To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Romney Suffers From Pre-Existing Positions
BY FROMA HARROP What Mitt Romney truly believes is anybody’s guess. Whether Romney as president would act on those beliefs is also a guess. And we can’t rule out the possibility that he doesn’t have any beliefs outside of religion and investment strategies. Why he’s running for president remains unclear, though commander in chief looks […]
Keep Your Eyes On The Prize
Nothing To Offer
Clinton’s Mastery
BY JOE CONASON Bill killed. Nominating Barack Obama for a second term, the former president brought to bear the full weight of his political experience and forensic skill Wednesday night, on behalf of a man who was once his adversary. Rewritten up until the final hour before he took the podium, this was among his […]
That Old Clinton Magic
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Back in 1988, we had what we thought was a great new idea. There was only one slot for a keynote speech at the Democratic convention on Monday night, but we had two great candidates for the job. One was the late Ann Richards, then the treasurer of the state of Texas […]