Sean Wilentz

America's 40 Years War at an End

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

RFK and Barack Obama may come to be seen as the bookends of the second American civil war, a war that has divided the nation and been a dominant force in our politics for four decades.

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Barack Obama and the Unmaking of the Democratic Party

Sean Wilentz | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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The Obama campaign and its sympathizers have begun to articulate what they mean by their vague slogan of "change" -- nothing less than usurping the historic Democratic Party, by rejecting its historic electoral core.

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Historian: 2008 Press Corps Isn't The Worst Ever, Fox Is The Best

MarketWatch | Jon Friedman | Posted 05.19.2008 | Media

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In 2006, Princeton University history professor Sean Wilentz wrote a cover story for Rolling Stone titled: "The Worst President in History?" The acco...

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Is Obama Lincoln to Hillary's Seward?

Manisha Sinha | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

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The Democratic presidential nomination bears some startling similarities to the 1860 Republican race between Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and William Henry Seward of New York.

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What a Story! Candidate Personally Receives Hundreds of Thousands From Foreign Sources, Private Interests

RJ Eskow | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

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The story of the Clinton family's income has received much less play in the media than the money her subordinates received from the same sources.

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Historian Sean Wilentz And The Latest Nutty Scenario From Clinton Supporters

Oliver Willis | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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The pro-Clinton blogs are flogging yet another "How about THIS!!!???" idea designed to present yet another laughable justification for her to be awarded the nomination she is losing.

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Talking About JFK, Acting Like LBJ (With "Pragmatic Idealism" That's Neither)

RJ Eskow | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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Of all the campaign's miscalculations, Hillary's is the most frustrating. They continue to brag about their "pragmatism," even as it drags their candidate down with perceptions of cynicism and expediency.

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"Oppo Piece" -- or Just an Off-Base, Ad Hominem Attack From a Clinton Advisor?

RJ Eskow | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics

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If I had really written what Sean Wilentz says I wrote, I'd owe him an apology. As it is, he owes me one - but I'm not holding my breath.

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Does the Clinton Campaign Think Idealism is for Suckers?

RJ Eskow | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

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Every presidential candidate in the last 100 years has treated the idealism of the voters as a resource to be cherished, not a character defect to be mocked or derided.

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