Dynastic Politics

Must Hillary Be Perfect?

Caryl Rivers | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

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Caryl Rivers

Coattails and family dynasties are as American as apple pie.

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Unstoppable Obama

Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

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Barbara Ehrenreich

I don't think any tweakings of the candidate or her message will work for Hillary, and not because Obama-mania is an occult force or a kind of mass hysteria.

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One Nepotistic President Was Enough

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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Frank Schaeffer

Obama and McCain are up against the Romney/Clinton nepotistic dynasties that appear to be more like entitled heirs grasping for the throne of pre-revolutionary France, than anything American.

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Hillary as Surrogate Candidate and the Perils of Dynastic Politics

Jerome Karabel | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

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Jerome Karabel

Many Americans want a clean break from the past. But Hillary is inexorably tied to the past, and she has an unrivaled capacity to mobilize Republican opposition.

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