More and more, Democrats are starting to worry they that they have a more um, colorful version of Jimmy Carter on their hands. Obama acts cool as a proverbial cucumber but that awful '70s show seems frightfully close to a rerun.
Eric AltermanBringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda.
Eric AltermanFor the past eight years, the right has been better at working the refs. Now the left is learning how to play the game.
Eric Alterman