andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/25/2008
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Shadi Hamid struggles with foreign policy labels: It’s never really made sense to me to use a left-right spectrum when talking about foreign policy. What does it mean to have a “leftist” foreign policy approach? I assume that people use “leftist” as a proxy for “weak.” But, even the ...
Think. Again.
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 10/21/2008 —
The Atlantic has been redesigned, combining its look in the early 1960s
with something much more contemporary. That's not an easy thing to do. The process is explained here , here , and here . I write about the new issue - a fantastic one - ...
Left Behind
reason.com 11/25/2008 — Perhaps President-elect Obama isn't the left-wing radical so feared by the green-inkers at Newsmax and Human Events. And this is distressing some of his most vocal supporters. We are a few months away from inaugeration, but impatient ...
Today in The Nation: Remember Them
thenation.com 11/11/2008 — Aaron Glantz On Veterans Day, remember the soldiers America sent to war--what's been asked of them, and what they need from us.
From The Left
eschatonblog.com 10/29/2008 — Obama's going on Maddow on Thursday. I think this is a good thing, and not just for the obvious reasons. A consequence of the fact that our media ranges from the New Republic to the Free Republic is that Democratic politicians, except those who ...
Clinton, Reagan, Nixon, LBJ: Farewells
swamppolitics.com 1/15/2009 — by Mark Silva
As President George W. Bush and his writers place the final touches on 15 minutes of televisied talk that will deliver a farewell to the nation after two tumultuous terms in office, it's worth remembering the most tortured words of ...
News Orgs: The Left Is Upset With Obama -- Even Though It Isn't
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/9/2008 — Look, this is getting ridiculous already. Is it possible that "the left" isn't a monolith that has reached a collective and uniform conclusion about the entire Obama presidency?
Today The New York Times reports that criticism of Obama from the ...
Where Are You, Angry Left? Part Two
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/11/2008 — Still more poll numbers have just been released suggesting that the supposed "angry left" isn't so angry about Obama's transition choices after all.
The new Pew poll finds that 89% of Democrats approve of Obama's cabinet choices, versus only four ...
Not the Religious Left
weeklystandard.com 12/18/2008 — So the president-elect has asked Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. It’s an interesting decision. Warren, a Southern Baptist, is pastor of Saddleback, the evangelical megachurch in Orange County, Ca. When I was at the church ...
The left of the left has left
pundits.thehill.com 8/22/2009 — President Obama, who was going to be a transformational, post-partisan leader who could cut through the bickering, has managed to suddenly create bipartisanship — Republicans and liberal Democrats are against him as he tries to explain whether or not ...
Obama weighs names for top posts
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Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/25/2008
AP - President-elect Barack Obama has picked or is considering an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for Cabinet and other top positions, according to Democratic and transition officials. They include:
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