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One Term President? New York Review Blog By Garry Wills

The New York Review of Books | Garry Wills | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books

Read More: President Obama, New York Review, War, Military, Iraq, Obama, Afghanistan, Books, Presidency, Barack Obama, One Year Later, Books News

Garry Wills The New York Review of Books Blog I am told by people I respect that Barack Obama cannot pull out of both Iraq and Afghanistan without be...

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Too Soon To Tell? Judging A President's Progress

The New York Review of Books | Posted 11.04.2009 | Books

Read More: John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Nyr, Iran, Arthur Schlesinger, Presidency, Barack Obama, Garry Wills, Hoover, Lincoln, New York Review, One Year Later, Abraham Lincoln, The New Deal, Racism, Jimmy Carter, Fdr, Iraq, Health Care, Jfk, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Books News

The New York Review of Books Huffington Post: At the anniversary of the election of Barack Obama, we're taking a close look at how he's done and wh...

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Thank You for (Not) Running for President

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Politics, Joe Scarborough, C-Span, Sean Hannity, 2012 Election, John Edwards, Jimmy Carter, Joe Klein, Hamilton Jordan, Newt Gingrich, Presidency, Barack Obama, Media News
Michael Sigman

In the U.S. any child can grow up to become president. But with our new 24/7 cable/Internet news culture, it's more fun to explain why you're not running for President.

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Is Obama Keeping His Promises?

Newsweek | Anna Quindlen | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, White House, War, Immigration, Obama, Campaign, Presidency, Barack Obama, President, Promises, History, Gay Rights, Campaign Promises, Spending, Analysis, Wall Street, Health Care, Promise, Politics News

History will judge Barack Obama over the long haul. But we've learned something in the short term that is simple, obvious, and has less to do with him...

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Hillary Is Still the Best President That Wasn't

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gallup Poll, Democratic Party, State Department, Obama, Presidential Experience, Presidency, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, 2012, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Millions still have a deep respect, admiration, and appreciation for her tireless work as a women's rights advocate, her fight for health care reform, civil rights, and international diplomacy.

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A Nobel Prayer

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, President Obama, Abuse, Henry Kissinger, Sacrifice, United States, Prophecy, Pray, Bill Kristol, Gandhi, Weapons, Rush Limbaugh, Commitment, Desmond Tutu, Presidency, Peace, Prayer, America, Foreign Policy, Muslim, Nelson Mandela, Nuclear Weapons, Nobel Peace Prize, Conflict, Martin Luther King Jr., Military, New York Times, Worldview, Israeli, Politics News
Jim Wallis

The vitriol against Obama's peace prize and "those Norwegians" who gave it to him is much deeper than the president's lack of achievements thus far; it is based on a fundamental clash of worldviews.

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He Should Have Turned It Down

Jesse Berney | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Bill Clinton, Nobel Peace Prize, Henry Kissinger, Presidency, Barack Obama, President Obama, World News
Jesse Berney

Barack Obama's presidency is 17 days younger than my daughter, and she just figured out how to put Cheerios into her mouth. The Norwegian Nobel Committee made a grave mistake.

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Why It's Good for Obama the Olympic Committee Didn't Pick Chicago

Roger Wolfson | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympics, Chicago, Copenhagen, Obama, Afghanistan, Health Care, Presidency, Democrats, Ioc, America, Politics News
Roger Wolfson

It benefits a President to realize he can lose. It benefits a President to realize the stakes are real and failure - real, abject failure - is an option decidedly in play.

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The Normalizing of the Presidency

David D. Burstein | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Vice President, Political Commentary, Normalcy, President Obama, Psychology, Presidency, Barack Obama, Government, Politics, American Politics, Obama White House, Political Psychology, Obama Presidency, 2008 Presidential Race, Presidential Election, Politics News
David D. Burstein

Barack Obama might be one of the most normal presidents we have had in years. His connectedness to the real world is one of the things that made him appealing as a candidate.

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"School Children Singing the Praises of President Obama" (Apparently as a Public School Class Project):

Eugene Volokh | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Laura Bush, Establishment Clause, Presidency, Barack Obama, Politics News
Eugene Volokh

Public school classrooms shouldn't be used to sing the praises of any sitting (or recent) political figure, whether Bush or Obama or anyone else.

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Despite Obama in Ghana, a Bad Month for African Democracy

Todd Moss | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Democracy, Clinton, Todd Moss, Governance, Africa, Center for Global Development, State Department, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritania, Congo Crisis, Congo Violence, Congo, Presidency, Voting Problems, Obama Ghana Trip, Hillary Clinton Africa, Obama Ghana Speech, Africa-Democracy, African-Development, Gabon, Ghana Obama, Niger, Coup, World News
Todd Moss

In Mauritania the vote was so obviously suspicious that the electoral chief resigned and the opposition rejected the results.

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GOP Presidential Hopefuls Falling Like Dominos

MSNBC | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: GOP Candidates 2012, GOP Nominee 2012, Gop 2012, Gop, Presidency, Gop Presidential Candidates, GOP President 2012, Politics News

With the disappearance of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, it prompted us to take a look at the other potential Republican 2012 candidates. Just how ...

