The two Obamas
Obama is a better foreign-policy president than domestic-policy president. Unfortunately, so was Jimmy Carter. Time to be bold.
Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 10:30 AM UTC 51All Salon Afghanistan, U.S. Economy
Obama is a better foreign-policy president than domestic-policy president. Unfortunately, so was Jimmy Carter. Time to be bold.
Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 10:30 AM UTC 51Two million came to D.C. to brave the crowds and the cold -- and to see their country change.
Wednesday, Jan 21, 2009 11:37 AM UTC 61But make no mistake: Barack Obama retains some important built-in advantages.
Wednesday, Sep 10, 2008 10:52 AM UTC 119How Democrats can win big in 2010 and beyond -- by doing the opposite of what they're doing now. Think FDR-style liberalism, not McGovern.
Friday, Aug 15, 2008 10:47 AM UTC 98His 1977 speech on the energy crisis is all too timely during a week of campaign obsession over tire gauges and offshore drilling.
Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 3:50 PM UTC 23Yes, he was hellspawn, but the left owes a great debt to the late, unlamented (racist, homophobic) senator.
Friday, Jul 11, 2008 11:12 AM UTC 57The GOP nominee wants to distance himself from Bush on climate change, but he'd do better to emulate Jimmy Carter than the vice president.
Friday, Jun 27, 2008 10:40 AM UTC 22Calling the candidates "economically illiterate and irresponsibly populist," the former Bush advisor argues against restricting oil company profits.
Thursday, Jun 19, 2008 8:23 PM UTC 25John McCain unveils his new response to the accusation that his presidency would be like a third term for George W. Bush.
Monday, Jun 9, 2008 11:26 PM UTC 59Former President Jimmy Carter says he'll make it official after the primaries end tonight.
Tuesday, Jun 3, 2008 7:57 PM UTCJordan, a key advisor to Jimmy Carter for his 1976 presidential run who later ran Carter's White House, succumbed to cancer Tuesday night.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:13 AM UTCHow might Clinton and Obama handle the Oval Office? On the eve of Super Tuesday, what we still don't know could come back to haunt us.
Monday, Feb 4, 2008 12:08 PM UTC 57Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke lead the outstanding cast of the overheated "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead." Plus: Jimmy Carter charms. Anthony Hopkins confounds.
Thursday, Oct 25, 2007 11:00 AM UTCAfter Jimmy Carter caved to the Republican noise machine and took back his blast at President Bush, it's no surprise the party wimped out on the war.
Friday, May 25, 2007 8:20 PM UTC 110The former president doesn't think Gore will run, but it's not for lack of trying.
Friday, Feb 23, 2007 9:29 PM UTC 53An interview with the conservative polemicist, who accuses the cultural left of provoking al-Qaida's attack in his new book, "The Enemy at Home."
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 1:50 PM UTC 191Ford's posthumous condemnation of the Iraq war shows that the struggle for the soul of the GOP begun in the Nixon years is as relevant now as ever.
Wednesday, Jan 3, 2007 4:00 PM UTC 32Although ultimately an ineffective leader, Gerald Ford was the right person for the presidency in the wake of the Watergate crisis.
Thursday, Dec 28, 2006 1:42 PM UTC 151Once the warrior queen of neoconservatism, Jeane Kirkpatrick died a critic of Bush's unilateralism. Her death illuminates the conflicting legacies of the movement she helped found.
Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 12:50 PM UTC 30The real "front line of the war on terror" is Palestine. By brokering a lasting peace, the U.S. can make up for Bush's colossal blunders.
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