Joe Klein: Obama's 'Mistakes': Way Too Early to Judge
Time (Free subscription) | yesterday
The media are giving Obama grief for just about everything. But it's far too soon to judge his policies
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Tough First Years.
•eat•read•play•• (Free subscription) | yesterday
Regarding Obama's first year, Joe Klein makes a good point : " Stepping back a bit, I do see a metapattern that extends over the 40 years since Richard Nixon's Southern strategy began the drift toward more ideological political parties: Democrats have tough first years in the presidency. Of the past seven Presidents, the two Bushes rank at the top in popularity after one year, while Obama and...
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Too Early to Judge Obama
Political Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Joe Klein : "Democrats have tough first years in the presidency... There is a reason for that. Democrats come to office eager to govern the heck out of the country. They take on impossible issues, like budget-balancing and health care reform... They get lost in the details... The real evaluation of Obama's debut must wait for the results of the two biggest problems he's tackling -- his decision...
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"Victory"
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Joe Klein notes that Max Boot acknowledges some U.S. forces appear "a bit worn down and pessimistic" in conversations regarding Afghanistan. Klein sighs: [Boot] thinks morale would improve markedly if the President uses the word "victory" in his Afghanistan rollout...
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Tuesday Mashup (11/24/09)
The Liberal Doomsayer (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
(Posting will slow down considerably as we approach the holiday, by the way.) This story from Der Spiegel tells us the following… When he entered office, US President Barack Obama promised to inject US foreign policy with a new tone of respect and diplomacy. His recent trip to Asia, however, showed that it's not working. A shift to Bush-style bluntness may be coming. Gee, I sure hope not, given...
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Health Care Ad Wars: Lots Of TV In A Few Swing Districts
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
TV ads are up and running--in a big way--in the districts of moderate House members, as interest groups either thank them for their votes on the House health care bill or attack them for voting the "wrong" way. At least 17 House members will have ads running in their districts next week, as a couple new campaigns are getting underway. Here's what those members--most of whom are considered...
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On Polling Issues
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Joe Klein : "The point is, polling on issues is next to useless -- especially on issues as emotionally complicated as wars and as technically complicated as health care reform. The only safe conclusion from these particular polls is this: the public has mixed feelings on Afghanistan and health care reform. Brilliant! I have mixed feelings, too. But that's not the way you'll see these played:...
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Charles Krauthammer On The Fort Hood Terrorist
Kinshasa On The Potomac (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
As usual, Krauthammer writes a great article , this one about Nidal Hasan. What a surprise -- that someone who shouts "Allahu Akbar" (the "God is great" jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist motives. It certainly was a surprise to the mainstream media, which spent the weekend after the Fort Hood massacre playing down Nidal Hasan's...
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Can Obama Prevent Israel Attacking Iran?
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
It's the most pressing question we face. I know of few people I'd rather hear discuss it than David Frum and Joe Klein:
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Dr. K Today -- By: NRO Staff
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
W hat a surprise — that someone who shouts “Allahu Akbar” (the “God is great” jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist motives. It certainly was a surprise to the mainstream media, which spent the weekend after the Fort Hood massacre downplaying Nidal Hasan’s religious beliefs. “I cringe that he’s a Muslim....
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Joe Klein Again
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Given that Joe Klein has engaged in another tantrum, first repeating the ridiculous charge that Jewish neoconservatives somehow mesmerized John McCain into being unduly confrontational regarding Iran, then launching into expletive-laden tirades against Jamie Kirchik, and finally telling the Washington Post that Jewish neocons sometimes “put the interests of Israel above the interests of the [...]...
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Medicalizing Mass Murder -- By: Charles Krauthammer
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
W hat a surprise -- that someone who shouts “Allahu Akbar” (the “God is great” jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist motives. It certainly was a surprise to the mainstream media, which spent the weekend after the Fort Hood massacre downplaying Nidal Hasan’s religious beliefs. “I cringe that he’s a Muslim.#...#I...
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Medicalizing Mass Murder
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
WASHINGTON -- What a surprise -- that someone who shouts "Allahu Akbar" (the "God is great" jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist motives. It certainly was a surprise to the mainstream media, which spent the weekend after the Fort Hood massacre downplaying Nidal Hasan's religious beliefs. "I cringe that he's a Muslim. ...
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Inside the Klein v. Kirchick Blow Up
Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
You may have heard that Joe Klein and TNR's Jamie Kirchick all but came to blows in a panel discussion on "The Pro-Israel Lobby and the Media" on Tuesday. Our Zack Roth talked to the moderator to see what happened....
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Moderator: Klein, Kirchick 'Went At Each Other From The Get-Go'
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Time's Joe Klein and The New Republic's Jamie Kirchick engaged in a bitter war of words at a panel discussion on Israel Tuesday -- with Klein ultimately calling Kirchick "a dishonest prick."