Glenn Greenwald: defending their beliefs is the “last thing” Dems want to do

May 10, 2010 · by · in Politics

I honestly don’t know enough about Elena Kagan to form a real opinion about her nomination. Of the probable nominees, I don’t think he could have done better than Diane Wood. Greenwald has been a vocal critic of Elena Kagan,…

Obama’s Michigan commencement speech: “Government is us.”

May 2, 2010 · by · in Politics

I’ve waited my whole life for a politician to say this. It’s something I’ve been saying for years. I even wrote a quick post about it last fall: “Us” vs “Them”. We need to look at government as what –…

Obama’s problem with “the vision thing” – Jeffrey Feldman on what was left out of the #SOTU

January 28, 2010 · by · in Politics

Sharp analysis, and Feldman even provides an excellent solution for Obama to adapt what he is saying into what he should be saying to communicate his big-picture view of America. Clipped from jeffrey-feldman.typepad.com No matter how strong President Obama’s performance…

Framing EFCA: Who Has A Choice?

June 1, 2009 · by · in Politics

Now that conservative Alaska Rep. Don Young has spilled the beans on the right-wing lie about the Employee Free Choice Act (hint: it doesn’t take away the secret ballot), it’s worth looking at the horrendous job that Democrats and other…