How Tomorrow Moves| More...
 

Political Strategy

Sun Tzu and the Art of 11-Dimensional Chess

Matt Osborne | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rahm Obama, Obama Strategy, Rahm Emmanuel, Public Option, Rahm Emanuel, The Art of War, President Obama, Obama Administration, Rahm Emanuel Health Care, Obama, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Sun Tzu, Political Strategy, Politics News
Matt Osborne

Contrary to what some progressives may tell themselves, they were goaded into action by Obama -- not the other way around.

Read Post

Obama's Political Strategy A Win-Win?

D. Brad Wright | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Politics, Health Care, Health, Barack Obama, Political Strategy, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

Obama's political strategy looks to be win-win. Either Obama and the Democrats win by passing health reform, or they win by painting the Republicans as the obstructionist party of an old, do-nothing Washington.

Read Post

Obama's Best Frenemy

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Leadership Council, Politics, Dlc, David Brooks, Health Care Reform, New York Times, Glenn Hurowitz, Democratic Party, Health Care, Barack Obama, Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party, Political Strategy, Politics News
Glenn Hurowitz

Obama put his persuasive power on hold while he got sucked into an insider negotiation with Congressional centrists -- and has been unable to make a morally compelling case for his agenda.

Read Post

Fear, Anger, Hope and Inspiration Will Decide Health Care Battle

Robert Creamer | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Private Insurance Companies, Public Health Insurance Plan, Democratic Congress, President Obama, Public Option, Rush Limbaugh, Progressives, Breaking News, Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs, Political Strategy, Health Insurance Reform, Health Care, Politics News
Robert Creamer

A strong public option is critically necessary to accomplish the administration's goals of controlling health care costs by competing with private insurance companies, driving down rates and keeping them honest.

Read Post

On Patriotism and Principle: An Open Letter to the President (aka "The GOP's Bridge to Anywhere But Here")

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Patriotism, Rush Limbaugh, Empowerment, Framing, Obama Press Conference, President Obama, Democracy, Obama National Security, Power, Barack Obama, World News, Dick Cheney, Foreign Policy, Torture-Apologist, Patriotism, National Security, Sarah Palin, People-Power, Glenn Beck, Global-Relations, Republican Party, Torture, Political Strategy, Republicans, Media, Gop, Politics News
Cynthia Boaz

Mr. President, talk to us directly. Tell us again why your election was only the first step, not the culmination, of a genuine movement to change the way we understand power, democracy, and our own roles in those phenomena.

Read Post

How Democrats Can Win the Climate Debate

Teryn Norris | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy, 111th Congress, Democratic Congress, Climate Policy, President Obama, Energy Policy, Political Strategy, Public Opinion, Green News
Teryn Norris

Last week was the opening round of the national climate fight, and the Democratic Congress was nearly knocked out.

Read Post

Courting the Jester: The Slippery Right's Love Affair With Limbaugh

Jane Devin | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Stimulus Plan, Religious Right, Media Coverage, Conservatives, Rush Limbaugh, Politics, Political Strategy, Media News
Jane Devin

Limbaugh isn't just a barker, but a godhead with a loyal legion of followers hailing from the furthest backwoods shacks to the hallowed halls of Washington.

Read Post

Politics as Bloodsport: A Conversation with Stefan Forbes, Director of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Brad Listi | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Owen Glieberman, Gop, Karl Rove, John McCain, New Releases, Iran-Contra, Ronald Reagan, Howard Fineman, Tucker Eskew, George W. Bush, Stefan Forbes, Michael Dukakis, Boogie Man, Documentaries, Mary Matalin, Ed Rollins, Democrats, Entertainment Weekly, Movies, Sarah Palin, Willie Horton, Lee Atwater, Brad Listi, George H.W. Bush, Fox News, Republicans, Political Films, Director Interview, Film Directors, Political Strategy, Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Home News
Brad Listi

Atwater's playbook is still winning Presidential races from his grave. He's the patron saint of political operatives and spinmeisters everywhere, and a hero to Republicans for his unrepentant vision of politics as war.

Read Post