Russ Baker, TruthOut.org. November 10, 2009. Americans harbor a quaint belief a new president takes charge of a govt. eagerly awaiting his orders. But there are huge power centers that have their own agendas.
Christopher Moraff, The Philadelphia Tribune. September 11, 2009. Author Ronald Kessler warns that the rise in threats and inadequate govt. resources may be putting the commander in chief at risk.
Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post. April 28, 2009. Public approval of a president is not like a stock of savings. Obama has yet to decide what to invest in.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. November 13, 2008. Obama is about to enter a hornet's nest of entrenched interests and ideology. Electing him was the easy part. Now the real work begins.
Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. November 8, 2007. If a potential Giuliani presidency in any way resembles a Giuliani mayoralty, then the country would be in for a truly awful time.
Jon Wiener, Truthdig. August 22, 2007. A conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein on Hillary Clinton's journey from Republican to radical to White House hopeful.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. July 31, 2007. As Democratic candidates prepare for a televised debate on the largest Spanish language network, Bill Richardson -- the only Latino in the race -- has to walk a thin line to have any hope of getting elected.
Arianna Huffington, AlterNet. October 9, 2006. I realize that foreign relations were never W's strong suit, but his public response to North Korea's nuclear test was pathetic.
