PostPartisan: July 19, 2009 - July 25, 2009

Obama's Juvenile Use of Power

The main problem with President Obama’s nationally televised comment about Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley had less to do with race and justice than it did with the unwise, immature application of presidential power. Given his own background and...

By Michael Gerson  | July 24, 2009; 1:12 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (148)
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Obama Attacks Docs and Cops

President Obama spent most of his press conference tonight denying what President Kennedy famously affirmed -- that to govern is to choose. Obama promised us health care this is at once better and cheaper, with both more regulation and...

By William Kristol  | July 22, 2009; 10:36 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (655)
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Obama: This Reform Is About You

One of the problems the administration has had in selling health-care reform is that people with insurance have heard a lot about the uninsured, what it will cost to cover them, and what taxes might be raised to pay...

By E.J. Dionne  | July 22, 2009; 8:27 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (55)
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