Sunday, February 19th, 2012
In his essay on President Obama’s first term, James Fallows dismisses Obama’s conceit that he would prefer to be “a really good one-term” president than a “mediocre” president who served two terms. “The reality,” Fallows writes, “is that our judgment about ‘really good’ and ‘mediocre’ presidents is colored by how long they serve. A failure to win reelection places a ‘one-term loser’ asterisk on even genuine accomplishments. Ask George H. W. Bush, victor in the Gulf War; ask Jimmy Carter, architect of the Camp David agreement.” Read full article > >
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Ezra Klein: With a second term go Obama’s accomplishments
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Monday, January 3rd, 2011
It’s not like me to brag, but I just thought everyone should know that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer named Joshua Green the “Man of the Century.” You can’t top that. I’m also a really good wrestler . (h/t Google Alert)
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Josh Green, ‘Man of the Century’
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