That’s William Ayers above standing on an American flag. Ayers is acquainted with Barack Obama — and I don’t feel that Obama should be responsible for the civil protest behavior of his acquaintances.
I have heard from Clinton campaign insiders that Hillary Clinton’s gas tax rollback proposal is resonating with voters — particularly the economically besieged in Indiana and North Carolina.
Today, at 12:15 pm until about 1:30 pm, I will be live streaming an event I will be chairing with Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) who will be speaking about “Ending the Nonsense in American Foreign Policy.
I’ve been bumping into Huffington Post political editor Thomas Edsall in a number of places lately – including in long AMTRAK Acela train lines when traveling from New York to DC and then today at Harvard Square.
As if the mysteries surrounding Israel’s raid on an alleged Syrian nuclear facility and subsequent revelations about North Korean complicity in a reported cash-for-reactor deal were not cloak-and-dagger enough, Chris Nelson – the uber insider political newsletter scribe behind The Nelson Report and whose contacts in the national security establishment are stellar – reports the…
I’m visiting your great city and have just walked out in the chilly rain tonight along the Charles River.
Kishore Mahbubani and G. John Ikenberry may not know it — but they are squaring off to be the new top tier rival powerhouse intellectual combatants.
All around the country, there are people meeting with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain in cafes, meeting halls, churches, community colleges, and private homes. Occasionally, the media really press them to answer hard questions — and other times not.
A very smart senior policy advisor to one of the three extant presidential campaigns just sent in this picture of Larry’s Lounge, a dive on the corner of 17th and R Streets in Dupont Circle. I used to hang out there until they spruced up the place and got plastic menus.
This is a guest post on Japan’s political scene by Mindy Kotler, Director of Asia Policy Point in Washington, D.C. Originally, TWN posted a pre-version of this piece that has since been adjusted. Kotler’s prediction about Sunday’s election outcome was dead on target.