May 20, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
In today’s installment of his WaPo column “The Fix,” Chris Cillizza profiles Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels: “Republican Revolutionary.” The good news is: the profile is interesting and instructive. The bad news is: Daniels has foresworn...
May 19, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Yesterday Christopher Beam of Slate discussed some historical precedents for the action that President Obama took in recent days when he appointed Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah, a prospective candidate for the GOP’s presidential spot in 2012, as Ambassador to China....
May 15, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Over the last six months we’ve heard quite a bit from the major players in the Frost/Nixon film – director Ron Howard, writer Peter Morgan, and stars Frank Langella and Michael Sheen – but it’s been somewhat difficult to find interviews with...
May 15, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
In The New Republic, John Judis writes: Almost four months after his inauguration, President Barack Obama is still riding high in the polls. According to Gallup, 66 percent of Americans approve of the job he is doing. But I expect that Obama’s popularity will...
May 12, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
There’s been a lot of comment in the last 48 hours about former Vice President Dick Cheney’s appearance on Face The Nation, and it was probably a matter of time before he was dubbed “the new Nixon” by someone. That someone turned out to be Phil...
May 11, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
As my esteemed colleague Frank Gannon mentioned Saturday, Director of The White House Military Office Louis Caldera resigned from his post Friday after the uproar caused by his office’s decision to carry out an Air Force One photo-op above the New York City...
