politico.com - 11/2/2009
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Hillary Clinton's voice has not been heard all that often in the Mideast peace process, but she has provoked crises with almost every word.
Administration officials hold Clinton largely responsible for entrenching an unsuccessful focus on settlements in thesprint, when she -- responding to a ...
volokh.com - 10/26/2009
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JStreet , which bills itself as a “pro-peace,
pro-Israel” lobby, and aims to be a progressive counterpart...
to AIPAC, is having its convention starting tomorrow. Unlike some in the pro-Israel community, I’m not hostile to JStreet. First, I know one of ...
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Some Friendly (Really) Advice to JStreet
robertreich.blogspot.com - 29 days ago
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Presidents tend to overcompensate for the errors of
their predecessors in the same party and in so...
doing sow seeds of their own mistakes. Bill Clinton wanted above all to avoid Jimmy Carter's fate -- losing re-election because the economy was heading ...
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Health Care Reform is Critically Important, But Getting ...
volokh.com - 10/28/2009
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Matthew Yglesias : I was debating with Jon
Chait at a J Street panel this morning on...
the subject of “what does it mean to be pro-Israel?” As expected, we disagreed on a number of points, most of which I was right on and he was wrong on. But one ...
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Is Hillary More Gaffe-Prone Than Biden?
The New Republic blogs —
... during a luncheon in Morocco. Ben Smith concludes : The early questions about her role in Middle East politics -- would she be as hawkishly pro-Israel as she was in the Senate -- haven't really been answered, and her actual views remain unclear. But in this most delicate, closely parsed of diplomatic arenas, her inexperience as a diplomat, and her (underestimated by those who didn't cover her on the trail) tendency toward incautious statements has really turned into a liability for the administration.
Clinton's Mideast Mess
Weekly Standard Blog —
Ben Smith writes on Clinton's latest meddling:
To keep this straight: Clinton leaned harder on Israel than the administration intended, infuriating the Israelis while putting the Palestinians far out on a limb. Then she sawed off the limb.
The early questions about her role in Middle East politics -- would she be as hawkishly pro-Israel as she was in the Senate -- haven't really been answered, and her actual views remain unclear. But in this most delicate, closely parsed of diplomatic arenas, her inexperience as a diplomat, and her ...
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
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... . Ben Smith of Politico has had too much: Hillary Clinton's voice has not been heard all that often in the Mideast peace process, but she has provoked crises with almost every word. ...To keep this straight: Clinton leaned harder on Israel than the administration intended, infuriating the Israelis while putting the Palestinians far out on a limb. Then she sawed off the limb. ...in this most delicate, closely parsed of diplomatic arenas, her inexperience as a diplomat, and her tendency toward incautious statements (disguised by a campaign image of "competence") has really ...
Oh my: Cavuto challenges Shep Smith over claim that Fox isn’t balanced
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... is the White House’s declaration of surrender in the war on FNC? Or is this a case of The One trying to punish his secretary of state for becoming something of a public embarrassment ? Click the image to watch. ...
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