Barack Obama

Ari Berman: Jim Messina Is Alienating Obama’s Base Ari Berman: Jim Messina Is Alienating Obama’s Base

If Obama's campaign manager has a bad history with the very constituents that elected the president, how will that shape 2012?

Apr 1, 2011 / Press Room

Ari Berman: Jim Messina Is Alienating Obama’s Base Ari Berman: Jim Messina Is Alienating Obama’s Base

If Obama's campaign manager has a bad history with the very constituents that elected the president, how will that shape 2012?

Apr 1, 2011 / MSNBC

I Want to See Trump’s IQ Tests!: Birtherism Traps Trump, Gobbles GOP I Want to See Trump’s IQ Tests!: Birtherism Traps Trump, Gobbles GOP

The deeper purpose behind the pandering is to encourage us all to relax into the stupid.

Apr 1, 2011 / Leslie Savan

Jeremy Scahill: How the US Strengthens Al Qaeda in Yemen Jeremy Scahill: How the US Strengthens Al Qaeda in Yemen

In efforts to target Al Qaeda members in Yemen, the US has unintentionally weakened President Saleh’s regime.

Apr 1, 2011 / Press Room

Obama’s CEO-in-Chief, GE’s Immelt, Must Go Obama’s CEO-in-Chief, GE’s Immelt, Must Go

Russ Feingold asks: “How can someone like Immelt be given the responsibility of heading a jobs creation task force when his company has been creating more jobs overseas while...

Mar 31, 2011 / John Nichols

Jim Messina, Obama’s Enforcer

Jim Messina, Obama’s Enforcer Jim Messina, Obama’s Enforcer

The president's re-election campaign manager has alienated grassroots constituencies.

Mar 30, 2011 / Feature / Ari Berman

Obama’s Fatal Addiction to Corporate Hustlers Obama’s Fatal Addiction to Corporate Hustlers

During his time at GE, Jeffrey Immelt led the company into a subprime mortgage hole so deep that it needed billions in government cash to get back out. That was before Obama made h...

Mar 30, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Juan Cole and Katrina vanden Heuvel: Do We Belong in Libya?

Juan Cole and Katrina vanden Heuvel: Do We Belong in Libya? Juan Cole and Katrina vanden Heuvel: Do We Belong in Libya?

The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel speaks with Middle East scholar Juan Cole about his open letter to the left on Libya.

Mar 29, 2011 / The Nation

Obama Tries, Without Success, to Explain an Undeclared War

Obama Tries, Without Success, to Explain an Undeclared War Obama Tries, Without Success, to Explain an Undeclared War

The rhetoric was lovely, but the president’s speech on Libya was a bumbling affair in which he kept referencing the fact that he took the country to war without properly cons...

Mar 29, 2011 / John Nichols

What Obama Should Say Tonight About Libya What Obama Should Say Tonight About Libya

Obama should tell Americans: "I have come before you tonight to admit that I have erred in intervening in Libya."

Mar 28, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

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