Feb 28 2010

The Unbearable Slightness of Being Joe Klein

In Time Magazine, Joe Klein has a very eccentric response to the health-care summit:
[T]he tea leaves seem to indicate that Obama came out well ahead of the Republicans.
That’s… unique. How does Klein score the “debate” to get that result?
[T]he President talked a lot — actually, the President, the Congressional Democrats and Republicans each spoke [...]

Dec 23 2009

Time Magazine: Why Obama Has to Worry About Polls

I didn’t expect this out of Time, but it actually gets it right and is spot-on in their list of reasons that both Democratic and Republican strategists are beginning to look more closely at the polls, especially in the context of the details:
1. Congress cares about polls.
2. Health-care reform has become a burden.
3. The Obama [...]

Sep 23 2009

Secret Protocols of Beck’s Legions

My friend Myers and I had finished covering the
9/12 March On DC and were walking north along First Street
when we passed an older woman and a teenage girl who had attended
the massive rally at the Capitol. They were wearing identical
“American Patriot” T-shirts and so, [...]

Jun 30 2009

Has the Obama family found a church? - Chicago Tribune

WASHINGTON — Time magazine reported online Monday that President Barack Obama and his family had found a new church: Evergreen Chapel, at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland . Apparently, Time got it wrong. “The president and First …
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