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A Successful Presidency

Mike Lux | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Presidencies, Obama, Successful Presidency, Presidency, Failed Presidency, Obama Presidency, Politics News
Mike Lux

Will Barack Obama be a successful president? I believe he will, but he is going to run into big trouble spots down the road. Obama will have to do three things to be successful.

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Colin Powell Should Say Good Riddance to the GOP

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush, President Obama, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, Michael Steele, Gop, Rush Limbaugh, Iraq, Presidency, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Powell's well-timed and publicized knock of Cheney, Limbaugh, and hard core party regulars simply further enshrines him as the GOP's odd man out.

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100 Day Silliness

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reagan, Fdr, First 100 Days, Bush, Clinton, Presidency, President Obama, Hundred Days, 100 Days, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Obama is well aware that the 100 days burden weighs heavier on him than any other president in modern times. He's young, liberal, untested, and black.

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Eerie Similarities Between President Obama and Bush's First 100 Days

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Voter Approval, First 100 Days, Bush, President Obama, Fdr, Democrats, Jfk, Presidency, Fidel Castro, Republicans, George Bush 100 Days, 100 Days, Obama 100 Days, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Obama's first days will be compared to FDR's first 100 days. And to a lesser extent JFK's first 100 days. But the better comparison is with his predecessor George W. Bush.

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US Dollar Devaluation as Predicted

Diane Francis | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Sub-Prime, Congress, Economic Crisis, Lobbying, Bonds, Banking Crisis, Credit Crisis, Obama, China, Recklessness, Geithner, Presidency, Bush, Bernanke, Saudi Arabia, Henry Paulson, Business News
Diane Francis

The Chinese are starting to switch from investing in U.S. T-bills to buying hard assets for stockpiling or acquiring corporations at bargain-basement ...

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Obama Unlikely to Overcome Divide

Richard Skinner | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Bipartisanship, Democrats, President Bush, Presidency, Republicans, President Obama, Politics News
Richard Skinner

If Obama plans to use "bipartisanship" as a weapon against Republicans to paint them as divisive and out of step, he may find it a useful technique.

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Obama the One Term President?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Congress, White House, Barack Obama, Economy, Gop, Economic Stimulus, Rush Limbaugh, Presidency, John McCain, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Economic failure alone may not spell a one term presidency for Obama. But economic success, even the perception of success, will help insure that Obama won't be another Jimmy Carter.

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Obama or FDR: Whose Strategy Will Work Better?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, White House, Rescue Package, Inauguration Day, Economic Crisis, Public Opinion, Banking Crisis, Obama, Barack Obama, Presidential Transition, Bush, Fdr, Bailout, Economic Rescue Package, The Defining Moment, Jonathan Alter, Inauguration, Bank Holiday, Obama Transition, 1929 Crash, Banks, Financial Crisis, Stock Market, Presidency, Roosevelt, Great Depression, Herbert Hoover, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

One significant difference between the Roosevelt transition and that of Barack Obama is the swiftness with which the Obama transition team has moved to address the nation's economic crisis.

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Obama Does and Doesn't Fulfill King's Dream

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jr., Civil Rights Movement, Black Politics, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, I Have a Dream, March on Washington, Race, African-Americans, Presidency, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

A percentage of whites who said they'd vote for Obama also said that blacks were more crime prone than whites. Yet Obama was seen as a racial exception, the penchant for making these distinctions between blacks.

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Debunking the Myth that Latinos Elected Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 02.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama. Latino Voters, Electoral College, Presidency, African-American Voters, Latino Organizations, Home News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Latinos certainly deserve their fair share of Obama appointments and cabinet posts, but that's far different than turning the quest for Obama appointments into a numbers game, a quota game.

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Obama's Rick Warren Pick Makes Perfectly Good Sense

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Moral Values, Religion, Saddleback Church, Jerry Falwell, Barack Obama, Political Issues, Inauguration, Faith, Presidency, Liberal Democrats, Rick Warren, Evangelicals, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The 60 to 80 million Christian evangelicals are still too big, too important, and too politically strategic to ignore. Obama knows that and that's a big reason why Warren will pray at his inauguration.

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Bush's Two Chilliest Words Yet: "So What?"

Erica Heller | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Bush's Legacy, Hurricane Katrina, War Crimes, Presidency, Karl Rove, Rod Blagojevich, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Bush So What, Politics News
Erica Heller

He is the very epitome of a So What President. So what if the Katrina victims rot? So what if the world hates us? So what if our actions resonate everywhere with dire, catastrophic consequences?

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The (Liberal) Faith of George W. Bush

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, ABC Nightline, Creationism, George W. Bush, Evolution, Biblical Literalism, God, Presidency, Faith, Politics News
Paul Raushenbush

George Bush revealed that his approach to the bible, evolution and to other religions has more in common with liberal protestants than with his fundamentalist political amen corner.

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