To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Friday, November 22, 2024

Observercast

The Disappointed Democrats

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH It was not supposed to be this way. The power of the president, Richard Neustadt wrote half a century ago, is the power to persuade – sometimes with a carrot, sometimes with a stick, sometimes [as President Reagan did so well] by getting the country behind him, sometimes [as President Johnson did] […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.