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Chait on Krauthammer
Matthew Yglesias —
Jon Chait observes:
A separate issue is why Obama didn’t pick some conservatives with a bit more intellectual integrity than, say, [Bill] Kristol and [Charles] Krauthammer. The problem, of course, is conservatives like that tend not to rise to positions of high influence.
That inspired me to check if Krauthammer is still listed as a contributing editor on the New Republic masthead and it seems he is. He hasn’t actually contributed much of anything to TNR—I believe it’s been years since ...
More respectable company
Political Animal —
... seem far more likely to be critical of Obama than the conservative figures were to be critical of Bush. Something about the ideology and intellectual seriousness, I suppose. On a related note, the pool report from last night, noting the motley crew Obama was breaking bread with, said sarcastically, "The bloggers are going to love this one." But looking around this morning, it seems most of the progressive bloggers aren't especially troubled by the gathering. Jonathan Chait has a compelling argument as to why the left seems unfazed. [I]magine this counterfactual: George W. ...
Guess Who Went To Dinner
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Chait makes a point: Imagine this counterfactual: George W. Bush (or maybe a victorious John McCain) sat down before his first
inauguration with Paul Krugman, E.J. Dionne, and Frank Foer. Would
conservatives have reacted with the same equanimity? No, I think they'd
have gone nuts. And the reason is that they wouldn't have confidence in
Bush or McCain to be surrounded by liberal ideas without being deeply
influenced by them. I don't think they'd have reacted this way if, say,
a President Mitt Romney did the same thing.
And that's why liberals ...
Obama Liberal Media Sitdown Follows Conservative Dinner
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Robinson, the Wall Street Journal's Gerry Seib, National Journal's Ron Brownstein, the New York Times Frank Rich and Maureen Dowd, and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, among others.
Today's meeting was held at the transition headquarters, and unlike dinner at George Will's house, I'm told there weren't refreshments. But similar to last night's, the discussion was off the record.
Meanwhile, Johnathan Chait points out that even before the new meeting was announced, liberals weren't upset:
They know that Obama understands far more about policy ...
Obama Liberal Media Sitdown Follows Conservative Dinner
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Robinson, the Wall Street Journal's Gerry Seib, National Journal's Ron Brownstein, the New York Times Frank Rich and Maureen Dowd, and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, among others.
Today's meeting was held at the transition headquarters, and unlike dinner at George Will's house, I'm told there weren't refreshments. But similar to last night's, the discussion was off the record.
Meanwhile, Johnathan Chait points out that even before the new meeting was announced, liberals weren't upset:
They know that Obama understands far more about policy ...
Charm offensive: Obama at dinner with the conservative punditocracy
The Reaction —
... As Jon Chait argues, though, and I think he's right about this, conservatives wouldn't be nearly as understanding if the situation were reversed: ...
Hurl-Blogging The Inaugur-A-Palooza, Iranian Edition
Jules Crittenden —
... , up in the Great White North: sda_hope2.jpg Here’s a laugh at the ground. Jonathan Chait at the New Republic on why libs “aren’t outraged” that Obama broke bread with con columnists. They shouldn’t be. No harm in a charm offensive. But Chait explains libs feel secure about their guy meeting with the dread cons because they know the Messiah, if he can’t quite cure them, won’t be tainted by the lepers:… imagine this counterfactual: George W. Bush (or maybe a victorious John McCain) sat down before his first inauguration with Paul Krugman, E.J. Dionne, and Frank Foer. Would ...
Why is Charles Krauthammer a New Republic Contributing Editor?
Matthew Yglesias —
... that many New Republic writers seem to have an appropriately low opinion of Charles Krauthammer. Jonathan Chait, for example, once wondered “why Obama didn’t pick some conservatives with a bit more intellectual integrity than, say, [Bill] Kristol and [Charles] Krauthammer” to have dinner with. Today, Christopher Orr ...
