Tactics play a role, but they are a second-order concern at best. Obama's fortunes will largely be determined by the state of the economy, not "marketing and P.R. and public opinion."
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
ThinkProgress made an excellent catch today, of the sort that I'm frankly surprised are still available to make, given the increased capacity that the...
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011
American politicians are unanimous in their patriotic zeal, but please don't confuse rhetoric with reality.
Michael Seitzman | Posted 05.25.2011
Notice that the minute there is a disaster of any sort, Old Man Winter responds in two ways - the disaster is either not actually happening and you're just whining, or, he's going to make sure it never happens again.
Nathan Gardels | Posted 05.25.2011
"Obama's diagnosis that our financial sector is in desperate shape is correct. And if it is in desperate shape, that means our economy is in desperate shape."
Jeff Madrick | Posted 05.25.2011
Of course, Americans workers are energetic and skilled. But this does not mean the fundamentals are nearly in place for rapid economic growth in the new global environment.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
The whole tete-a-tete might have ended up being scored a draw were it not for Pfotenhauer's bizarre decision to debate middle-class economics while dressed in the aristocratic weeds of the Baroness Dierdre Von Goldencollar.
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011
John McCain quickly got hammered by Barack Obama on Monday when he declared that the "fundamentals of our economy are still strong" at an event in Jac...
Brendan Nyhan | Posted 05.25.2011