The influence held by partisan elites is a disperse — but far-reaching — kind of power.
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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It’s the End of the World As They Know It
The American right appears to be going insane. And over what?
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We’ve Already Won the Battle Over Gay Marriage
Public support for marriage equality is on the rise, and it is conservatives who are ceding ground.
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The President’s Aesthetic Goes Global
Elements of the Obama campaign’s design have become nearly as iconic as the president himself.
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Who’s Afraid of New Media?
Obama hasn’t shied away from engaging with the new vanguard of media. And the only people who seem bothered by this choice? Old-media reporters.
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Can a Click Replace a Glance?
Newspapers offered a serendipitous reading experience that online formats haven’t managed to replicate.
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So Long, Alex P. Keaton
The millennial generation could pull American politics even further to the left, and for a longer time, than the Reagan generation pulled our politics to the right.
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The Tiny Battles of a Has-Been Candidate
Back in November, John McCain lost the presidential election by a significant margin. So why are we still paying attention to him?
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Believe It or Not, He’s Walking on Air
Obama is looking more and more like a progressive Reagan. What does that say about the progressives who rallied to elect him?
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The Tyranny of the Centrists
You’d think passing a $787 billion stimulus bill would count as a victory for Obama. But it was the centrists who got what they wanted from the stimulus bill, and what they wanted was for the entire nation to beseech them for their favor.
