Joe Scott 3: The Body Politic

Caroline Out, Process Flawed

25 January 2009 |permalink | email article

“The dynasties are disappearing,” David Broder in his Washington Post Sunday column, citing as the latest proof Caroline Kennedy’s dramatic withdrawal as a possible successor to Hillary Clinton for the Senate seat once held by her uncle Robert F.… read full story

Karl Rove in Denial

23 January 2009 |permalink | email article

The brain behind George W. Bush still can’t bring himself to admit that the nation’s 43rd president leaves office as one of the most reviled in American history.

So Rove continues to recycle op-edits in the Wall Street Journal… read full story

BHO’s Speech: Prose or Poetry?

22 January 2009 |permalink | email article

Liberal writers are debating the effectiveness of President Obama’s first Inaugural Address.

The New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg, expressing disappointment, wrote that Obama chose prose over poetry, words over lyrics. He drew back from the music.”

Hertzberg, who often… read full story