washingtonpost.com - Harold Meyerson -- Washington Post Opinion Writer (washingtonpost.com)Harold Meyerson writes about politics and policy for The Washington Post's op-ed page.Democrats Out of the Desert- January 30, 2008 For the better part of a year, I have been bumping into Michael Walzer, our nation's preeminent living political philosopher and my colleague at Dissent magazine, with inexplicable regularity, and having the same conversation with him every time. The discussion began last summer, when Michael asked me which presidential candidate I liked. Since the political differences among the leading Democrats were small, I said, I'd probably back the candidate who had the best shot at winning the White...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/29/AR2008012902215.html?nav=r... The GOP's Security Gap- January 23, 2008 The conventional wisdom on this year's election is that John McCain would be the strongest candidate the Republicans could send against the Democrats come November. I believe it myself. And yet, as the economy continues to deflate, the prospects for a McCain presidency are deflating as well.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/22/AR2008012202618.html?nav=r... A Different Recession- January 16, 2008 In a normal recession, the to-do list is clear. Copies of Keynes are dusted off, the Fed lowers interest rates, the president and Congress cut taxes and hike spending. In time, purchasing, production and loans perk up, and Keynes is placed back on the shelf. No larger alterations to the economy are made, because our economy, but for the occasional bump in the road, is fundamentally sound.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011502861.html?nav=r... An Old Democratic Fault Line- January 10, 2008 MANCHESTER, N.H. -- All 50 states hold elections, but only New Hampshire raises the dead. John McCain and Hillary Clinton, like Bill before her, have now been saved from political extinction by Granite State voters, who have managed in the process to set up a protracted contest for the Democratic presidential nod. (The Republicans were never going to avoid one.)http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/09/AR2008010902901.html?nav=r... Parties Trading Places- January 2, 2008 As the first actual voting in this year's presidential contest is finally about to begin, the two parties have swapped places. The Democrats, by tradition the party of irreconcilable factions, are, for all their election-eve squabbling, more united than they've been in decades. The Republicans, by tradition the party that submerges its differences to rally 'round the front-runner, have become a collection of distinct, disconsolate camps.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/01/AR2008010101300.html?nav=r... |