Sarah Wrote That

"Chronically, within the White House and on Capitol Hill, [Obama] sought consensus as a starting point—the tranquility of resolution without the catharsis of conflict."

- Hendrik Hertzberg, on Ron Suskind’s Confidence Men. Shockingly, Larry Summers turns out to have been rankly insubordinate; he “stage-whispered ‘Home alone’ after meetings with the President and confided to a colleague, ‘There’s no adult in charge’.”

Shakespeare & Co has been live-tweeting a Q&A with Tariq Ali and Charles Glass. Tag: #ObamaSyndrome

(Source: twitter.com)

"I like a president willing to talk about ‘is-ness’ and ‘ought-ness’"

- E.J. Dionne

However satisfying it was to hear Dionne and Brooks one-up each other’s approval of Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize response, Gary Sick’s analysis sounds a lot closer to my reaction (except that mine sounded more like “huh?”)

11 Dec 2009 18:12

Our Robot Overlords Bring Economic Stimulus

My only question is: why can’t 1-Obama produce a serial number and date of manufacture?

27 Oct 2009 15:11