Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley has broken out of what looked like a dead-heat rematch against his Republican predecessor, Robert Ehrlich, and now leads him 52 percent to 41 percent among likely voters with 2 percent preferring some other choice and 6 percent undecided, according to a Washington Post poll conducted Sept. 22-26. The margin of [...]
Robert Reich has watched one president after another lose his voice once he’s in Washington, surrounded by aides with what Reich calls “an instinct for the capillary” and little feel for the simple overarching narrative that makes perfectly clear what you are trying to accomplish. Don’t get him wrong. The Berkeley public policy professor, a [...]
Robert Reich has watched one president after another lose his voice once he’s in Washington, surrounded by aides with what Reich calls “an instinct for the capillary” and little feel for the simple overarching narrative that makes perfectly clear what you are trying to accomplish. Don’t get him wrong. The Berkeley public policy professor, a [...]
Robert Gibbs isn’t done venting over the Forbes cover story that accuses President Barack Obama of adopting “the cause of anti-colonialism” from his Kenyan father. Earlier this week the White House spokesman slammed Newt Gingrich’s embrace of the controversial Dinesh D’Souza piece, saying the former House speaker was “trying to appeal to the fringe.” Now [...]
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley easily won the Democratic Primary Tuesday night, and former Gov. Robert Ehrlich brushed aside a Sarah Palin-backed challenger on the Republican side, setting the stage for a November rematch of their bitterly contested 2006 campaign, won by O’Malley. Ehrlich, ousted from the governor’s office four years ago in an election that [...]
In an unprecedented example of new-media outreach, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs spent about two hours Thursday night debating The Weekly Standard’s Stephen Hayes on Twitter about the small-business bill before Congress. The debate appeared to be spontaneous — and even spilled over into Friday morning, as Gibbs Tweeted,@stephenfhayes I have enjoyed our tweets [...]
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