Obama’s Victory Strategy

Obama’s Victory Strategy
A couple of months ago, I went out on a limb and predicted that a 2010 Republican election victory was a mirage. The New York Times/CBS News Poll this morning reinforces my confidence that President Obama and the Democrats can…


Barack ObamaGeorge W. BushPresident of the United StatesDemocratic PartyUnited States

Pentagon Quietly Explores De-Citizenship of US Citizen Terrorists
At the highest levels of the US military, a quiet discussion is going on about putting in place a legal framework that would permit the US government to strip American citizenship from terrorists. The case of Las Cruces, New Mexico…


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Inevitable: New Republic Calls Former Editor Andrew Sullivan An Anti-Semite
I knew that Andrew Sullivan’s abandonment of the hard right position on Israel was driving his old buds at the New Republic crazy. Andrew was once TNR’s wunderkind, the youngest editor in its history. Smart, cool, Oxford educated and a…


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