAPPED. The answer: maybe! Given prior assumptions about presidential politics it’s very u
To play a little “glass half full” on Independence Day weekend, this can remind you that if you think today’s liberal elites are bad, liberal elites sixty years ago were so thoroughl
Tracy Lightcap has a good comment in the thread below: I’m not so sure that there are good and bad presidents, just good and bad opportunities. I’m a big fan of Skowronek’s scheme of political time and how it helps analyze how presidential leadership works. Johnson was in the same situation that John Tyler was […]
I’m thinking that Bush has become very competitive for the title of worst President ever (look out, James Buchanan!), but is there any doubt that he’s the worst ever to serve two full term
This representation of New York Times Presidential endorsements is absolutely fascinating. Some tidbits: Grover Cleveland was the first Democrat to be endorsed by the NYT. He shares with Franklin Roos