Old habits and assumptions just won’t cut it anymore.
Paul Waldman
Paul Waldman is a weekly columnist and senior writer for The American Prospect. He also writes for the Plum Line blog at The Washington Post and The Week and is the author of Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success.
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Losers like Lincoln and FDR just didn’t see the presidency’s potential as a personal money-maker.
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Can’t this guy do anything right?
