Month: February 2013
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New CJR: The Green Lantern Theory of Sequestration
My new column at CJR challenges the bizarre mythology among some commentators that the President can somehow make Congress agree with him on a resolution to the impasse over sequestration. Here’s how it begins: One of the recurring themes in commentary on national politics is the demand for the president to change politics as we
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New at CJR: The third party fever dream, revisited
On Friday, I wrote a column for CJR challenging journalistic assessments of the prospects for third parties, which prompted a reply from National Journal’s Ron Fournier this morning. I have a new column up that responds to Fournier and offers five additional points that I think journalists should consider in assessing the prospects for successful
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CJR: State of the Union media prebuttal
In case you missed it, here’s my prebuttal to media coverage of the State of the Union, which includes a new introduction to last year’s edition.
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New at CJR: The third party fever dream
In my new column at CJR, I criticize the tendency for journalists to hype the prospects of third parties and third party presidential candidates. Here’s how it begins: National Journal editorial director Ron Fournier is a respected journalist with years of distinguished service as an Associated Press correspondent and editor. So why is he issuing