And in summoning the community and the nation and the Congresswoman that Christine Taylor Green imagined we are, he summoned for us the country that we should be. On this night. certainly, he was the President she--and we--imagined he might be. On this night, finally, he became President of all the
According to the Pew Research Center, 48% of Americans support keeping troops in Afghanistan, down from 57% in 2009. But a recent Quinnipiac poll showed that 58% of people agreed that "eliminating the threat from terrorists operating from Afghanistan is a worthwhile goal for American troops to fight
I don't know where Jeff Goldberg stands on attacking Iran. I suspect he may be more in equivocal about it than I am--but then, I'm vehemently opposed. No matter what Jeff thinks, his Atlantic piece has no secret agenda--any more than my reporting last month that the Obama Administration has revived
the crucial player should be Holbrooke. He and Petraeus have quietly built a solid relationship over the past year, which reflects the close relationship Petraeus has had with Holbrooke's boss, Hillary Clinton. Like it or not, I suspect these two men will have to hash out a diplomatic strategy--and