Discussion of Robertson’s endorsement of Giuliani has conveniently ignored the fact that Robertson is a controversial, extreme figure even among conservatives. What we really need to consider is what this will mean for the tone of next year’s election.
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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Something New Under the Sun
Berkeley’s innovative new plan for putting solar power in all of the city’s homes and businesses offers a vivid illustration of progressive government in action.
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Tim Russert: Stop the Inanity
Russert passes for a “tough” interviewer by adopting a confrontational pose rather than asking genuinely challenging questions. Which is why he’s a terrible moderator for our presidential debates.
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Haunted by the Hippie
Despite the fact that Hillary Clinton is the most conservative Democrat running for president, the right makes her out to be a radical. Perhaps this is because the right still fears the social change hippies represented.
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ONLY IN… A LOT OF PLACES.
Last night, Mike Huckabee was interviewed on ABC News, and he gave this standard-issue tribute to our nation’s uniqueness: I still remember my father taking me to meet the governor of Arkansas when I was eight years old. And he said, “Son, you may live your whole life, and you may never get to meet […]
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Al Gore and the Gaffe Wars
Gore’s Nobel Prize win was a well-deserved honor for one of our finest politicians. It’s also a stark reminder of how far into trivia the race to the presidency has fallen.
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RISKING THEIR LIVES.
One of the most positive developments in our national debate in recent years has been the great respect and appreciation offered to American soldiers. As divisive as the Iraq war has been, everyone on both sides acknowledges that those doing the fighting are enduring enormously trying circumstances with admirable courage. It is now a common […]
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BLAMING SOCIETY FIRST
Yesterday afternoon, Fox News brought on Newt Gingrich to discuss the school shooting in Cleveland, with predictable results. I don’t have a link to the video or transcript, but Newt argued that the reason this happened is our depraved society, in which respect for authority has been eroded to the point where…well, I guess to […]
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The Dems’ Big Business Opportunity
The momentum behind health care reform gives Democrats a good chance to prove that Republicans aren’t always good for business.
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A GUY CAN DREAM, CAN’T HE?
Now that people are actually attacking Barack Obama for saying that he doesn’t wear an American flag pin because it isn’t all that meaningful, one wonders if this might be an opportunity for us to have a genuine discussion about different varieties of patriotism. This is a pretty clear conservative/progressive split. Conservatives are huge fans […]